On Aviation and Photography:
"You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky." -- Amelia Earhart
“You don't take a photograph, you make it.” - - Ansel Adams
UPDATED: September 19, 2010
Hi, My name is Bill and I am updating my homepage to reflect a wonderful event in my life...marriage, September 18, 2010, to my best friend Tara...known to many of you as auntietk here on Renderosity.
We "met" shortly after I joined Renderosity in August 2008. We share a love for photography and indeed all types of art.
We live north of Seattle and enjoy getting to share photographic excursions and information with other Renderositians ( is "Renderositians" even a word? ). LOL
As for me, it seems like I've been taking pictures all my life but I didn't get serious enough to purchase my first Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera until May 2008. In May 2009 I upgraded from an Olympus E-510 to an Olympus E-30 with a wide variety of lenses.
My subject areas of interest include absolutely everything but with a frequent return to airplanes, cars, tanks, etc., ...or as Tara says, machines that make lots of noise;-)
If you are curious, I am pictured above in a Grumman Corsair on a taxiway of the Kansas City Downtown Airport. I used to fly and train others to fly airplanes. That will explain my frequent forays into the world of aviation. Last but by no means least, thanks to Pannyhb for introducing me to Renderosity. The moment I saw it I was hooked.
Fine print: Yes, the photo above is a photo manipulation:-)
Comments (12)
photosynthesis
Very nice soft focus, symmetrical, water reflection shot, Bill. A very long time ago, back when I developed my own b&w photos from film, I took a few photos that were similar to this, then rotate them 90 degrees & find all kinds of faces & objects in them. I think I have one or two prints left & may scan & post them at some point...
helanker
What a beautiful sight and I like the reflections alot.
wysiwig
Or we could ask the obvious question, is this from your "blue" period? A beautiful and well composed shoit.
jendellas
Beautiful & so peaceful. Wonderful colours. x
durleybeachbum
A great example of aerial perspective
Faemike55
Wondrous and beautiful
auntietk
Gorgeous! I'm glad we stopped there. What a beautiful scene!
MrsRatbag
What a stunningly serene view! I need to get out in that direction one of these days...
RodS
What a spectacular shot! Good to see your photos again, Bill!
sandra46
superlative work
flavia49
very beautiful
anahata.c
Yeah, with your title, I also thought of the blues. ("I got those rimrock blues...") A long dream of a photo, with beautiful coordination throughout, all hues flow into all others, the shapes meld into each other, the reflections and the actual land are in communion, the sky and water are of like mind---a beautiful long poem of a shot, with all the moodiness of this sight in tact. Wonderful detail in the frontmost jut of land (with those beautiful trees doused in shadow and dappled light). And such painterly mist and atmosphere in the background. (Renaissance painters "discovered" that atmosphere in painting: Medieval paintings often had backgrounds with almost as much definition as foregrounds; but Renaissance painters used fade, muddle, loss of definition---the things that atmosphere does, in their backgrounds; and thus brought the magic of space into their works. That's what you have here, in spades.) Beautifiul work on all levels. Even the reflection of background mountains is in perfect line with the reflection of the foreground land. A sweeping vision of a piece.