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:-)
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Comments (27)
Emil-arts
WoW! The filter technique really makes this one stand out and zoomed up it looks fantastic. A fine capture Bill of one of the few 'moderns' I really like.
MagikUnicorn
GORGEOUS F/X
skipper62
Great job. Not bad at all. Fly Navy. Cheers, Skipper
durleybeachbum
Wonderous!
texboy
Real fine picture, Bill; I reckon they had to reinstate the NFO/RIO/Guy in Back to cut down on "helmet fires" in the front seat, right??
3x3
cool work Bill with a great feeling of motion
THROBBE
Really nice results on this one Bill! Great job!!!
DAVER2112
Excellent capture and the postwork turned out really nice. :)
proteus2
M A W indeed! P
fredster66
This is really well done!
tennesseecowgirl
The effect seemed to work!
babuci
Fascinating postwork.
goodoleboy
Great filter work employed with fine textural effects in this excellent composition, Bill! Curiously, this is somewhat the same glow effect that aircraft experience before being tractor-beamed and abducted into very large extraterrestrial craft.
kansas
I like the effect. Very nice.
Richardphotos
first time to see such a treatment. it works very well Bill
drace68
Nice work, Bill. Is the plane in a roll? His outer flaps suggest as much, or am I that far out of my tree?
sharky_
Very nice work... Aloha
MrsLubner
This would be an excellent poster! Stellar job.
moonrancher
Excellent work!
Kaartijer
Excellent shot and postwork... I got a bird too for today... ;)
ragouc
Good postwork and shot.
neiwil
Cool to the max, love the halo. I have a texture for the Phantom with the tail code NJ for VF-121 'PACEMAKERS' circa 1967.Same Squadron?. Thanks Bill, another great image.
SAPD906
Awesome shot!
JLyons
The glow does give it a cool look, nice work.
junge1
A nice shot of the f-18 and interesting postwork!
debbielove
Thats quite cool actually! Works well and brings out great detail. like it. Well done. There! I actually like one with postwork!!! Miracles DO happen. Rob.
mermaid
hihi you are definitly having fun with those filters and you did very well in this one...