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 (25)
Fidelity2
Superb! Very well done. 5+.
Rainastorm
Ohhh this is SPECTACULAR!! I think I've taken more cloud pictures than anything...gosh they are always beautiful and ALWAYS different! :-)
sandra46
a fantastic sky, Bill!
Sea_Dog
Great cloudscape! Well done, bill.
flavia49
fabulous big sky!!
drace68
You're right about the zoom. Reminds me of the picto-screen of the overhead fluorescents in the MRI chamber, just before they feed you into the noisy doughnut.
lyron
Great skyshot!!
durleybeachbum
My lurchers have always seen dangerous animals in the clouds, they have no sense of distance!
kansas
A stunning sky shot. Looks like the tree is supporting this dark cloud.
Osper
Great shot!
MagikUnicorn
STUNNING SKY
CavalierLady
Very beautiful sky, Bill, and wonderful contrasts and deep blue!
MrsLubner
Stunning sky shot! Wonderful drama.
johnabutler2
Great sky!
moonrancher
Fantastic and dramatic sky. Love the blues.
goodoleboy
Splendid POV employed to capture the stark light and shadow effects of the lovely clouds up above, Bill!
bronwyn_lea
Bill, this is just beautiful!
npauling
Every day mother nature paints another masterpiece for us to admire and you have caught a great example of her work here with its lovely lighting.
Richardphotos
watching clouds is a past time of mine.these are beautiful
beachzz
Huge sky--just gorgeous!!
auntietk
You're right about the zoom. Wow! I love the light (no surprise there!) and the intensity of the shot in full view is astonishing! Nicely done!
danob
Wonderful light and can hear the song Yesterday ringing in my ears!
junge1
A beautiful capture Bill!
debbielove
Just a STUNNING shot Bill! Awesome! Sorry for late comment to your work. Went to London Zoo! Ha! 650 pics! Any good? We will see..... A really great cloud shot. Moody, yet relaxing as well. Some postwork? Rob.
mermaid
what a wonderful thing to do, Bill, and lovely clouds...smile