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 (52)
A_Joker_B
Superb shot !
goodoleboy
Superb POV, DOF, perspective and clarity, Bill! Love the B&W mode. Definitely reminds me of the Great Depression of the 1930s, when down-on-their-luck transients would jump on boxcars to go west.
sandra46
superlative work! splendid BW i like the mood!
Osper
It's a long walk. Nicely done!
MagikUnicorn
♪♪ Take the long way home... ;-) Superb shot and ride
frankie96
The B/W treatment really does this justice...
Richardphotos
tracks always makes for fotogenic material. reminds me of the song--- going to Kansas City,going to stand on Fourth street and vine or is that Hollywood?
debbielove
VERY cool shot and the black and white makes the picture... Atchison? Where ever, masterfully done, my friend! Rob.
orig_buggy
great pov and the b & w really sets the mood
Fred255
Perfect POV B&W a good choice here.
elfin14doaks
Awesome use of defining lines, great POV. wonderful shot.
mermaid
wow Bill such a great shot, and b&w fits it soo well.....and glad you budged..smile
kenmo
Love the photo Bill...A fantastic composition...
moonrancher
Wait! No, Bill! It'll get better! It will. It WILL! Excellent gritty B&W. We have a huge collection of RR calendars. Nothing like this in all those pages. You have an amazing eye for the zones.
tpx1
awesome capture!
nigh23
very nice one bill
lyron
Really beautiful!!
myrrhluz
Lovely, lonely shot. It looks great in B&W. Excellent capture!
blinkings
This is fantastic Bill. The monochrome works perfectly and actually reminds me of the Stephen King novel "The Body" AKA "Stand By Me".
junge1
Love it! Looks fantastic in b&w!
arlivre
Superb perpective, composition and postwork.
anahata.c
I'm only doing a piece in each gallery right now, but I'll be back for a longer session soon...I chose this for its beautiful use of b&w—a not-totally lost art, thank god, and one which you do beautifully—for the wonderful but muted light, for the softening in the background trees to where they look a little like an old print, for the perspective/pov—I suppose tracks pretty much 'give' photographers the pov, but really capturing the perspective so it feels 'new' is an art, and this felt new the minute I saw it. And for the slight print texture of the stones & sky, as if we're looking at a photograph printed on a very old paper. Beautiful work; and a wonderful surprise to remember that this is here & now (!). And yes, I know how tracks, without trains, can be some of the most peaceful places on earth...ao much so that when the train approaches, we're shaken out of a deep, deep dream. Beautiful work bill. I'll be back soon for more...