Slipping the Surly Bonds... by bmac62
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Had fun with this one combining two of my photos:
1. "SpaceShipOne" hanging in the ceiling of the hangar housing Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection (Paine Field, Everett, Washington).
2. A panoramic sky photographed out the window of an airliner enroute from Seattle to Kansas City in February.
This little project has inspired me to add this poem well known among all aviators and spacemen and women. Hope it lifts you up along with me:)
High Flight
by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds...and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of...wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up, the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space...
...put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Bill:)
P.S. Details of "SpaceShipOne", the first successful civilian space ship: Click Here
"Happy Pan Handler"
Comments (39)
DAVER2112
Excellent work! I think this is the future of the space program.
prutzworks
cool , I'm a fan of Burt Rutan's designs well done postwork too!
beachzz
Wow, Bill--this is just awesome--over used as that word is!! I love how you combined two very different fotos to come up with this spectacular image!!
jayfar
This has turned into a shot to be proud of, well done.
Meisiekind
Wonderful manip Bill! It does look so real!!! bravo my friend! :)
MrsRatbag
Where no man has gone before, for real! Great work!
jendellas
Flip, Its amazing, great work!!!!
danob
Well this is rather inspired superb work all round Bill!
wingnut55
i agree!
RodS
HOLY....... When I first saw this, I was thinking 'Now, how the heck did he get THIS shot!!!???' Outstanding work, Bill. You've expertly put these together into a spectacular image! Excellent!! I do believe we have a future in space, and it will not be accomplished by governmental red tape. Innovators like Burt Rutan will lead the way.
durleybeachbum
Splendiferous! What a great piece of work!
watapki66
Great shot!
MagikUnicorn
Gorgeous Photo-manipulation my friend
flavia49
fabulous work!!!! Flavia & Sandra
Foto-Arte
Great work Bill! ;)
garegaupe
fantastic - great work
Faemike55
Very wonderful postwork on this! impressive image
bazza
Great post work Bill, this looks amazing great looking space craft, very nice posting!!
npauling
It really looks as though you caught him in mid air. Super work.
goodoleboy
OMG, what a fantastic hybrid composition of the beautifully aerodynamic SpaceShipOne, contrasted against the partly cloudy skies, Bill! And the poem could easily have been uttered by the first pilot of the North American X-15, as it rocketed skyward.
frankie96
So very well done..this is really outstanding..great postwork...
dbrv6
This wins a nifty award! Excellent work on the composition and results.
hipps13
wonderful work reads and view with a smile warm hugs, Linda
auntietk
This is absolutely spectacular work! It looks like a poster for the space program. Very well done!!
helanker
What a incredible beautiful work. So well done and I like the poem too.
whaleman
Very nice!
debbielove
OK... First up, I'm impressed at your work here Bill.. Really well done! Second, I had never heard of this project at all.. I know Mr Branson (The Virgin Boss) has a MUCH bigger airline type craft almost ready for testing... But not this... So well done on that as well.. And third.. WELL, done as well on getting a picture in the Gallery of the week.. Good work, my friend... Rob
Rainastorm
This is to cool...reminds me of one of the shows how they did a space scene in the making or something...excellent...spectacular words there also Bill....
thecytron
Outstanding photo!
cfulton
Well done Bill, great composition. Cheers, Clive