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)
kansas
What a wonderful bird! We will be in space one day. Beautiful sky addition. Thanks for the link to read about it.
orig_buggy
It turned out beautifully!! Great work Bill!
tennesseecowgirl
You are so talented with this type of work.... beautifully done!!
Kaartijer
Awesome work, Bill!
Richardphotos
outstanding post work Bill.it looks to be in it's natural space
e-brink
This is nicely done! I love that poem too.
Chipka
Oh, this is fantastic. Okay, it's not the USS Enterprise, but it'll do. Wonderful stitching! I love that sky, it's pretty dang impressive, and the spaceship itself still looks weird, but cool. I got so accustomed to that arrowhead shape of the Space Shuttles that I forgot that we can launch other things from the surface of the earth, as those weird, round-topped things launched by Russia also prove! I quite like this image! It's lofty and graceful and soars in so many ways. Wonderful and inspiring work...my only wish is that space travel and exploration was a bit more...well...alive! Funny how space industry, space exploration, and the whole issue of exploration of the outer reaches would actually benefit the human species in the long run, but ah...humans are terrible when it comes to long range stuff. This is a reminder, however, that there are greater things than the petty squabbles we love so much. Brilliant and inspiring work.
moochagoo
Exellent work on this "plane". Bravo !
myrrhluz
Most excellent! I hear music, whooshing sounds and a voice-over! I'm one who wishes mankind were more active in "slipping the surly bonds." Superb manipulation! This image wonderfully sets the imagination flowing. Beautiful clouds and sunrise/set! I love the painted look of the clouds! I love the whole thing, poem included!!!