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 (43)
Iceshark39
A fantastic image and really great manipulation! VERY good thing this didn't happen for real, but just love the concord there. It really is a beautiful plane.
whaleman
Reminds me of seeing a real near miss from inside, not quite this close though, but the stewardesses were quite visibly upset. Didn't seem too bad to me.
jayfar
Fantastic and well put together. I actually had a flight on one of these iconic birds.
blinkings
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meisiekind
Thank goodness this is a manipulation! I looked at the thumb and thought - NO WAYS!!!! Wonderful work Bill! You had me for a couple of seconds! LOL... :)
durleybeachbum
SO clever, Bill!! What a great idea!
babuci
Heart stopping for sure. Just imagine a scream omg and within 15 minutes the whole world would see it on youtube...lol. Great work put it together.
helanker
WOW! You are really good at this Photo manipulation. Well done :-)
Str4wB34ry
Bill, we find this shot completely feasible. All you need is a Red Arrows pilot at the controls of Concorde and this manouver could have been followed by a high speed barrel roll around the plane you were in!! Great idea, well composed.
bazza
Cool work on this one Bill I guess there would have been a investigation into this near miss if it was for real lol. Nice manipulation here well done!!
jmb007
le concorde etait esthetiquement tres beau,!!!beau montage!
DAVER2112
Excellent work Bill!! Top notch.
debbielove
Impressive work Bill! way to go.. This looks really great.. A waste of a fabulous airliner! Another, don't get me started on it..jobs! Oh well.. I saw it fly once.. A beauty to behold.. And a sound like a flight of Air force fighters!! So cool.. Only the Lightening could catch it in level flight.. (They tried!) Great stuff, mate! Rob
prutzworks
cool manip I go shiiting my pants immediatly when I saw this scene trough the window (And I never flew again)
Rainastorm
Oh wow very cool work Bill. lol Crazy idea but it looks so real....lol Neat!
RodS Online Now!
Wow, Bill, I had to look twice at this! You did a fantastic job on this one! It definitely got my attention! Super image of an amazing airplane!
flavia49
wonderful image and work!!!
MrsRatbag
Excellent work! It's a frightening vision for sure... one thing you don't want to see out your airplane window is ANYTHING that close!
Faemike55
Fantastic manipulation
Sea_Dog
Nicely done.
BertDes
Great work.
kenmo
Outstanding composition....
beachzz
WOW----just seeing this scares the heck outta me---what a GREAT piece of work, Bill, just super!!!
jendellas
This is amazing Bill, you are getting a bit clever :o) Wonderful work!!!!!
drace68
Great work. Most realistic.
watapki66
Great work, glad it wasn't an actual shot!
kbrog
Excellent manipulation! That is a close call. :)
goodoleboy
Super blending of the three fotos makes for a super concept, Bill. I wonder what would have happened if your aircraft had been caught in the wake of the Concorde SST as it zoomed by. And, I thought at first by the "never to be seen again" statement that you were talking about one dollar -- or probably two dollar -- a gallon gasoline.
npauling
This scene looks so real. Excellent work.
tennesseecowgirl
whew.. you had me fooled along with a few others here I see.. Great work!