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 (42)
Blush
Awesome image I am so afraid of heights LOL I got up a new one drop by when ya can Hugs Susan~
RodS
Nice one, Bill! I almost ducked when this image came up! LOL! A little propeller blur, and it would have fooled me! Hope you and Tara had a great 4th!
Faemike55
Very beautiful shot and work! nice bit of information about it
brycek
Wonderful capture and information!!
lyron
Great image!!
alessimarco
Awesome capture!
vkoontz
Nice one!
goodoleboy
Egad, lots of dedicated postwork done to achieve this beautiful effect, Bill! Terrific clarity and color in this concept of the early aircraft.
auntietk
I saw the title and thought, "black & white?" ??? You did a great job putting this against the sky. Nice work!
blinkings
Those wooden 'floats' (is that what you call them) would back awesome stand up paddle boards!
whaleman
Great trade Bill, and nice to see you were able to completely stop the prop action! That sky is almost as blue as Alberta, LOL!
bazza
Lovely work on this shot Bill, so we got them for our air mail then.. looks good with the sky in there now..
durleybeachbum
Terrific result to very clever work!
beachzz
Tara and I had the same though (gmta!!)--but omigosh, was this a wonderful surprise---what a gorgeous plane!!
kenmo
A very fine capture of this historic craft...
Emil-arts
Is this for real Bill? Just look at the craftmanship of those gorgeous looking wooden floats. Kinda makes you despair at progress sometimes doesn't it. Never seen one of these before mate, thanks for posting this delight :)
flavia49
fabulous shot!
debbielove
Brilliantly done, my friend.. A fine piece of work.. Interesting read up as well... Nice to see floatplanes, I love to see them.. No posts last couple of days ...Been at the local Music Festival.. lol Rocking away and drinking far to much falling over water! Back now though...for now! Great shot and fine postwork.. Rob
DAVER2112
What a beautiful plane. Excellent shot and postwork. :)
jmb007
bel avion!!
tofi
Wow! This is definitely something we don't see often enough! Excellent aircraft creation... I always love to look at these "older" models.... Gorgeous sky and POV!!!
Meisiekind
Oh it is a beauty and your manipulation perfect! Wonderful work Bill!!
beatoangelico
Wonderful capture beautiful image and light Congratulations my friend!!!!
MrsRatbag
I thought black and white was what I'd see too...excellent work!!
Rainastorm
This is such a cool shot...love it!
kbrog
Beautiful job at giving it a flight again and excellent capture!
dbrv6
Good choice for New Zealand I am thinking and great capture - well done on the manipulation and putting the sky in.
prutzworks
cool shot and postwork
jendellas
I honestly thought you had taken it while it was in flight :o)
wjames
Fabulous shot of a beautiful old aircraft and brilliant postwork +++++