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 (38)
RodS
OK - That's GOOD, Bill! I'm looking at this photo at EXACTLY 10:30 PM! Talk about timing..... Cool photo and postwork on this 'timeless' image! :-D
Faemike55
Now this is different I like it
auntietk
Super work! I love this different view of the city. Glad Rod noticed the time ... LOL! That's too cool. :D Anyway ... this turned out great. VERy nicely done!
bimm3d
superb!! gorgeous idea and image!!
bazza
Well I think all I can say is that about wraps it up Bill!! Nice post work :-)
Digitaleagle
Very creative, excellent work!
thevolunteer
This is cool. Great idea. Aloha
babuci
Clever and fun.
awjay
cool piece of work my friend
jayfar
Brilliant work Bill and a perfect title.
blinkings
No it's 8:01 in the evening here Bill. That space needle is more flexible than I imagined!
DananJaya_Chef
helanker
What a fun and very interesting shot. I like the ring effect here.
durleybeachbum
Clever stuff, Bill!!
makron
Superb composition. Great capture and work.
drace68
Great layering, Bill.
Blush
Excellent image Hugs Susan~
kenmo
A wickedly fine composition...!!!
MrsRatbag
Very excellent! It would make a very cool souvenir clock, wouldn't it? The city around the edge and the needle as a minute hand... Well done, Bill!
beachzz
I want a clock just like that!!
kbrog
Cool idea, looks cool! Great capture and fantastic Manipulation! :)
cfulton
Instead of oiling a seized lock, he took his photo of Seattle's dock without too much stress, and digi-fiddle finesse, Bill has us all admiring his clock! Clive
jendellas
Flip Bill, that is very clever, love it!!!
neiwil
Don't know how you did it, but I love it! brilliant Bill..
T.Rex
What the....? Now, how the heck did you do THAT? ???????????? Roll Seattle into a tube????? However you did it, this is FANTASTIC! And using the Space Needle as an hour hand. Cool!
sandra46
EXCELLENT! GREAT IMAGE!
flavia49
fantastic work!!
npauling
Very cleverly created for a great effect.
goodoleboy
What the??? Very, very clever, Bill. How in the heck did you do that? Really fantastic with the oval clock presentation of the city and Space Needle. The only bad thing about all this is that I didn't think of the idea first.
tofi
Definitely a really neat, and awesome effect! I like how you've positioned every detail in your image, to make it unique and original! Fantastic capture and work with this,my Friend!