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 (27)
durleybeachbum
MMM! something else to learn!
awjay
its good to play..;)
jayfar
Great shot Bill.
Sea_Dog
Nice work. I like the POV for this shot and your POV is very cool
RodS
See, that's where you need to add a speed brake morph to this Mig! All we gotta do is figure out how.... :-D Cool photo and Photoshopping, Bill! Looks great!
Osper
Came out nicely!!!
auntietk
What a good idea to show the original along with your postworked version! You do such a good job with these planes. Well done!
helanker
That is a thing my PSP X3 cannot do.... I think....I havent found a proof that it can atleast. Beautiful.
flavia49
marvelous work and plane!
Rainastorm
lol you did a great job!!! Cool post!
T.Rex
"HELP! Neil! Get your squadron of F16's over here immediately! US air space invaded by identified flying object!" Good work, Bill! I'll have to learn how to use those masks in Photoshop. A slight bit of orange or flame in the engine exhaust would look great. The really strange thing is, the Photoshopped version looks like - yikes! An Airfix plastic model! It must be due to the combination of sunlight through the hangar door and ambient light. Now you can build models and, by lighting them just right, fool people into believing they're seeing the real thing! Ha! This was really fun looking at! Keep up the good work! :-)
fallen21
Fantastic capture.
makron
Great work. Great image.
bobrgallegos
Love the postwork on this awesome Mig 17. Very well done Bill!!
Faemike55
Very good work I guess I'll have to learn this as well
blinkings
I like the original better just because I love seeing all the other interesting stuff around the aircraft too. Hey you could go the next step with this and superimpose it in the sky in the heat of battle!!!!!! (Just dreaming!!)
ArtistKimberly
Wonderful
bazza
Nice work on this Bill nice to see the original image in its setting in the hanger too.. well done!
MrsRatbag
Speed brakes??? Yikes, there is so much I don't know about planes...probably better that I don't! I do know about masks, though, and couldn't live without them--a brilliant invention that deserves the Nobel Prize for postwork. Well done, Bill!
npauling
It looks great flying through the air. A super image.
danapommet
Excellent postwork Bill and I liked your addition of the "before' insert. Dana
jocko500
doing good work and a good idea here
whaleman
Interesting!
lyron
Cool image!!!
pat40
Great image,
jendellas
Wow Bill that is clever, smart plane!!!
MagikUnicorn
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