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 (44)
MagikUnicorn Online Now!
The best plane motor my friend :)
lyron
Excellent work!!!
flavia49
amazing picture!!
Chipka
WOW! What I really like about this image is the abstraction it's achieved, that little paint spiral that appears on so many engine intake turbine thingies, and the wonderful details that swim all around this image. The crop and orientation of that crop gives this a nice "book cover" sort of feel too. I've noticed that I'm particularly drawn to books (Usually by Vintage) that feature images very similar to this, though Bantam Books did a little bit of super-tweaked images (with loads of filter work) back when Photoshop was the new thing and simply everyone had to imitate the magazine Mondo 2000 and filter, tweak, and layer everything. For a time, you could judge a book by its cover in that a really super-tweaked image on the cover, usually meant that the story contained in the book itself was...well...layered. Funny how that worked. Needless to say, I miss those days and I love this image for its own reasons. This is really nice work. I also love the fact that Rolls Royce makes flying things too! As does Mercedes, if I'm not mistaken.
debbielove
If I not mistaken, this would be the spinner of a turbine on a Rolls Royce RB211? On what? Well it could anything Boeing or ANYTHING flying! lol Engines are fitted to choice of the airline.. Good work, Bill.. Great use of filters.. Rosy was fascinated by these slowly turning in the wind at Heathrow.. Rob
moochagoo
Excellent idea for a nice abstract
LovelyPoetess
Very well done! I like what I see. : )
makron
Excellent work. Great details
sandra46
S U P E R L A T I VE !!!
bobrgallegos
Awesome work Bill! Love the tight crop and texture of this image.
danapommet
Beautiful POV, color and presentation. Slice and dice for sure. Dana
Rainastorm
This is so cool Bill...sorry I am way behind on comments
A_Sunbeam
Excellent.
jophoto
Looks good no matter what means you used.