My name is Tara, and I was born and raised in Washington State.
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In 2010 I married Bill (bmac62) and retired ... two of the best choices I ever made! :)
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In March, 2013, we sold our home in Washington and went on the road in our RV full time. What a blast! There is so much world out there to see!
After traveling around the West for a few years, we got rid of the motorhome and are now spending winters in deep-south Texas and summers in Washington State. Spring and fall finds us visiting whichever place strikes our fancy at the time!
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If I’m missing from Renderosity from time to time, I’m busy having fun elsewhere.
Thanks for your interest in my work, and for stopping by to learn more about me!Â
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Tamron 24-70mm f2.8
Canon 70-200mm f4.0
Zeiss 50mm f1.4
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WACOM Intuos 4
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Comments (29)
Chipka
If somebody's gonna have a taildragger, it should be one that looks like this. I love that nice shade of green and the red and other colors are fantastic compliments and accents. The fun bits in this shot are so nice and shiny. I like the shape of those landing gear cover things. Nice! I want a tail dragger now.
bobrgallegos
Wonderful light, color, and detail in this awesome blend!
awjay
its a beauty
NanetteTredoux
You have some serious postworking skills Tara!
jocko500
wonderful shot of this plane
beachzz
Just this afternoon, I was reading a book that used the term "taildragger". If I hadn't read that, I never would have known what this foto would be. But no matter what it's called, the color, light and details in this shot are just GREAT!!
jayfar
A splendid result of your patience Tara.
whaleman
These are wonderful little planes, the kind I dreamed of flying through the house like a cartoon plane when I was little, and I still remember that! Your work stands out again!
Faemike55
Very beautiful colour for this plane Great capture and postwork Tara BTW Great capture of you taking a photo in the Redwoods
durleybeachbum
Clever stuff! I don't think I'd have the patience.
cfulton
The lighting is wonderful! Clive
angora
shinyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! (I collect those in virtual 3D versions, much cheaper ;-D) beautiful lighting!!!
T.Rex
Oops and wow! You must have a very stable tripod! Beautiful color rendition - very rich! Interesting reflections in the paint work. I see why the nick-name tail dragger. And all the little strings are visible, too. Nice job! Keep up the good work! :-)
dakotabluemoon
Perfect shot of this beauty.
EJD64
Wonderful color and shot.
alwaysonmymind
So shiny!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
I like exposure fusion shots too, sometimes a good balance can be achieved seems you got that here, excellent work my friend.
kgb224
Superb capture and post work Tara. God Bless.
helanker
WOW! That is a cute little one, Tara. No wonder you like that :)
hipps13
just smiles it does warm hugs, Linda Kaye
PHELINAS
Very beautiful harmony of colors Tara! Splendid capture. Have a nice week
RodS
Well, as much as I've been dragging MY tail around lately, I wish it looked this good! Hmmmmm..... Maybe if I get CS6 when it's released.. :-D This is a real purdy biplane, and you did a super job on making it look fantastic, Tara!
moochagoo
I agree with Chipca.
neiwil
Blended to perfection.....bet you make great cocktails too :-) Love the matching 'go faster stripes' on the body and wheel spatts.A bit of a tease too, with the snippets of Navy birds in view...
Hendesse
Excellent shot with fantastic details.
junge1
Great shot, great postwork and 'taildragger'? You are getting to be a professional general aviation pilot Tara. Next thing you will fly them lol!
bmac62
Nicely done. The light seems to eminate from within as much as reflecting off... I'll have to pull out my camera's operating manual and reread about how to use what Olympus calls bracketing...you got a wonderful result here. I am jealous:)
anahata.c
it's hard, tara, because when I do these compact sessions, I can't get everything in one sitting or not even in many, so I have to pick & choose, and that's almost impossible. Your architecture shots are calling me, and I may have to make them a separate day, as they speak to each other & will make a great single session. But, for now I want to get at least a 'representative' sample of your other work....I read Bill & don't understand bracketing enough to know what he's referring to (I know it as something to do with White Balance, and don't understand that too well.) But if it relates to your light here, then you've created real beauty with it. Whatever you did, you've made a whole shot with the feel of a collection of shapes & contours, much as you do in your closeups. Ie, it's clearly a "whole plane," yet you've allowed so much to 'break into' it: !) you've allowed part of it to be obscured by that red wing in the lower right corner; 2) you've allowed the plane in back to move right through it's shape as if it were put there for that purpose; 3) you've allowed the light & reflections to spill across the plane enough that it seems to be nothing but at times; and 4) you've allowed a big dark section---front, top-right---to dominate one of the corners of the shot, so the plane's "field," again, is broken-into, interrupted, etc. (Am I being clear here?) You got a whole plane which is still an ocean of shapes & swoops, etc. Your overall is like a menagerie of sheen, shape, light & shadow, a big jewel surrounded by other jewels. And as for Junge's comment, well I don't know anything about the 'title' or why that makes you a pilot, lol; but I imagine if you flew one of these things, you'd have to shut your inner eye off because you'd be so enveloped with the poetry of the thing you might forget where you were going...Beautiful piece & jazzy & intimate, and a plane-painting if ever there was one.
Briney Online Now!
A nice looking little "barnstormer"- great image enhancement job too