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 (31)
Wolfmanw
Wonderful capture. I look forward to the next shot
kgb224
Superb capture Bill. God Bless.
durleybeachbum
What a place! Little boys would love to have dangerous games there!
0rest4wicked
Imagine trying to remove this fortification and what the cost today would be!
jayfar
Nice shot of this spooky old place Bill.
jendellas
I would like a nosey in there :o)
helanker
Awesome rusty doors and stuff there. A really great shot.
flavia49
great capture
sandra46
EXCELLENT IMAGE
goodoleboy
Excellent lighting and texture in this shot of the venerable old fortification, Bill, hardly fit for renovation.
blinkings
Great shot Bill. I too love exploring old relics like this.
auntietk
Aside from the damp, I'd love to live in a battery! LOL! Something to think about. Maybe the National Parks Service would consider selling one of these off. :P Of course one would need to go outside to move from room to room, but hey ... it could work! It fits our requirement for coastal living. :D
EJD64
Great photo Bill. It looks like an old vault.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
If you live in a battery won't you get charged :}..Sort of a mini urbex here bud, love the rusty textures, it just oozes age. I bet that place could tell a few bawdy stories eh?
jocko500
nice play of light and shadow
Faemike55
A shame really Great capture
DAVER2112
Nicely composed and the lighting is superb. :)
npauling
Great use of light and shade in this capture.
lyron
Great picture!!!
whaleman
It was 'built for stout" as they used to say!
T.Rex
MY! What a shift - from quiet moss forest to coastal battery, but also silent. Too expensive to destroy/remove, we may need them in the near future. I've read Obama's been secretly giving away Alaskan islands to the Russians for "fishing" and bases. Reminds me of an old movie "The Russians Are Coming!". The light and shadow here are great. One can even see the floor, ceiling and wall inside, despite the bright light outside. That's a good job! Keep it up! :-)
debbielove
Atmospheric, ghostly, crumbling, full of history.. And....almost certainly would be closed down by Health and Safety here! Great shot Bill.. Good post! More.. Will reply to you soon.. Rob
Blush
Excellent render Hugs Susan~
MrsRatbag
Amazing lines across the captivating textures, Bill; great POV and lighting!
blondeblurr
As we usually say: 'Solid as a Rock', there is no doubt about it! and going by those historical dates, they don't build them like that anymore ... maybe a good thing? fascinating subject, Bill BB
RodS Online Now!
Awesome shot, Bill! This is just fantastic - I can see where I'd fill up a few flash cards here, myself!
tennesseecowgirl
Nice work!
anahata.c
I'm only able to do 2 comments per gallery, right now, to allow my hand to ease back into typing. So I can only choose a couple of images at present. This one seemed a great contrast to the last one---your rain forest tapestry---because it's so bleak and sparse. Yet it has real richness all the same: Wonderful detail on the doors, wonderful rust & red colors and greens & yellows. Wonderful play of shadows criss crossing their way across the door & wall. And of the shadows inside the doorway against the light shining in. And you gave us the rotted stone atop the lintel (if that's what it's called). (For comic relief, we used to make jokes about "lintel soup". Not great jokes, ok, but jokes all the same...) A really fine capture of bleakness & decay, but also of how rich decay can be. And with a snippet of sky in the upper right corner, to redeem the bleakness of this once noble place. Beautiful, Bill, and I'm glad you'll be doing more. And thanks for your comments, and for the info about the troops stationed along Lake Michigan in WWII. I didn't know that. It gave a special meaning to my sunrise shot (which I posted only because I had no other sunrise shots to work with). (My uncle saw sunrises over land, as he was on the west coast of Italy, where the sun was rising in the east. Knowing that places like the naval bases here, and Ft. Sheridan, etc, saw those same sunrises makes what I see every morning all the more rich...)
photosynthesis
Timeworn walls, rust & shadows - a fine & creative composition...
Richardphotos
very interesting subject and superb shot