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)
EJD64
Bill it looks like a big pile of snow. Is that where Canada dumps its snow. LOL. Nice shot.
kgb224
Stunning capture Bill. God Bless.
Faemike55
Very lovely capture Bill
flavia49
amazing
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Well seen mate, like it!!!
jayfar
Absolutely beautiful Bill.
durleybeachbum
What a sight! This is a beautiful view, but I can't help but be intimidated by them!
MrsLubner
The white blanket shines in the sun and the sky is surprisingly clear. Excellent photo.
morningglory
Must be such a breathtaking sight in person.
jocko500
wow this is lovely
helanker
Wonderful view to these beautiful mountains. Excellent capture.
alanwilliams
superb and majestic landscape, breathtaking.
blinkings
Beautiful Bill. Zooming is a must on this.
brigadier
Excellent shot. Makes me homesick. I used to have a beautiful view of Mt. Hood out my bedroom window.
Maxidyne
A truly spectacular sight Bill.
RodS
What a truly spectacular shot, Bill! A scene like this really makes you feel like just a tiny speck in comparison to nature's bigness... Amazing shot!
photosynthesis
That's a lot of snow. I really like the receding layers leading to the main point of interest...
whaleman
A fine day, a fine view, a fine photo!
jendellas
WOW Bill, what an amazing photo, so beautiful!!
debbielove
Impressive! Vastly impressive! Makes the 'mountains' around here (Maine) loo kinda ....small lol Grand shot mate, well taken.. Rob
MrsRatbag
One of my very favourite things about this area: the white peaks surrounding us in wintertime! Absolutely breathtaking capture, Bill!
Fidelity2
Superb!!!! 5+!!!
T.Rex
This is a very interesting photo. Not only is the atmosphere such that it magnifies the distant snow covered mountains, the foreground mountains and hills are all dark, as if in the shadow of something immense. The contrast between the dark and light areas really bring out the whiteness of the distant peaks. Nice shot! Keep up the good work! :-)
weesel
That's not Mt. Baker, is it? (I recall a "piece" in the Ottawa Citizen some years back which originated with some fool from Vancouver bitching about waking up every day and seeing Baker in the distance. I felt like writing back and pointing out that "Yes, you are correct. We put it there just to annoy you, you obnoxious twit." If there really is a Supreme Being, this post will make its way to her attention. IF not, Baker is still there going: Neener neener! I'm cool either way.) Nice shot. I really miss the Cascades and the Pacific NorthWest in general.
Blush
Beautiful capture Hugs Susan~
auntietk
LOL @ weesel! :) I love seeing Baker, and feel so fortunate that we live so close. Beautiful shot, hon! :*
0rest4wicked
Very nice catching it lit up like this!
Richardphotos
to think some hardy soul maybe up there climbing is beyond me. very beautiful
knupps
Looks great. Love this capture.
Chipka
What a shot! What a blanket of snow...the whole mountain is covered and being from Chicago, I can't imagine an actual mountain being under that. I mean, we get these when Da Mayor and now Da Tyrant shovels the streets in winter. Ah, but this now is clean. I gotta get out that way and see these puppies. Mountains are such cool things. And again, as a Midwesterner I sit back and think: WOW! The land's all bumpy out that way! I love the colors and the idea of mountains moving closer! Do they just walk, or do they just kinda creep up on you? Of course, I guess it depends on the mountain, I suspect at last one of them might casually saunter.