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)
kgb224
Superb capture Bill. God Bless.
Faemike55
wonderful capture Bill! One of these days, I should bike up there
moonhawk
great photo - wish i could join you, love washington, lived in tacoma 3 years
EJD64
Very Cool photo Bill!
Chipka
There is so much to see in this shot, and the colors are amazing! Water does some pretty nifty color shifts when it gets busy like this, and this is quite busy: I can see whitewater, plunge pools, and something suspiciously mythical in here...well...at least Homeric. That's pretty cool. It's not every day you can look at water and think: "Aha! Homer must have seen one of these things when he needed to get Odysseus into the hard spot that he got out of, a number of pages later!" Well...that's the way my brain works at any rate." Well, OK...Homer wrote in lines and not pages, but still...you get the point. Oh, and have you noticed how this comment is shaped kinda like that water: It's all over the place, roiling, churning, plunging. And all of that is to say that I love this shot. It's so dramatic! Who needs epics like The Hobbit when rivers can be quite epic and entertaining and free to see? This is brilliant.
beachzz
My kind of river; love the color!!
Sivana
It´s a real wonderful and perfect photo.Hat off!
bebopdlx
Very well photographed.
lyron
Fantastic capture!!
durleybeachbum
Such a gorgeous pic! I do love those names!
whaleman
Pretty capture Bill!
nikolais
hope it's drinkable at that... wonderful shot, Bill!!
flavia49
fantastic
MrsRatbag
I love that cool blue-green of the water in the back of the shot; I can almost hear the rush of the water, what a lovely capture!
Sea_Dog
Beautiful shot - I love free-running waters like this.
debbielove
Beautiful water shot Bill.. I'm still trying to get the best of these.. But, getting better.. You've taken another really lovely one here, well taken. Rob
helanker
WOW! That is indeed a beautiful capture, Bill! The green colors with the red rocks and the white foam is just fabulous.
anmes
Love the focus of this image..the water collecting and falling over the rocks. Beautifuly captured
Meisiekind
I love this low angle Bill! Your shutter speed is also slow enough to just show the movement of the water! Well done! :)
jendellas
The water is so clear, beautiful pic!!
Blush
Awesome pic Hugs Susan~
goodoleboy
Stellar capture, Bill.
auntietk
Great image! I love the colors you've coaxed out of the water, and the slight blur to the whitewater gives the photo a lovely mood. Nicely done! :*
RodS
An absolutely beautiful photo, Bill! I remember a long time ago when I was just a little kid, we were up in that area and stopped at Snoqualmie Falls. I was very young, but I remember it being extremely beautiful.
bobrgallegos
Wonderful low POV of this beautiful river Bill!!
Richardphotos
very beautiful. the color of the water reminds me of Wind and Snake rivers
X-PaX
Beautiful capture.