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 (22)
Faemike55
What I see is the lines converging at your camera lens ala Outer Limits or Night Gallery! maybe this is a Vanishing point for someone (not you)
Faemike55
other than that, I see one hell of a cool photo that could be Framed and displayed in a High-end gallery!
danapommet
I love the photo and I am guessing that you are outside photographing the reflection of the building across the street! Well done Bill.
ArtistKimberly
Delightfully Wonderful Work,
jocko500
did a wonderful job
auntietk
I won't say what I see ... it might spoil the mystery for other people! :P You know how much I love reflection shots, and this one is spectacular!
MrsRatbag
Wow, this looks like one of Chip's "6 layers of reality" shots...I love how you set it up and how you got all those layers focused so perfectly! Beautifully done!
durleybeachbum
I'm not at all sure I know! But it is endlessly intriguing and I have been investigating it for several minutes.
jayfar
I see a reflection of a 'nosy parker' (lol) trying to see what's inside which I think is a shopping mall and in the reflection I see a lot of very tall buildings in the street. this could also be a car show room.
jayfar
I have just realized that there is a bill posted on the glass !!!
giulband
Wonderful selfportrait !! very creative shot !!
T.Rex
Really great shot! I see your reflection and the reflection of what's behind you. This kind of photo requires a good camera. Thanks for posting. It needs a bit of analysis and thinking to get the set up. Keep up the good work! This was a really fun challenge. :-)
photosynthesis
I'm thinking you're taking a photo aimed at a window on the opposite side of the street from the building we see behind you, though those lines converging on your camera lens have me stumped. Definitely intriguing & a little mind bending...
helanker
What a marvellous shot and selfie :-) LUV the reflections, but I am not sure what you did here :)
anahata.c
(btw, I think the last two links in my last comment were the same shot...sorry, if that's the case!) This is filled with ambiguity, and I really can't tell where the reflections begin and the "real" city ends. You've got a kind of radiate-from-the-center feeling here, because the lines of some interior canopy/roof are blowing out from your camera lens, and it looks like the world is emanating from there. You're corporeal, but you're also in reflection somehow. And the buildings---all of which I know---are all mixed together as if you'd blended them rather than captured them. Terrific. And it looks like you're shooting---at least in part---the wall of some building, because the marble/stone textures are all over your torso and the walkway on the bottom. Beautiful radiating reflection shot, with all kinds of double entendre's and visual mysteries, and merging of worlds as only the best reflection work can do. And this angled radiation from the center gives it the sense of a starburst. Wonderful work Bill, even if I CAN'T figure out exactly what's what! Love it.
jendellas
Great idea & super pic. xx
goodoleboy
Something fisheye going on here. I see a massive exercise in extrusion with a sweeping sense of depth coming the viewer's way, via this old photograph, Bill. I figure this was shot, possibly looking into a mall or shop window, with the business area juxtapositioned and mirrored behind you, with lots of noise at the bottom. That said, very well done in totality.
flavia49
excellent
RodS
I see a friend taking a really cool photo! :-D I can imagine this as a video with the image warping right out of your lens - this has that kind of SFX feel where the image implodes on itself as it pulls you in and places you in the middle of some adventure. Super cool shot, Bill!
SunriseGirl
WOW!! this shot is extremely impressive. I think the same way as many others who have commented that it is a both a reflection and the interior view of a building, but I am not certain where some of the pieces fit in (as reflections or not). I am hoping at some point you enlighten us all as to what is what and how you managed to pull this super shot off. :)
junge1
Great capture Bill. I agree with Dana!
kgb224
Very difficult for me to say what is inside as everything that i look at looks to be on the outside Bill. Amazing capture Bill. God bless.
CavalierLady
What a great self portrait, Bill! I admit that I am very intrigued about the lines converging on your camera lens!
moochagoo
Love that kind of self portrait.