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 (23)
Otto1969
Great landscape, beautiful autumn scenery, well done!
jendellas
A beautiful, breathtaking sharp picture. Would make a lovely jigsaw. xxx
Hendesse
Fantastic view and shot. I could sit there for hours.
photosynthesis
Beautiful fall landscape complete with mirror-like reflections in the water. I missed out on these because we were there in the spring, but I did get to see similarly colored aspens in southern Colorado a couple of years ago & they are magnificent trees...
MrsRatbag
::: sigh ::: Does my soul good! This is so incredibly beautiful, and that satiny water is perfect!
durleybeachbum
Fabulous! What a wonderful sight this is.
auntietk
Gorgeous shot, hon! :* I love your landscapes, and this is wonderful.
Richardphotos
awesome describes it to a "t"
kgb224
Amazing sight and capture Bill. God bless.
bugsnouveau
Wow...super pretty
Cyve
Beautiful place and capture !
blinkings
5/5 sensational.
goodoleboy
Bonne nuit in this spectacular photograph, Bill, with its neat lake reflections. I love the peculiarly named quaking aspens
CavalierLady
My goodness, the color quality and crystal clarity are amazing. And that deep blue still water! I sure miss aspens. Wonderful landscape, Bill... you are so good at these.
jayfar
Absolutely beautiful and my kind of landscape image Bill.
awjay
superb,,,what a stunning reflection shot
helanker
This is simply breathtaking, Bill. Cant get over how the trees are changing. Seems to be extra vivid colors over there. Love the reflections too. :)
pat40
Simply wonderful, really lovely
rainbows
So beautiful Bill, right spot, right time. Hugs, Di. xx
jocko500
wonderful. wonder how the leaves look in a strong wind lol
X-PaX
This is so beautiful Bill. Very nice capture. I also like the reflections very much.
moochagoo
A magic place with those colors.
anahata.c
oh yes, a pristine beautiful capture. See, this is a "photogenic" shot, but it has subtleties that make it whole, not just a 'shell'---the way many touristy shots are. (By touristy, I mean the pro shots that are used for chambers of commerce, travel agencies, popular travel mags, etc.) You have wide openness in the water. You frame it with land in the lower right corner. You get the jut of the land in the right. You get the blast of golden yellows with a soft billowy feeling. You get the darker land on the left---balance. You get the peaks in the distance, where they seem to conform to the peaks and dips of the landscape in front of them. And it all has a gentleness and softness of spirit, nothing shouts---in a landscape that could shout constantly, in the wrong hands. With shots like these, one can forget how far away those mountains are. They appear a small jog away, but they're not. And the mix of ochres with the blue of the water is beautiful. So I mean it's beautiful proportions, a gentle embrace, a wonderful shot. Once we were studying music composition, and most of us did these blatant passages, doing all the "right" things---but for show. We were stretching our muscles, showing off. So the teacher put on a similar passage by Mozart. It was heavenly---lilting line, freedom and openness, it danced on tip toe, "on point". it was like Mozart took our whole concept, threw away the expectations, made it wholly his own, and then gave it to us transformed. When it was over, our teacher leaned to us and said: "That's personal composition. Now stop showing off and get to work..." This shot is the Mozart, the touristy shots are the show offs...