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 (19)
Faemike55
Great capture, My friend!
this just draws us in
TomDart
Wonderful and almost disorientating photo...you did great maintaining a clean sharpness from end to end.
Richardphotos
ferris wheel at Las Vegas? I keep wanting to ride the thing but the last time I was there I forgot until I was a long ways out of town
great capture
beachzz
Wow, so many angles and parts and pieces---a wheel not seen from this perspective too often. Makes me kinda dizzy though, can't imagine what it would be like to be ON it!!
mandala
fantastic picture!
wysiwig
Not for those subject to vertigo! A unique perspective producing a superb result. Outstanding work, Bill.
T.Rex
Just WHERE have you been hiding, Bill? I was starting to get worried. Aha, stuck at the top in the Seattle Ferris wheel! This is really a fantastic shot! But he different angles together with the convergences made for an odd, somewhat disorienting experience. I must say this is one of your more unusual, and psychologically playful, photos. Now I have to take a break to get my brain back in equilibrium. Keep up the good work! :-)
My ratin - a dizzy 7 !
photosynthesis
Fine shot, Bill - your POV captured both the complex geometry of this structure & that dizzying feeling of vertigo you get when you look up at something like this...
durleybeachbum
This is a great composition, and it would make a terrific and quite challenging drawing.
X-PaX
Wow. Cool capture Bill.
jendellas
Amazing capture & it made me quite dizzy
xx
helanker
WOW I get dizzy. Excellent shot :)
npauling
Wow you have taken this from a great pov. A super capture. 😀
RodS
Suuuper cool photo, Bill! So good to see a post from you, my friend!
MrsRatbag
Love the views from all angles of the wheel; you did great on this one!
flavia49
beautiful
giulband
Fabulous sense of image's composition, great POV !!!!!!!!!
junge1
This is an interesting perspective Bill. I wonder if i could have done this with my camera phone?,
goodoleboy
I would have easily fallen over backwards in attempting such a grandiose capture of the striking contrasts, geometric depth and perspective of this image. I'm dizzy just looking at it from the comfort of my chair.