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 (13)
RodS Online Now!
You really get a feel for how massive this structure is i this photo, Bill! A great capture, my friend! You two are having too much fun! :-D
photosynthesis
Fine shot, Bill. I probably would have cropped out the chains at the bottom, but that's a very minor quibble...
wysiwig
I just saw Tara's 'Lincoln' and your excellent overall of the monument brought to mind an old nursery rhyme, "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean, and so between the two of them they licked the platter clean." Between the two of you we get the micro and the macro. You and Tara make a great team.
T.Rex
The classical view. RodS nailed it perfectly regarding size. Huge! A lot of beauty in Washington DC. Keep up the good work! :-)
aksirp
Yes, I remember well this view and the stair! superb captured Bill!
jendellas
I am loving your photo's. Hope there are lots more. very impressive seeing the scale.
durleybeachbum
I had NO ideas how enormous this is till now.
Faemike55
Between Your wife's photography and yours, we get a sense of the large and small, as it were! Great capture
junge1
Great POV Bill!
kenmo
Fantastic capture...
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God bless.
auntietk
Terrific shot of the whole thing! You know, I think there were more people hanging out on the steps at night than there were during the day.
anahata.c
another monumental capture of a monument. I find monumental structures inhibiting, as a photographer. They already shout "monumentality," so anything you do to them will only push the monumentality over the edge. You got the feeling, without interfering with it. And your pileup of forms on the bottom of the shot---leaving-in the grass and front walls and walkway--add to thee sense of "spill" of these huge monuments. It's amazing how these structures---often based on the old Greek models (and Roman)---present a monolithic impenetrable presence; yet they're meant to be 'penetrated' to find the holy of holies inside. You let the dark of the inside come through right in the center. You've done DC's monumental plethora a real service, in these shots. A very imposing capture.