Non Aviation Photography Thread

[Chris V]

Nice Ned!

[Chris V]

Round 2 of impending doom on the pool tonight.

[Jay Beckman]

That's awesome Chris!

I couldn't get outside before we'd gone "Total Recall" at my place:

[Chris V]

Thanks Jay!

We had 2 dust storms yesterday, the first I was out in a location set up to shoot it and it really was weak nothing worth shooting so I went home then about 1/2 later this one came through and all I could do was shoot it from the backyard at that point.

[scottcolbath]

Those dust storms are badass. We got none of that in Wickenburg.

S.C.

[Bubak]

That's awesome Chris!!!! BINGO!!

[Chris V]

Thanks guys!

[jslugman]

Had the awesome experience of getting a tour of Pearl Harbor aboard the CINCPACFLT's Remembrance Barge and I must say it was quite the experience. Poor lighting and a localized misting event made getting a memorable image difficult but I think I got one (for me at least) of the oil escaping the ship and dispersing on the surface.


Colors of War by James O'Rear abs OTR by James "JSlugman" O'Rear, on Flickr

[Jeff D. Welker]

Tremendous image James!

[jslugman]

Thanks Jeff. It was really something else to watch a single drop rise up and spread out quite quickly. The color changes were super-fast and it was an amorphous colorless blob very quickly. To think it has been happening for decades is really quite amazing.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Storm Clouds Over KIWA...

While waiting to get a shot of the 747-8 in the late afternoon light (did not happen), I noticed a monsoon storm to the west and this intriguing cloud formation. The sun was creating crepuscular rays (i.e. God Beams) through a hole in the clouds and I was fascinated by the composition. I am posting both my b&w conversion and the color version. Which do you prefer?

[Paul Dumm]

The B&W by far. Clouds in color always seem to be to have too much highlights. Love the details.

[Jeff D. Welker]

The Cranium...


My youngest grandson often is the subject of my photographic experiments. His dad had just shaved his head and I bounced the flash off the ceiling onto his dome and cheeks. I decided some heavy b&w conversion work might be an interesting way to go with this image. My wife/Grandma is not so happy with the end result; however, I think it is a fun look.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Speaking of Non-Aviation Photography - I encourage you to follow this link to view some of the most powerful portrait photography I've every seen on Flickr or anywhere else. This guys work is off the charts. I hope you enjoy the change of pace these images provide.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16536699@N07/page2/

If nothing else, this particular photo reminds me of Jack after he has waited all afternoon at Willie in 110+ heat for a sortie of Harriers that never show up.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16536699@N07/4711593855/in/photostream

[scottcolbath]

Speaking of Non-Aviation Photography - I encourage you to follow this link to view some of the most powerful portrait photography I've every seen on Flickr or anywhere else. This guys work is off the charts. I hope you enjoy the change of pace these images provide.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16536699@N07/page2/

If nothing else, this particular photo reminds me of Jack after he has waited all afternoon at Willie in 110+ heat for a sortie of Harriers that never show up.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16536699@N07/4711593855/in/photostream

Interesting stuff, but the guy seems to be a one-trick pony. Not much range in his work. But at least it's not 18 pages of over the top HDR images. 

S.C.