High speed military aircraft at low level – all in a day’s work.
Most private pilots love to watch the professionals at work, whether it’s in the cockpit of an airliner or fast military jets.
Does this not get the blood stirring?
Category: Photography
The Jaguar XK120 Motor Car
You’ll never feel this way about a modern car!
A few weeks ago I attended a 70th Birthday celebration for a cousin.
70! Hey this chap has been riding bicycles at competition level, and running marathons for many years, so the surprise party was very upbeat, with two bands keeping everybody dancing. Everything from the Shadows to Roy Orbison.
It was a lovely day so I took my old XK120 Roadster, mainly because another cousin was going along, and he had helped rebuild this car 30 years previously. Actually we arrived together. The XK was running beautifully, but my cousin’s Mercedes had burst a water pipe, and the car park was flooded with coloured radiator water. We laughed that it was the new car that had broken down.
Another breath-taking picture from Patrick Smith
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Patrick says of this picture:
This is a view that includes only one of the needles, so that you can get a closer view of Haystack Rock. The light was too good to resist for about two minutes, so I captured several variations of this scene..
Photograph reproduced with the kind, written permission of Patrick Smith.
By Paul Handover
Barnstorming
As the film says, Friends can really drop out of the sky.
Planet Earth, just a reminder.
This is a beautiful planet and it’s the only one we have.
Yes, I know it’s not original but these pictures still have a haunting beauty about them.
Just pause a while
Patrick’s landscapes are breath-taking.
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
By Paul Handover
The sharing spirit
This virtual world has so much to share.
The photography of Patrick Smith is breathtaking. So much so, it seemed important to promote his talents to the widest possible audience.
He has been very generous in giving Learning from Dogs written permission to reproduce his pictures. Thus from time to time, we will do just that.
Thank you, Patrick.
Published with the written permission of Patrick Smith Photography.
Copyright (c) 2009, all rights reserved. Please do not use this picture without permission.
By Paul Handover
Integrity in photography
Integrity in photography is more complicated than one might expect.
Earlier in the week, there were a couple of Posts drawing attention to the outstanding quality and beauty of the land and seascapes from Patrick Smith Photography. This time, the subject of this Post is about integrity in photography.
Start the week with a wow, view second.
Astoundingly, beautiful land and sea-scape photography, by Patrick Smith.
One of the amazing things about the world-wide-web is the way that one can follow links and end up somewhere totally unexpected. This is what happened when I happened across the Blog of Patrick Smith. It was then a short trip to find his home page and then sit in awe at the magnificent beauty of Patrick’s photography. This guy is a wonderful artist.
I sent Patrick an email asking for permission to re-publish one of his photographs and, to date, have not heard back. If it hadn’t been for a comment on his Blog then this Post and the previous one would not have been published by me.
Patrick’s comment on his Blog was:
Some people on —— are having quite a bit of fun with one of my photos. There is a link back to my photo on Flickr where it is getting thousands of views. Some people might get upset but it seems like they are having a good time not at my expense!What do you think about unauthorized use on a blog or ‘just for fun’ website?
Here are some other blog articles showing my work (with links to my websites) but without my permission. It is fine with me. (my emphasis)
It was a difficult call for me to take but, on balance, and taking into account Patrick’s Blog comment, it was decided to show just one of Patrick’s images because I think his work deserves the widest fanfare possible.
So I urge you to visit Patrick Smith Photography and support him in any way that you can.
Patrick may be found at his web site, via his Blog and on Flickr
Enjoy!
Patrick, if you read this and want the pic removed, just let me know!
By Paul Handover
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