Firebird
A composite of an airshow picture and a recent harvest moon. I don’t normally do composites but I guess a change is as good as a rest. LOL. I’d like to do a sacred ibis against that moon – I have one so i’ll try that next. Let me know what you think when/if you view this one.
You might like to compare this one to my other – Sacred Night
http://www.redbubble.com/people/lightsmith/art/183121-1-sacred-night
Firebird belongs to the following groups:
Digital Interface and Shoot The Moon Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
ozczecho
Looks cool esp. the afterburner
Alan Findlater
very cool!
crackgerbal
cool image! at first glance it looked like a comet. !
lightsmith
I tried desperately to come up with some romantic slogan like ‘your love flies me to the moon’ but it just doesnt fit an afterburner does it! Thanks for your comments guys!
Deborah Parkin
this is fantastic – great idea
Lizzie Keitel
wonderful idea! great work!
Andy Mueller
Very neat concept. As a bit of an aviation buff, I do like this image. Not sure the afterburner flame is quite to spec, though. Still very cool.
Annika Strömgren
Nice work!
sian houle
firebird works. it has romance and intreague -forgive my spelling.
Starr1949
Pow To the Moon, Alice ..laughing! Well, honeymooners is kind of romantic. Anyhow, Good shot, afterburner works!
Joan Smart
Wow this is great!
Deri Dority
How cool is this!!! Really well done.
lightsmith
Many thanks for these comments. I will see if I can locate a suitable ibis for a followup. I was a little unsure about it because I am not normally into creating this sort of picture, but your encouragement is very much appreciated.
The afterburner is exactly as taken (not a flicker or a flame omitted or added) but I’m not really an aviation expert – just photographed what I saw and then relegated it to the ‘boring’ basket until this idea came up. Any suggestions will be welcome.
Deon de Waal
Very good image.
Reminds me a bit of ET riding his bike past the moon…...must be a 21st Century ET….
:)
lightsmith
:) Deon. Bigger pedals. Of course, it could be E.T. with his *ss on fire ….... :)
GODD
ASK GOD
lightsmith
err….. thanks Godd….... I think.
Dougie Monk
This ‘afterburn’ shot is not exactly afterburn. The pilot selects to dump fuel and then flicks on the ‘burner, net result is neat fuel being on fire. Great party trick that the Aussies used to great effect at the opening of their olympics a few years ago. Nice shot btw!
lightsmith
Ok, thanks Dougie. They might have explained that at the time but I was half defeaned so probably would have missed it. I wondered how they did it :) – certainly is spectacular when you’re there. Looking forward to the next airshow big time!
Antanas
This series is amazing!
rossco
This is awesome, Fantastic in all aspects.Bravo !!
Lloyd Harvey
I like this pic. Simplicity sometimes works best
Juilee Pryor
hey great shot. well put together indeed.
LocoCow
Well Crafted
pene
:) good one!