Abstract Taylorcraft

I was thinking this was a macro shot of some strange subject. I would have never guessed it was an airplane. Great abstractness. Very good timing--color saturation after a rain storm lends itself to great photos, like here.

Stephen, you don't need to make promises :-) This is good. The simplicity, strong texture and color, unexpected shapes...all appeal to me. But then, I LIKE abstracts :-))

Don't laugh, i thought this was a coathanger of some sort. It's an interesting shot with great colour. The rain drops prevent it from being too sterile. Regards, Jim.

I'm surprised at the quality of the shot from a 2mp digicam. I also like the simplicity. The rain drops make the image.

This image certainly grabs the viewer's attention, and would make a good poster. You should consider exploring further the artistic possibilities of this subject, so that the viewer can appreciate more of the design features of this aircraft. Put another way, this image gets my attention, but leaves me wanting to see more...

 

Thank you all for your very kind comments.

Bill, here are some other views of the plane I took that day and a week earlier. I'm afraid they don't look their best - it's a screen capture of all 3 photos - I didn't know how else to get all 3 of them in one comment. As to the "Patriotic Plane" photo -- turns out that one of the pilots who rents this one is an Air Force F-16 pilot, and she was about to return from Iraq -- the owner of the plane left the 2 bouquets as a welcome-home :-) Bill, you're right - I should go back to Lee Airport - very close to me - and work this subject some more. I also have posted another airplane photo from the same little field.

Jim, when I bought this Canon A40 last year, I didn't dream that I could use it for "serious" photography. But it's proven to be quite decent, and I too was surprised at how well Canon has handled a measly 2 MP. I do use sharpening and play with contrast in PaintShop Pro. I can't get decent 8x10's with everything that comes out of this camera, but shots like this one do print well at 8x10 (on my Canon i850 printer.)