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Fine Art Ballet Photography: Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballerina Dancer Dancing Classical Ballet Seascape Landscape Photography!
Fine Art Ballet Photography: Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballerina Dancer Dancing Classical Ballet Seascape Landscape Photography!
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Nikon D810 Epic Fine Art Ballerina Goddess Dancing Ballet! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballet!
Marrying epic landscape, nature, and urban photography to ballet!
Nikon D810 with the Nikon MB-D12 Multi Battery Power Pack / Grip for D800 and D810 Digital Cameras allows one to shoot at a high to catch the action FPS! Ballerina Dance Goddess Photos! Pretty, Tall Ballet Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Captured with the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II from Nikon, and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon! Love them both!
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A pretty goddess straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
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The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
I'm currently updating a translation with the Greek names for the gods and goddesses--will publish soon! :)
"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Music/poetry/art should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
The Birth of Venus! Beautiful Golden Ratio Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Helen of Troy! She was tall, thin, fit, and quite pretty!
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Fine Art Ballet Photography: Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballerina Dancer Dancing Classical Ballet Seascape Landscape Photography!
Fine Art Ballet Photography: Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballerina Dancer Dancing Classical Ballet Seascape Landscape Photography!
White leotard and flowy dress!
Dancing for Dynamic Dimensions Theory dx4/dt=ic: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c!
New ballet & landscape instagrams!
www.instagram.com/elliotmcgucken/
Nikon D810 Epic Fine Art Ballerina Goddess Dancing Ballet! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballet!
Marrying epic landscape, nature, and urban photography to ballet!
Nikon D810 with the Nikon MB-D12 Multi Battery Power Pack / Grip for D800 and D810 Digital Cameras allows one to shoot at a high to catch the action FPS! Ballerina Dance Goddess Photos! Pretty, Tall Ballet Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Captured with the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II from Nikon, and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon! Love them both!
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A pretty goddess straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
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The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
I'm currently updating a translation with the Greek names for the gods and goddesses--will publish soon! :)
"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Music/poetry/art should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
The Birth of Venus! Beautiful Golden Ratio Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Helen of Troy! She was tall, thin, fit, and quite pretty!
Read all about how classical art such as The Birth of Venus inspires all my photography!
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11th Asia Pacific Dance Competition
July 17-19, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand
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First pullip. Expect lots of Alice pictures! She quickly became one if my favorite dolls, and one of my favorite dolls to photograph. I got her from PullipStyle.com with a dent box, as I didn't care for the box, only Alice and her accessories, and I was planning to take her out of packaging from the start so I saved a couple of dollars there(even though it took me 5 minutes to find such dent that I hardly think of it as one. Such a non-problem being taken into consideration by the retailer really shows the high quality of service from PullipStyle).
Over-all review of Alice: She's mine hands off! Kidding aside lovely, and looks a lot like the drawings of Alice in Through The Looking-Glass, with a bit of pimped up attributes here and there making her a one of a kind variation. The wig has a good scent to it, so it won't get a foul odor on the clothing and accessories. It has no bald spots and you can't see the seams of the wig unless you push the hair over. It is a nice thin(dimensions matter!), polyester I believe, hair, with quite minute frizzing. Almost none, but making the hair look more natural. Her curls are not stiff, and incredibly soft. The company(Groove) used a very very high quality spray, that can't be noticed practically at all when touching the hair, to help keep the curls in their designated design. The curls are easily fixed with only moist fingers. Great doll, but very delicate. I've never been more careful with a doll than Alice.
The Gateshead Schools Youth Orchestra performing during the concert.
Our children's ‘In Celebration!’ concert was held in the presence of The Mayor of Gateshead Councillor Malcolm Brain and celebrated some of the best young musical talent in the North East. Winners from this year's Avison Ensemble Young Musicians' Awards were joined by the Gateshead Schools Youth Orchestra (conducted by John Treherne MBE) and the Gateshead Schools Senior Wind Band ‘Notability’ (directed by David Milner). www.g-y-o.org.uk
The concert included the presentation of the 2013 Young Musicians' Awards by The Mayor of Gateshead. The engraved glass awards were created by the North East glass artist Dominic Fonde and are inscribed with music from the Avison workbooks. These are displayed in the winners' schools for a year. The Awards were founded in 2006 and this year's Awards and concert have been supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
The Avison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Lakshmi Parthasarthy, Bharata Natyam, Mumbai
Lakshmi is a disciple of Padmashree Smt. Chitra Visweswaran’s
Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts, Chennai. Recipient of the
CCRT Scholarship from Govt. of India. She has been teaching Bharata
Natyam in Mumbai since June 2008.. She has participated in several
dance productions of Smt. Chitra Visweswaran performed at various
festivals all over the country, including the Konark Dance Festival
and the Mahabalipuram Dance Festival. Lakshmi was awarded the
prestigious ‘Yuva Kala Bharathi’ by Bharat Kalachar in 2009.
If Eversfield Organic on The Plains in Totnes were aiming for a Victorian Christmas feel I'd say they've go it about right.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca: On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!
John Muir: All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea or land or down among the crystals of waves or high in a balloon in the sky; through all the climates, hot or cold, storms and calms, everywhere and always we are in God's eternal beauty and love. So universally true is this, the spot where we chance to be always seems the best.
Students in Dr. Paula Thomson's intermediate classical and contemporary ballet technique class perform classical ballet movements during Friday morning's class.
February 12th, 2010.
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Winner of Bafta Award for television animation serial
Mr.A.Karthikeyan is the winner of Bafta Award for doing an animation Television serial Red Fox and his team got the SFX National Award for Aalavandan, Tamil Movie. He has worked in 2D and 3D Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films including a few television series as an animator. Karthikeyan has completed his B.Sc Visual Communication and he is presently pursuing his M.Sc Visual Communication at Annamalai University. He has the technical knowledge in free hand outline and model drawing and has completed a related course from Tamil Nadu Government Technical Board.
His mode of painting consists of oil colours and water colours. His personal skill and talent in art consists of pen and pencil art, portrait, concept art, story board, Lay-out, character design, anatomy drawing. Classes in drawing and painting are also taken by him. He has software knowledge including MAYA (Character Animation). Karthikeyan had worked as a 2D Animation Director at Pyramid Infotainment Ltd, Valluar Kottam, Chennai. He was an Animation Supervisor for Games Shastra Solutions based at Hyderabad from January 2007 to 2009. He was a 3D Animator for I Power Animation Studio based in Chennai from November 2005 to 2006.
Karthikeyan worked as a senior animator in Til Solutions (Total Infotainment) from August 2001 to 2003. He also was the senior animator in Data Quest from 2003 to 2004 and a senior animator cum team leader for Semanoor Technologies from 2004 January to October 2005. At Millitioon Animation Studio, Adyar Karthikeyan did animation projects for television series in foreign channels. He has done a number of classical animations for serials, namely- Pense Betes, Celestin, Red Fox, Vampire, Pirates and Aliens and Zoo Lane. At Til Solutions Karthikeyan did 2D animation feature films for various clients including Milt Vallas, Scaramoosh and Cartoon Network.
At Data Quest Karthikeyan worked on projects titled Potatoes and Dragon and Pet Pals. He did television serials in foreign channels for Alphanim Animation Studio, France and for Titaly Animation Studio in Australia. As a 3D animator in I Power Animation Studio, Karthikeyan worked with client Maharashtra Multimedia for five episodes. Apart of being a expert animation and talented artist, Karthikeyan enjoys listening to music, and watching National Geographic and Discovery Channel.
His first solo art show titled Indian Freedom Fighters in on at La Galerie D’Expressions, Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Montieth Road Egmore from 16th to 28th February 2013. About 80 paintings in pen and ink medium are displayed at the gallery. All the paintings are excellently done in a realistic manner by Karthikeyan, despite the fact that he is physically challenged. Karthikeyan is the perfect example for hard work, dedication and striving towards success in life. Karthikeyan resides at Sidco Nagar, Villivakkam.
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The Library of Celsus is Ephesus's best known landmark, owing to the remarkable preservation of it's facade which, having collapsed at some point in the Middle Ages was meticulously pieced back together and re-erected in the late 1970s (with a concealed steel frame to protect against further earthquake damage).
Ephesus is justly famed as one of the finest ancient Roman sites anywhere. The ruins of the city are extensive with many impressive monuments to amaze the visitor (that have often been partially reassembled to give an indication of their former glory and context).
Unfortunately the fame and popularity of the site means that, unlike most of the classical sites we visited elsewhere, it is constantly crowded with tourists. However the city has always attracted visitors, and among those who spent time here centuries ago were St Paul and St John (and possibly Mary herself if one believes in the authenticity of her nearby residence).
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Outdoors Nature Ballet Ballerina Woodlands Landscape Model Photography!
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Pink Classical Tutu embellished with silver embroidery and pink crystals - modelled by Yana Cherepanova photo Darian Volkova
Classical ballet tutu in lavender silk and white net with a white lace plate. The bodice has white lace applique and clear cyrstals in between the lace and lavender crystals around the lace.
I remember how you Classically said "I Love You"..
Today after flickrs meeting i went to watch some ballet "Coppelia"
It was wonderful..there are still beautiful pictures in my memory, they'll be shown here soon :)
PS: I like this ballerine a lot :) only she was smiling when she was dancing..others were not
Fine Art Ballet Photography: Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballerina Dancer Dancing Classical Ballet Seascape Landscape Photography!
Fine Art Ballet Photography: Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballerina Dancer Dancing Classical Ballet Seascape Landscape Photography!
White leotard and flowy dress!
Dancing for Dynamic Dimensions Theory dx4/dt=ic: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c!
New ballet & landscape instagrams!
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Nikon D810 Epic Fine Art Ballerina Goddess Dancing Ballet! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Ballet!
Marrying epic landscape, nature, and urban photography to ballet!
Nikon D810 with the Nikon MB-D12 Multi Battery Power Pack / Grip for D800 and D810 Digital Cameras allows one to shoot at a high to catch the action FPS! Ballerina Dance Goddess Photos! Pretty, Tall Ballet Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Captured with the AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II from Nikon, and the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Nikon! Love them both!
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The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
I'm currently updating a translation with the Greek names for the gods and goddesses--will publish soon! :)
"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Music/poetry/art should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
The Birth of Venus! Beautiful Golden Ratio Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Helen of Troy! She was tall, thin, fit, and quite pretty!
Read all about how classical art such as The Birth of Venus inspires all my photography!
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Nagycenk, Széchenyi Mansion, built in Baroque and Neo-Classical style by the Széchenyi family through consecutive generations. Today it serves as a memorial museum of Count István Széchenyi ("The Greatest Hungarian"), its most famous resident.
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Count István Széchenyi (1791-1860) was the outstanding figure of Hungary's Reform Era. His contemporaries hailed him as "the greatest Hungarian" even during his lifetime, and he has been looked back ever after on as a personality, writer and statesman whose reforms and achievements stand as permanent examples. István Széchenyi's civic activities bore fruit far and wide, and left a heritage which is daily visible and tangible in Hungary even after the passage of a century and a half. If the visitor to Budapest only sees the Chain Bridge across the Danube, with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at one end and the tunnel through the Buda Castle Hill at the other, he will have a strong impression of Széchenyi's wonders. The foundation of the Academy - for which purpose he donated an entire year's income - was the overture to the era of Hungarian civic transformation.
From the long list of his magnificent initiatives and achievements, it is only possible here to mention a few examples. In the economy, the establishment of steam mills, savings associations and railways, the shipyard, the regulation of the Lower Danube and of Hungary's second-largest river, the Tisza, the launch of steam navigation on the Danube and the Balaton, the foundation in Hungary of modern estate management, silkworm production, horse-racing and horse-breeding are all linked to his name. He also left a lasting heritage in social and cultural life: urban development, the casino and sporting societies still preserve his spirit. One of the most valued treasures of Hungarian economics literature is the trilogy in which he outlines the principles for bringing Hungary economically up alongside Europe. As a public figure, István Széchenyi worked to build his country, spread civic society and promote public good, becoming a member of Parliament and, in 1848, the minister of transport in the first independent Hungarian government.
A highly cultured European citizen, who spoke several languages, and a great patriot, István Széchenyi declared that it was essential to turn the experiences of the most advanced nations to the profit of Hungarians, and his main aim was to bring the values of civic life to all inhabitants of Hungary.
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Széchenyi István, gróf (Bécs, 1791. szeptember 21. - Döbling, 1860. április 8. ): a 19. sz. elsõ felében megindult nemzeti liberális reformmozgalom kezdeményezõje és legjelentõsebb személyisége, az MTA alapítója. Apja Széchényi Ferenc gr., a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum alapítója, anyja Festetich Julianna volt, felesége Seilern Crestentia grófnõ, gyermekei Sz. Béla és Sz. Ödön. Hamar felébredt érdeklõdése Magyarország gazdasági és kulturális élete iránt. 1815-1825 között többször bejárta Nyugat-Európát. A fejlett polgári államokban látottak és tapasztaltak arra ösztönözték, hogy hazája elmaradott állapotán változtasson s erre megnyerje elsõsorban a nagybirtokos osztály tagjait. 1822-ben angliai mintára meghonosította Pesten a lóversenyeket és 1825-ben létrehozta az Elsõ Lótenyésztõ Egyesületet. Az 1825-ben megnyílt országgyûlés alsó táblájának ülésén jövedelme kamatának felajánlásával lerakta Magyar Tudományos Akadémia alapjait. 1827-ben Pesten megalapította Nemzeti Kaszinót. 1828-ban jelent meg elsõ könyve (Lovakrul), 1830 elején jelent meg Hitel címû munkája. A Hitel az 1830-as években kibontakozó, a polgárosodást, a korszerû kapitalista viszonyok kiépítését célzó reformmozgalom programjává vált. Az arisztokraták nagy része Széchenyi ellen lépett fel; állásfoglalásukat Dessewffy József foglalta össze A " Hitel " cz. munka taglalatja címmel (Kassa, 1831). Ez Széchenyit Világ címû válasziratának közzétételére (1831) serkentette. Ebben - bár kevésbé zárt logikai összefüggésben - világosabban kifejtette a nemzeti átalakulás útját és teendõit; a célhoz vezetõ út a vagyonosodás és a szellemi elõrehaladás, mindennek elõfeltétele a polgári szabadság, akadályai pedig a nemesi elõjogok és jobbágyrendszer. Az 1831-i nagy parasztmozgalom, a kolerafelkelés után Stádium c. mûvében tizenkét törvényjavaslatba foglalta követeléseit. A Stádium kinyomtatását a cenzúra megtiltotta. Külföldön adta ki, 1833 õszén jutottak Magyarországra becsempészett példányok. Részt vett a dunai gõzhajózás életre hívásában (1831), a pesti Hengermalom és a Kereskedelmi Bank alapításában, létrehozta Pest egyik elsõ nagyipari üzemét, az óbudai hajógyárat és a téli kikötõt (1836), szorgalmazta a Duna-Tisza-csatorna építésérõl szóló törvény jóváhagyását, foglalkozott a magyar színház kérdéseivel; példájával és ösztönzésével elõsegítette a bortermelés és selyemhernyó-tenyésztés fejlesztését, kir. biztosként irányította az Al-Duna szabályozását és a késõbb róla elnevezett al-dunai út építését (1835-37); nevéhez fûzõdik a Lánchíd létrehozása, amelyen elõször kötelezték a nemeseket hídpénz fizetésére. Az állandó híddal dédelgetett tervét is siettetni kívánta: az ország fõvárosává emelni Pest-Budát; ezt a Szépészeti Bizottmányban kifejtett mûködésével maga is segítette. Az 1840-es években a Tisza-szabályozás és ármentesítési munkák megindítása (1845-46), a balatoni gõzhajózás életre hívása (1846) emelkedik ki gyakorlati tevékenységébõl. Politikai programjában egyre inkább szembefordult a köznemesi reformellenzék soraiban mutatkozó, mind határozottabb tendenciákkal. Elõször barátjával: Wesselényivel hasonlott meg, már az 1830-as évek elején. Az elsõ reformországgyûlés (1832-36) harcaitól távol tartotta magát, de Kossuth Lajos 1841. jan. 2-án megindított Pesti Hírlapja már nyílt fellépésre késztette Kossuth ellen, Kelet népe (1841) c. mûvében azzal vádolta Kossuthot, hogy izgatásával\" veszélyezteti a békés reformtörekvéseket. Az MTA 1842-i nagygyûlésén tartott nagy feltûnést keltõ ünnepi beszédében elítélte az erõszakos magyarosítást. Kossuth gazdasági kezdeményezéseit: a Védegylet, a Magyar Kereskedelmi Társaság alapításait is azért támadta, mert attól tartott, hogy ezek a Béccsel való összeütközés és a forradalom felé viszik az országot. Amikor Kossuth 1847 elején a Hetilapban levonta az 1846-i galíciai parasztfelkelés tanulságait s a jobbágyfelszabadítás és a közös teherviselés egyszerre történõ, azonnali megoldását történeti kényszernek nevezte, Széchenyi ezt ugyancsak forradalmi izgatásnak látta és a Politikai programtöredékek c. röpiratában lázítással vádolta meg ellenfelét. 1847 õszén pedig, amikor Kossuth Pest megye követe lett, Széchenyi Moson megyében követté választatta magát, hogy az alsó táblán ellensúlyozza Kossuth irányító szerepét. Széchenyi örömmel fogadta az 1848. februári - márciusi vértelen forradalom gyõzelmét, a Batthyány-kormányban 1848. ápr. 7-tõl szeptember 11-ig a közlekedés és a közmunkák minisztere volt. Bécs és a független Magyarország közötti ellentétek fokozódó kiélesedését felzaklatott idegrendszere nem bírta elviselni. 1848. szeptember 5- én háziorvosa kíséretében elindult Döblingbe, ahol hosszú éveket töltött elborult elmével az ideggyógyintézetben. 1857-ben gúnyos vitairatban leplezte le a magyarországi abszolutizmus kegyetlen és ostoba rendszerét. Ezen únevezett Nagy Magyar Szatíra gondolatait felhasználta egy a Bach-rendszer eredményeivel dicsekvõ röpiratra (Rückblick) írt válaszában. A Blick auf den anonymen Rückblick (\"Pillantás a névtelen visszapillantásra\") név nélkül Londonban jelent meg 1859-ben. A röpirat miatt rendõri zaklatások indultak ellene, mire Széchenyi 1860. április 7-tõl 8-ára virradó éjjel véget vetett életének.