Tuesday
Dec062011
The Ballet
December 6, 2011 
It was all so beautiful.
As the curtain rose the scenes unfolded. It was a lake - that was filled with graceful swans. Or - a young girl's bedroom coming alive with her dancing toys. It was a sleeping beauty who awoke to her dreams. It was a romantic heroine...who fought for love and its victorious triumph.
It was a stage set. It was a story. It was a comedy...a tragedy...a romance. It was elegance and grace.
It was a mix of brilliant choreography..of evocative music...of magical light.
The beautiful ballet.
Reader Comments (60)
I see them dancing on the stage of life :-)
Holy smokes. this has to be hands down of the most awesome bird photos I have ever seen. Elegance.
WHAT A SHOT!!!
This is truly a magical photo.
wow, it's like you posed them, what a fabulous shot!
Marcie, how DO you keep getting these birds to pose for you in such perfect rows and perfectly synchronized action? It is amazing!
Bliss:)
grateful for the stunning share,
Jen
I don't know if you could hear it, but I gasped when I opened your shot. What incredible beauty! And, your vision in writing, also gorgeous. Wow!
Simply beautiful Marcie.
What a great and unique composition!
Love this shot! x
Oh to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right photographic skill! Love the prose too.
Ah, I love swan lake! Are these trained birds? How did you manage to capture this? It is magical!
I thought they were whales tails!
Wow, you always seem to be there at the right moment...superb shot.
Bravo!
*stand up and claps wildly*
Excellent timing just as though they are on cue. Great capture!
I can hear music...
What a stunning picture!
Marvelous shot, Marcie! I think this one was given to you as a gift. :) Nice work!
Wow amazing capture.
Marcie, this strikes me as a once in a lifetime shot. How incredible. How vast. How perfectly choreographed. And your words are wonderfully full of the awe I would imagine there. I love the treatment too. Wow.
taking of to warmer places I can imagine
Perfect title! This made me chuckle with enjoyment. Thank you!
what a beauty of the frame.
Awesome !
You find just the right words to sway one's first impression of your art, into another direction. BALLET...would not have come to my mind, but it is PERFECT!
It is indeed a ballet of the finest troupe. Beautiful.
Beautiful capture.
Oh Marcie... you need a publisher for your photographs! I would SO buy this book!
Wow! Simply amazing!
absolutely wonderful! The grace of it is breathtaking. I love the subdued colour, so much more captivating than a full colour shot.
An amazing capture of a perfect moment. You have an amazing ability to SEE.
Lovely. Perfect timing, Marcie.
Marcie - this is a photo that is the very definition of Cartier-Bresson's "defining moment"! Talk about being in the right place at the right time! And again, you are inspiring me with your horizontal images - the sky, the geese, the water. And again such lovely muted tones.
(I am currently writing a post for next week called "A Chorus Line" - we are definitely in sync.)
bird sign language ~ peace on earth
<3
what an absolutely stunning shot. Talk about elegance and grace. Perfect timing!
The perfect moment you captured here Marcie!! Realy a beautiful ballet ...
What an incredible shot to capture. Perfect timing.
Amazing Marcie..This is such a capture to get these birds in this formation as well as the incredible beauty in the reflection and water in the foreground.. really stunning.
Thrilling photograph -- very moving -- and your description was so unexpected, but just as thrilling. :)
Supreme and beautiful.... Like the beginning of an orchestra! So stunning shot :)
superbe dé-composition sur fond argenté
I so love that every one of them are different! Beautiful!
So love how you captured these beauties ... right place, right time ... and perfect words to go along!
Magnifique bas relief !
This is so beautiful, it put a lump in my throat.
Sharon
Oh...my.... beyond loveliness
Truly wonderful work . . quite moving in a way.
wow, that's an amazing capture!
How is that possible... such an alignment?
An incredible photo.
They are artists. You are an artist. What a mythical & great arrangement. What a masterly composition.
All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
AMAZING!!! water ballet