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Dancer Extremes

Extreme: Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest...as in a dancer's hands and feet.
Extreme: Being in or attaining the highest degree; very intense or difficult...as in what dancers do every day.

With this series I wanted to concentrate on the dancer's hands and feet. Hands and feet, besides being necessary to dance, can express emotion and movement
and they can be beautiful on their own. As you brouse this gallery notice the hands and feet...especially the hands...and how they work within the design of each pose.

Finally, I could not resist letting these dancers use those hands and feet to perform some pretty extreme....FEATS!

If you believe this gallery has merit, please vote so others may enjoy these marvelous Artist/Athletes.

Steel Eye's		09-Sep-2009 02:40
Outstanding works of art Bravo!!!!!!!!

Michael J. Parkinson		10-Aug-2009 00:38
Fabulous Richard. You continue to inspire the rest of us to excellence.

Guest		08-Aug-2009 18:21
Outstanding!!! V

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		06-Aug-2009 22:15
Excellent work,bravo! V++ Paolo

Guest		03-Aug-2009 11:59
Absolutely wonderful shots...as always. BV.

Geoff Smith		29-Jul-2009 12:56
Just checking back to see what the Master has given the world lately. Amazing work as always Richard!

David Gaar		28-Jul-2009 18:12
Splendid work, as always, Richard. V.

Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik		28-Jul-2009 07:03
Brilliant shots!! A fantastic new collection Richard.

Gervan		27-Jul-2009 16:12
Magnificent work. V.

BleuEvanescence		26-Jul-2009 23:01
And i would say...passion extreme! Yours mixed with the one of the dancers always give incredible results. You never deceive Richard...

singapore_photographer		23-Jul-2009 23:33
nice lighting

Jeff Real		18-Jul-2009 00:21
Very beautiful work with such wonderful lighting ~V~

Raymond Ma		13-Jul-2009 04:33
Love the range in this beautiful gallery. From the original and fresh compositions to all the close up studies of the dancer's expressive gestures, a real gem! V

Rosane Santos		12-Jul-2009 20:32
I am from brasil and ask for your permition to paint some of your excellent work.I am a painter who loves portraits. sorry for my english. I love your work, please answer me.Rô.

Rosane Santos		12-Jul-2009 20:32
I am from brasil and ask for your permition to paint some of your excellent work.I am a painter who loves portraits. sorry for my english. I love your work, please answer me.Rô.

katjas		10-Jul-2009 17:31
wow, what a joy to watch this gallery!! big vote

The Suburban Hippie		10-Jul-2009 04:55
Excellent work! I love the lighting!

Valerie		08-Jul-2009 15:21
Breathtaking!

meekam tam		08-Jul-2009 09:05
Extremely beautiful photographs,Richard! V

Zolt�n Balogh		05-Jul-2009 13:34
Thanks for the invitation to your latest gallery Richard, that is fabulous! Thanks for sharing them all!:) V

Nelu Goia		02-Jul-2009 21:20
Hi Richard, This is totally different from the Alberta landscapes,which is what I shoot, but what they have in common is the fact that you cannot have enough of them. Without exception,everything in this photos is just perfect, or at least I couldn`t imagine a better way to do it. Congratulations! Nelu

Yi Feng		01-Jul-2009 02:03
Fantastic work! Vote!

ADRIANA		30-Jun-2009 22:19
SUPER PHOTO,LOVE SP[ECTACULAR DANCE ADRIANA

VR2ZNP		30-Jun-2009 20:02
Excellent lighting & Wouderful work ! V

Guest		30-Jun-2009 16:59
Stunning gallery, Richard! You captured their grace beautifully!

��		29-Jun-2009 06:17
great & different gallery. very nice!

Guest		28-Jun-2009 01:44
This gallery is truly amazing, I love every photos of it. So artistic, graceful, inspiring. Big V!

AL SAMHA EAST - RAZA		27-Jun-2009 15:07
HATS OFF!!!!!!DONE IT AGAIN////LOVE IT

wilberelsalvador		27-Jun-2009 03:52
Maravilloso trabajo. Gracias por compartir esta información. Saludos cordiales.

cits_4_pets		26-Jun-2009 16:27
Great lighting really accentuates the lines of the dancers and their expressive hands. Amazing contortions they achieve....one looks like a spider to me...LOL Excellent studio work. v

Naret Visesvongsa		25-Jun-2009 09:11
Beautiful gallery. I like the light and dancer pose in this gallery. v

Guest		25-Jun-2009 00:25
Speechless...

Alexander Akinshin		24-Jun-2009 11:16
Interesting idea - fabulous implementation. Worth seen, V!

Marc Demoulin		24-Jun-2009 06:09
Extreme mastery and aesthetic here Richard...you are unbeatable at dance photography!! vvv Marc

Joel		24-Jun-2009 03:57
Outstanding concept and execution. I looked through your images before seeing your writeup thinking the hands and feet (and legs) were very expressive. The lighting is perfect, as usual with your work. Vote, of course.

Cathy E		23-Jun-2009 15:29
Lucky girls, so nice of you to do this Richard.

Anthea's Photography		23-Jun-2009 12:31
The whole gallery is quite superb!

Rob Oele		23-Jun-2009 10:36
As alwyays great work and as it seems an endless ource of inspiration anad creativity for you! V

Jean-Luc Rollier		23-Jun-2009 09:35
Une galerie arachnéenne! Magnifique Richard. JL Vote

Guest		23-Jun-2009 00:39
very impressive, superb gallery, 100% vote.

Wendy O		23-Jun-2009 00:12
Again...fabulous!

Patricia Kay		22-Jun-2009 17:52
Breathtaking gallery Richard...Such wonderful dance positions and excellent photography..I just love each and very one!!! BV

Guest		22-Jun-2009 09:16
Nice works again, great lighting.

alfredo camba jr.		22-Jun-2009 01:27
Very artistic gallery! Very beautiful and impressive images! Wonderful dancers!! BV

Guest		21-Jun-2009 17:15
A masterfully executed series, fascinating artists, superb presentation!! Congratulations! V!

Reflections by Ruth		21-Jun-2009 16:46
exquisite, such a creative perspective on the beauty of dance :) V!

Ursula Armstrong		21-Jun-2009 15:48
another wonderful gallery, Richard! Hands and feet that express so many emitions. And you caught them so intensely. It is as if you dance with them with your eyes and your camera. Uschi (V)

Alain Boussac		21-Jun-2009 15:45
The exploits of dancers with their hands and feet have an equal only your remarkable shots, Richard. And all, you have no limits for our visual pleasure ! BV.

SHAUKHEEN		21-Jun-2009 15:34
DEAR RICHARD, I AM SPELLBOUND NO WORDS, HATS OFF

Hodero		21-Jun-2009 13:42
Richard,I thought you couldn't do better,but you managed to surprise us again my friend. No further comment. Big Vote!

Steve Morris		21-Jun-2009 12:45
Another outstanding gallery Richard. Hands and feet are in every way shown in a beautiful light!!BV

Julie Bird		21-Jun-2009 12:37
Lovely, Richard. V Julie

Alex Cheung		21-Jun-2009 10:56
excellent gallery!!! -V-

marie-jose wolff		21-Jun-2009 09:35
the dancer's gesture is so graceful... amazing work, Richard! V

Jaime Serrano		21-Jun-2009 07:58
Incredible Gallery, Richard!!!, another masterpiece. Big Vote.

gardener		21-Jun-2009 05:52
Richard, these pictures remind of La Callas singing with her wonderful gestuelle which so well accompanied her beautiful and so well trained voice. Peter

Guest		21-Jun-2009 05:48
you give the viewer all the beauty and strain that makes dancing a challenge for shoting.bv

Martin Schiff		21-Jun-2009 03:38
I really like that you took a different direction here. It really works well. Your images are always spectacular, but these are spectacular in a different way.

Simon Chandler		21-Jun-2009 02:36
Wonderful gallery of images of forms and grace. v

Galina Stepanova		20-Jun-2009 22:47
Masterly used light to strengthen and accent beauty of dancers. Once again, you brought a lot of joy to your viewers, Richard.

Linda Marie Van Tassell		20-Jun-2009 22:12
A ballerina is a poem of scripted grace; and your photographs are a canvas of captured time, where movement and music are silent and still, yet, they leap from the screen in prisms of light. Their grace is your grace and vice versa, a harmony of body and lens. Well done! Linda Marie Van Tassell

Pauline		20-Jun-2009 20:44
WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE. WELL NOT REALLY SURPRISED.:) I STARTED BACKWARDS AND AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. LIKE I SAID I'M NOT SURPRISED FRIEND, YOU ARE REMARKABLE. IF AS A CHILD I COULD NOT VENTURE INTO THIS DANCE REALM, YOU GAVE TO ME SOMETHING I THOUGHT I COULD NEVER SEE AND I THANK YOU!! ALMOST LIKE STEPPING INTO AN ENCHANTED WORLD. Even if not sepia.........lol BRAVO TO YOU RICHARD!!.....AND TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL DANCERS.

Guest		20-Jun-2009 19:51
The hands and feet are really so important in ballet, you chose a great idea and realized it so masterfully! V

Jake Jacobson		20-Jun-2009 18:10
Another Top Drawer Gallery! ...Jake

Barry Ailetcher		20-Jun-2009 16:40
Richard another Fantastic gallery your work and the dancers are always fantastic

Lampridis Dimitris		20-Jun-2009 16:11
Simple Magic !!! Congratulations *****

Wenche Aune		20-Jun-2009 15:13
Excellent work. V

zyziza		20-Jun-2009 14:58
Perfect work with dancers, movement, light, timing and magic! BV

settler		20-Jun-2009 14:51
My man, you do credit to photography and dancers like no one else!..BV!!

Barri Olson		20-Jun-2009 14:37
Hello Richard I do think by emphasis placed on the hands, which are the extensions of human expression, that this gallery has a more expressive...and if it is possible, an even more graceful sort of underlying feel...as opposed to athletic gracefulness which you do extremely well too) I like how you are exploring this avenue very much...think it ranks among your best for sure. Best regards Barri

David Yu		20-Jun-2009 14:21
You always take the best ballet dancing photos!!!!

Marcia Rules		20-Jun-2009 14:08
fantastic again! so graceful & poetic: your art as well as the dancers ~V~

Guest		20-Jun-2009 02:33
Nancy always "takes the cake"!!

chyeheng		20-Jun-2009 02:00
This is so beautiful! The dancer must be very happy to have capture those life moment!

an nguyen		20-Jun-2009 00:00
So artistic and so graceful ..I am in awe inspired....

selinab		19-Jun-2009 20:05
Amazing work as usual. V

Joan Todd		19-Jun-2009 19:50
Just when I think the pictures can't possibly be any better than the last shoot, they are!

Buba Jafarli		19-Jun-2009 17:09
A new set of masterpieces! You are the man, Richard! V.

Paco L�pez		19-Jun-2009 05:01
Excellent work as usual!!!!!! Big vote!!!!

Joel Escala		19-Jun-2009 01:09
Another great gallery in the making Richard. V

Mohamed Mahmoud		18-Jun-2009 18:22
Fabulous work, Vote

Pawel		18-Jun-2009 15:59
Wouderful work! V!

Bill Warren		18-Jun-2009 02:07
Your exploration of the dance form continues--continues to rock down to the fingers and toes. V

Pauline		17-Jun-2009 03:06
Loving the shadow and lighting.... peeeeeeeeeerfect!!

Pauline		17-Jun-2009 03:04
You already have got my vote ... stunning to say the least my friend!!! Go for it, all the way......... let your mind take you to this beautiful place .... hands frozen in time.. Jesus the hands so beautiful, the hands of a dancer, BRAVO!!!!! Richard, have fun maestro!! I AM SO JAZZED FOR YOU!! :)

an nguyen		16-Jun-2009 23:10
Promising a spectacular gallery. First image is a knock out gorgeous shot...BV

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