Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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Olympia sings one of the opera’s most famous arias Les oiseaux dans la charmille, where she periodically keeps winding down just before hitting the final high note…. And needs a little winding up.

Alas, Hoffmann realizes that he is in love with an automaton.

4 responses to “The Doll Aria”

  1. Wonderful picture. This is a great, wonderful, typical convoluted Romantic story; and a great opera.

  2. Lucky you to have been there!
    Lucky little one to have the honour and pleasure to wind up the doll!

  3. Cool, found this – always loved Hoffmann tales… hm, funny – here it is – Intel inside:)

    to SJ – also, i do not understand a whole "geek" concept, never did – since in my country it does not exist… brilliant people like yourself were appreciated…
    and even in the American "geek" definition – it sounds like somebody who is focused on technology and engineering only (if I understand it correctly)… so you do not fit this definition:)
    you have a gift for photography, especially portraits… and many other interests… lucky you!

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