Violas

[denise ippolito]

Canon 1D Mark III
100mm Macro lens
1.3 sec. at f/13
ISO 100
HH Natural light
I took the heads of these Violas and put them in a bowl of water. I froze them to photograph them. I saw this technique at Nanpa during a program given by Darrell Gulin. He freezes the flowers in a shallow bowl filled w/water then rubs his hand over the top to melt the ice and reveal the flowers. I did not get a successful image, but I did learn a lot in the process. I did take this blur shot of the Violas before freezing them and was happy with the results.

To see some of Darrell's work here is a link to his web-site.
http://www.gulinphoto.com/

[Kora Baker]

I like that the flowers are recognisable, denise. The placement of the colors makes a very good compo. Love the blur too:)

[Dave Leroy]

Very intersting technigue Denise.
A very nice interplay of flowers and colours and it makes me want to see farther into it.
Very nicely done.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Denise, I love this. I love the interplay of light and dark and the texture and pattern that the black and yellow provides. Very nice!
Best,
Nicki

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like the dark purples in the center, with the whites around. The blur is soft and pleasing. Will check out that link, Thanks D.

[Julie Kenward]

How interesting! I love the image but also love the explanation of freezing the flowers. So many things to try and not enough time to try them. I need a clone who can go to work for me so I can play all day. :D

[Anita Bower]

Lovely colors! For some reason, looking at this image made me dizzy. :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

I agree with Jules - not enough hours in the day. I see something that looks so interesting and this is absolutely
gorgeous and there are so many techniques to try I forget what to do:) Denise, I love the blur, the centers of the lighter flowers and the placement of the flowers - it's such a beautiful composition. I went to a short seminar Darrell did in St. Augustine but was just starting out and didn't really appreciate what he was saying.
I do now:D

[denise ippolito]

Thank you all very much.:)