It’s very cold here this morning – outside at least – and I thought of these frozen beauties that spent so long in my freezer. These gerbera daisies you see here are encased in ice. As I photographed them using a macro lens, you can see the details in the lovely petals and stems and the way the bubbles in the freezing water embrace the blooms and seem to buoy them up. I took the photograph with some natural light, but as the exposure time was sufficiently long, I played with moving additional light around the flowers to highlight different areas during the exposure.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
The closer you look the more you see, I agree, with botanicals and macro. And the ice just holds it there in a different dimension, for me at least. Thanks a lot +David McLachlan
What a lovely photo, so well executed, the lighting is fabulous. Macro botanicals are one of my own favourite subjects.
DaveM
+Ellie Kennard
+Heiko Mahr thanks very much Heiko. I did play with some flash light behind, moving it around 🙂
Thank you so much, dear +Beena R
This is so beautiful, looks like a (frozen) action shot .. all the beauty and life is right there!
Good to know! 🙂
It is wonderful how they turned out. I do think the natural light looks fabulous on them.
Oh we follow each other closely +Sophie Bonnet, and thank.
Fabulous work as usual +Ellie Kennard
nice
And I had thought of putting this collection into the community for critique! +Sophie Bonnet
+Sophie Bonnet I already follow +Eric Raeber's collection and I absolutely agree, very inspiring. 😀
Hi +Ellie Kennard! Check out this amazing Collection of frozen flowers by +Eric Raeber = https://plus.google.com/collection/8_Xgv. It's very inspiring. Enjoy!
Beautiful picture
+Dylan Johnson thanks. They freeze so quickly they lose none of their vibrance.
Lovely textures! I'm surprised they kept their color
Play, play +Heather Szarka – and then share with us! I got out three more blocks today and checked them out before putting them back into the freezer. Soon, soon…. Thanks a lot Heather.
Love it Ellie! Reminds me I stuck several things in the freezer and forgot about them…need to get them out and play 🙂
+Denise Speckhardt it can really lift the spirits, I agree.
It's is my only winter joy. I use the cold for good
+Stephen Thackeray it will be so fun when you get to it. You can always buy some in the florist if you don't want to wait until summer.
+Sumit Sen thank you, Sumit.
Thanks a lot +Wynona Gibson
+Sofie Løve Forsberg thanks very much, dear Sofie.
Thank you so much, Linda. They were lovely in life. +Linda Jess
+Denise Speckhardt it's a consuming passion once you get started, that's for sure.
Once you start you will be hooked, +Eve Aebi – though it's not always easy to find the time. And thanks very much.
Thank you +Brent M, didn't we learn some fun things in blur?
+Rita Gijbels thank you very much, I'm so glad you like it.
Excellent capture, lovely colors and great details +Ellie Kennard
Lovely shot +Ellie Kennard. I still haven't got around to trying this yet!
Wonderful shot!!
Gorgeous photo, Ellie! I still haven't gotten around doing some of those 🙂
I love photographing frozen flowers
Exquisite indeed they look so lovely almost as fresh as when they were picked. The color is vibrant,
Exquisite work, dear Ellie!
Love the frosted glass look. Lovely work.
Great work.