Flip This
And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~ Anais Nin
1. Start Here
2. Come in close
3. Watch it change
4. Frame by frame
5. I bet it can make you smile.
I’ve always been fascinated with flip books, since the days when my school friends and I would scribble little stick figures on the corner of our notebook pads and make them move by flipping the pages. All film animation is based on this simple practice. I have a collection of flip books, Mona Lisa’s smiling, a shark biting, King Kong flaying. And I’ve noticed that when I take a group of photos of the same scene from different angles with my digital camera, and then click through them to see how they came out, it creates a flip book effect. But a computer click is not the same as a paper flip or a camera push button press and a fast scroll only blurs. So I'm using my imagination.
Comments
WOW!! The end result is so beautiful. The color and details.
Great imagination.
Posted by: Sherry | July 20, 2007 10:07 AM
I photographed my purple cone flower (echinacea) this way too, but I thought I would save those for another day when I need another pick me up post!
Posted by: colleen | July 20, 2007 10:19 AM
Michele sent me to say this is incredible. Very beautifully done.
Posted by: gautami | July 20, 2007 11:30 AM
Oops, the ether got us out of sync there so I have visited cq AND you!
Michele would love those pics ... !
Posted by: belle | July 20, 2007 11:31 AM
awesome pics girly!
Posted by: joeyk | July 20, 2007 11:38 AM
Wonderful! So clear! I remember those flip books.
Posted by: ruth | July 20, 2007 12:09 PM
Oooooh, beautiful, Colleen! That really IS a pick-me-up, watching that flower open. I love it and, so far, I've gone through the photos about seven times.
Posted by: Bonnie Jacobs | July 20, 2007 4:16 PM
That's lovely, Colleen, just beautiful!
I think that I will have to send this to a few people....
N.
Posted by: BreadBox | July 20, 2007 5:20 PM
Wonderful series of photos. Beautiful flower too!
Posted by: Ampersand | July 20, 2007 5:21 PM
Beautiful! And I loved those flip books, too. They seemed almost magical.One thing I tried when living in the far north. I would take a picture from the very same spot on the first of each month, tracking the change of seasons with the trees and plants near the small lake we lived on at the time. I'll have to try this again now that we live here.
Posted by: Marion | July 20, 2007 6:09 PM
Just gorgeous! I may have to use that idea if I can think of it at different stages. I do love the color also.
Posted by: inlandempiregirl | July 20, 2007 6:36 PM
That's SO beautiful, colleen!!
Posted by: kenju | July 20, 2007 8:54 PM
I love this!
It definitely made me smile!
Thank you so much,
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
Posted by: Wanderlust Scarlett | July 21, 2007 12:55 AM
That is just stunning. Wow!
Posted by: Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah) | July 21, 2007 10:09 AM
After the week I've had, this definitely made me smile and sigh! Beautiful.
Hugs, XINE
Posted by: Christine | July 21, 2007 10:38 AM
Hello, Michele sent me...
Beautiful photography! You just "WOWed" the heck out of me with those frames! Incredible!!!! Thank you for letting me appreciate the bloom even more...
Posted by: Sara | July 21, 2007 4:15 PM
That is absolutely GORGEEOUS! Such a beautiful flower! Watching it do it's thing is a true pivelage!
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The Hills | July 23, 2007 12:47 PM
I was thinking of you Naomi, as I shot these photos, knowing your love of flowers.
Posted by: colleen | July 23, 2007 12:55 PM
Absolutely amazing and oh, so beautiful!!!
Posted by: mar | July 29, 2007 1:45 PM