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.
July 20th, 2007 10:07 am
WOW!! The end result is so beautiful. The color and details.
Great imagination.
July 20th, 2007 10:19 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!
July 20th, 2007 11:30 am
Michele sent me to say this is incredible. Very beautifully done.
July 20th, 2007 11:31 am
Oops, the ether got us out of sync there so I have visited cq AND you!
Michele would love those pics … !
July 20th, 2007 11:38 am
awesome pics girly!
July 20th, 2007 12:09 pm
Wonderful! So clear! I remember those flip books.
July 20th, 2007 4:16 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.
July 20th, 2007 5:20 pm
That’s lovely, Colleen, just beautiful!
I think that I will have to send this to a few people….
N.
July 20th, 2007 5:21 pm
Wonderful series of photos. Beautiful flower too!
July 20th, 2007 6:09 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.
July 20th, 2007 6:36 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.
July 20th, 2007 8:54 pm
That’s SO beautiful, colleen!!
July 21st, 2007 12:55 am
I love this!
It definitely made me smile!
Thank you so much,
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
July 21st, 2007 10:09 am
That is just stunning. Wow!
July 21st, 2007 10:38 am
After the week I’ve had, this definitely made me smile and sigh! Beautiful.
Hugs, XINE
July 21st, 2007 4:15 pm
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…
July 23rd, 2007 12:47 pm
That is absolutely GORGEEOUS! Such a beautiful flower! Watching it do it’s thing is a true pivelage!
July 23rd, 2007 12:55 pm
I was thinking of you Naomi, as I shot these photos, knowing your love of flowers.
July 29th, 2007 1:45 pm
Absolutely amazing and oh, so beautiful!!!