F(rose)n in Time (1)

Last weekend, we had a public holiday on Monday for Labour Day and my friend Julie invited me to join her in her studio for a mystery photo shoot. “Bring your camera and a sense of adventure,” she said.

Julie had prepared a series of awesome little workstations for us to photograph. My favourite was a set of flowers, frozen in ice. What a great idea! Julz has a friend who had done something similar, so she was keen for us to try it.

This first series is of a rose, a beautiful peach colour, soft and delicate, caught up in ice. I have a lot more shots to share, but this is my first series, showing the transition from a full block of ice to a thin shard.

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I loved photographing these, watching for the moment when this delicate rose was released from the ice. I was fascinated by these flowers, constantly being drawn back to shoot them again and again.

x desleyjane


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23 responses to “F(rose)n in Time (1)”

  1. disperser Avatar

    Clever and creative

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thank you. I have a few more posts of the same Rose, and then two other plants that she froze. It was a great experiment we could keep coming back to.

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  2. pommepal Avatar

    Such a delicate colour

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      It was very pretty.

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  3. Su Leslie Avatar

    What a fantastic idea. And so beautifully captured 😀💕

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thanks Su! Isn’t it fascinating?! I kept coming back to it over and over. Which you will see in future posts lol.

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  4. kristynakubova Avatar

    That’ s a great idea! I was surprised how well the roses look after the ice melted. I would expect them to be more limpy.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Yes me too! We had another type of rose which I will post in a few days. It did go quite limp with the melting process. But this one was stoic!

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  5. susurrus Avatar

    I’m wild about this one – what a brilliant concept, beautifully executed. I can hardly believe that the rose stayed so fresh.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thanks Susan. Me too. I absolutely loved it. There are two other flowers that Julie froze and I’ll post those soon. But a few more posts with this rose to come yet. I loved it!

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  6. morselsandscraps Avatar

    These photos are exquisite, and both title and concept clever. A post to savour every aspect of: colour, composition, the works. Lovely, lovely, lovely!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Oh thank you. I loved it too. So fascinating the whole time. Julz froze two other flowers as well so I had hundreds of photos. Many more to come.

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  7. F(rose)n in Time (2) Avatar

    […] I mentioned in my last F(rose)n post, I took a lot of photos of those roses in ice, so here are some more. These shots give you […]

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  8. RuthsArc Avatar

    what a fascinating idea. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous photos.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thank you! And my pleasure 😊

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  9. F(rose)n in Time (3) Avatar

    […] today I move in closer again, after the first and second F(rose)n […]

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  10. LdG luciledegodoy Avatar

    Very beautiful, DJ. You girls know how to have fun and are superb photographers.
    I loved the idea of frozen roses. Very creative and indeed you can make many photos of the different stages. Well done!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thank you so much my friend. How are you? It’s been a long time!

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      1. LdG luciledegodoy Avatar

        I’m fine. Back from the south hemisphere and getting used to the cold temps. It’s spring but not! Guess who is coming to Amsterdam in June? Debbie from Tumbarumba.
        Wanna join?

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  11. PurplePumpernickel Avatar

    This is soooooo cool!!!! (ok, pun intended!) So fun & lovely! My brain is just clicking now, how these can be used as a centrepiece for a dinner table …. you know, instead of the ice sculpture of a swan, or a table arrangement of flowers?

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Hahaha 😎 oh yeah! Centerpieces! What a great idea!

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