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Post by pcphoto on Jul 26, 2015 21:36:34 GMT
 Here's my Princess flower frozen in time. |
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Post by srmoment on Jul 26, 2015 23:46:55 GMT
What a pretty flower. It looks great. What is it?
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Post by alexr on Aug 1, 2015 10:29:14 GMT
I'm not putting this forward as a great example, but as a matter of interest, here is one I did earlier this year (albeit berries not flowers): 
Frozen berries by AlexR!, on Flickr If I recall correctly, I used filtered water, not boiled and cooled, hence it is very opaque, so I had to poor warm water to selectively melt some of the ice on top to reveal the berries. I froze it in a couple of layers to anchor the stem to the bottom. Photographed it back lit with an LED torch. |
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Post by srmoment on Aug 1, 2015 17:12:39 GMT
Nice berries Alex. This is what I have discovered so far:
Freezing in layers helps to "place" the flowers and prevent them from floating to the top. I have also discovered that larger pieces of clear (white) seaglass that you find at the beach will work to hold them in place. Presumably clear glass would work as anchors too. I have been using cooled boiled water which seems to work fine. I also discovered that I can only leave the ice block in the freezer one night - more than one night and the center seems to heave like frost heaves on icy roads and you get an ugly white mess in the center. Oh....one last thing, ....when I photograph my iceblock I leave it until it melts slightly so that the flowers are a little clearer to see.
I also did an experiment using clear gelatin in the center of the ice, but while the result was interesting after the first overnight freezer stay, it frost-heaved the second night and turned into a mess that I had to throw out. .....and I forgot I had used some of my best seaglass in the ice-gelatin block so I lost them when the garbage truck merrily trundled away with them.........
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