Hang on Gloopy
This is one of those times when I got the title before the photo. The title was inspired by a 1965 recording by the McCoys: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcHqUGZ6leI
For Macro Mondays theme 'Soap'.
I thought I would try and get a nice starburst effect on the soap bubbles, having done this a few times with water drops - there was a lot of trial and error, as the soap bubbles really were gloopy and did not want to stay motionless. Getting good starbursts just takes strong tiny sources of light, a stopped-down aperture, and quite a bit of patience as it is difficult to get the light source(s) in a useful spot. With water drops, the high surface tension acts like a 'skin' on the drop and it is possible to get really nice big starbursts on a motionless droplet. But the soap acts as a surfactant, reducing the surface tension resulting in the 'gloopiness' and I don't think these starbursts are as good as I have achieved with just water alone.
No soap dispensers were harmed in the making of this photograph.
Hang on Gloopy
This is one of those times when I got the title before the photo. The title was inspired by a 1965 recording by the McCoys: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcHqUGZ6leI
For Macro Mondays theme 'Soap'.
I thought I would try and get a nice starburst effect on the soap bubbles, having done this a few times with water drops - there was a lot of trial and error, as the soap bubbles really were gloopy and did not want to stay motionless. Getting good starbursts just takes strong tiny sources of light, a stopped-down aperture, and quite a bit of patience as it is difficult to get the light source(s) in a useful spot. With water drops, the high surface tension acts like a 'skin' on the drop and it is possible to get really nice big starbursts on a motionless droplet. But the soap acts as a surfactant, reducing the surface tension resulting in the 'gloopiness' and I don't think these starbursts are as good as I have achieved with just water alone.
No soap dispensers were harmed in the making of this photograph.