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Sweet Valencia, one of our precious grandaughters enjoyin' one of the simple things in life. Every now & again when the grandkids are blowing bubbles, I will join them. It's fun!...& the last time I joined in, it made me realize how many of the simple things in life we, as adults, miss! When was the last time you, as an adult, went out in your yard during a summer rain & just let yourself get soaked? I've been doing just that the past few years on occasion. It's cathartic! "Stop & smell the roses" is so cliche as to be ignored.... yet it is SO amazingly true! Really look at clouds sometime, .. natural stress relief. Stop & look at a bug. Blow bubbles (You don't need a kid to do it). Draw a rainbow on a sidewalk with chalk. & trees!!! .... watch the treetops sway in a breeze, it seems a language unto it's own. These are just a few of God's antidepressants....they are there for us, & I urge you to consume them!!
Had a great time at monicas today...I wish we lived closer. We were having anna blow bubbles for us. Love the reflection of mo's pool. Good times!
Backstory: on January 1st, some crazy people in Pesaro take a bath at around noon in the chilly waters of the Adriatic Sea to salute the new year. There was a guy blowing huge bubbles just before the event and I managed to capture this candid portrait near the seaport.
Soap bubbles being blown from a tube. Nikon D3200 and 2 cheap flashguns.
A soap bubble is the most beautiful, most exquisite thing in nature. I wonder how much it would cost to buy a soap bubble, if there was only one in the world? - Mark Twain.
"Diamantes"
The theme is Bubbles. I made bubbles in a bowl, put the camera (waterproof) in the water face up and floated a little plastic bung on top of the water, positioning it over the camera lens. I played white lights against the sides of the bowl, thus highlighting just the bubbles in the centre. When I was happy with the colour and lighting arrangement of my picture, I clicked the remote shutter (phone app) and 'voila'.
Not mine! In our contemporary sitting room, someone's black smartphone has persistent trapped air bubbles behind its screen protector. Fortunately, it's not contagious—more sequential (its owner has had the same "bubbles" problem before!) — so the TV remote control next to it is unaffected.
Both sit next to a drinks mat on a glass coffee table with a magazine from the scene hinting with subtle advertising at relaxation, leisure and travel. According to an AI describer, the (genuine) photo of this stylish setup captures the essence of modern home life in continental Europe, where comfort meets sophistication.
OMG! I can't believe I caught this!
So, there we are having a normal whale watch, when I find a small (two male) competition pod. No big deal, except the female has no interest in the two males fighting over her and decides our little yellow boat is more interesting. So while she's checking us out, her escort (the whale pictured) is still defending his spot next to her. Except WE'RE next to her. His bubble stream is certainly meant for the whale challenging him, but it ends up blasting the bottom of our boat as he passes under. Right place, right time, I suppose!
Dendrites | Soap Bubble Freezing
Today’s subzero temperature (-10°C), calm wind and bright blue clear skies amounted to an irresistible invitation to photograph freezing soap bubbles. Herewith are a series of still images along with a relevant short video I produced 6 years ago showing the growth of dendrites in soap bubbles.
Close-up of a soap bubble.
I bought a big flash unit last week (a Bowens 1000 pro) and I'm now experimenting with it to capture bubble surfaces. This bubble's about to pop, hence the dark circles where the liquid is thinning.
I should maybe try photographing a flat film instead of a sphere, as then I wouldn't have the out of focus areas. I'll try that.................
Although I used my Bowens lamp here, I think the sunlight has provided most of the light here.
It's a dark late autumn morning in Huddersfield, and so I'm trying everything here just to get a clear bubble shot: high ISO, large aperture, exposure turned right down.
Photographing bubbles in a dark urban space is more fun than I expected. Maybe I can do some Urbex bubbling. The building behind me, where I live, is an old mill building that's been converted into apartments.
The cool thing here, for me, is that I'm realising I can take bubble photos in dark areas, just so long as there's a sky above giving me some light.