My original idea was to get a "fabulous" water drop within a soap bubble.
Silly me. Doing it the way I do (one hand holding the pipette with the water, the other on the camera shutter) there was no chance of getting anything near "fabulous". Quite the opposite, in fact... The water dropped through the bubble surface and then... nothing.
After trying for two hours (never give up) I put all my camera stuff away, cleaned everything up, working with fluids is VERY messy. End of photo for macro challenge ;-(
But I couldn't give up thinking about it, I needed a thicker fluid, something that didn't just fade away after passing through the surface of the bubble. Suddenly thought of shower gel, shampoo, washing-up liquid, etc.
Grabbed the shower gel dispenser from the bathroom wall... built everything back up again "sigh" in the kitchen, did a couple of trial shots dripping the gel through and "voila" IT WORKED!... The bubble surface "bending" when the gel drop went through was fascinating, something I'd never seen before...
My technique: Blow the bubble onto the glass surface, pray it doesn't burst within seconds, then "quick, quick" check the focus, grab the gel dispenser, "quick, quick" take the picture and, in that millisecond, the bubble bursts... This happened what felt like a thousand times.
This sort of stuff either drives you nuts or fills you with joy. When everything comes together it's totally enthralling and addictive.
Sorry about rambling on...
Here's another shot I really liked. In fact I was swithering between the two for ages but decided on the pendulum.
Thanks for the ribbon. I'm SO delighted.
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The fact that you made it on a sheet of glass gives me shivers on the amount of times you had to clean up!! It's a stellar shot, and the colours are just amazing, congrats!!
Magnificent looking photo and what a superb result! I share your frustration with water drop photography - youtube videos make it look so easy but the reality is not the same. Congrats on a well deserved blue.
i was sitting at the computer waiting for rollover .. and realized that this was the challenge that was going to finish voting ..
my first thought when i realized was that i had forgotten to vote .. and then remembered the image that i had been so incredibly impressed with when i looked thru the challenge .. this was the one .. to me nothing even came close to the beauty and WOW factor you have created ..
just before rollover i was thinking of this image .. that i had only seen once nearly a week ago btw .. and thought it has to be an IreneM ..
CONGRATULATIONS .. this blew me away .. i have thought of this image a few times since that time i saw it .. and wondered how a mere mortal like myself could create anything anywhere as wonderful .
i can see now that you have very kindly put shared your technique ...
even after reading it .. i feel it would be beyond my capabilities ..
and please ramble on .. it makes me feel a lot better for doing the same .. !! .. ;)
Thanks so much, Roz. Let's ramble any time we feel like it (Hugs).
i was sitting at the computer waiting for rollover .. and realized that this was the challenge that was going to finish voting ..
my first thought when i realized was that i had forgotten to vote .. and then remembered the image that i had been so incredibly impressed with when i looked thru the challenge .. this was the one .. to me nothing even came close to the beauty and WOW factor you have created ..
just before rollover i was thinking of this image .. that i had only seen once nearly a week ago btw .. and thought it has to be an IreneM ..
CONGRATULATIONS .. this blew me away .. i have thought of this image a few times since that time i saw it .. and wondered how a mere mortal like myself could create anything anywhere as wonderful .
i can see now that you have very kindly put shared your technique ...
even after reading it .. i feel it would be beyond my capabilities ..
and please ramble on .. it makes me feel a lot better for doing the same .. !! .. ;)
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