SOOC Bubble Pop
Just uploading this as SOOC (Straight Out Of the Camera). It's my favourite bubble capture. It's a good example of how little I edit these bubble shots, i.e. it's clear and colourful from the outset.
I've seen a few blogs that question the extent of photoshopping in my work. The point is that I do lift light a little in my edited shots, because it gives the shot a punch and impact. But you can see from the original that I don't do much. It's all there from the beginning.
(P.S. As of Oct 2011, I know that this photo is receiving quite a lot of attention, so I've uploaded it as the full size original. There's no point in people critiquing this photo if they're just looking at a very dimished version. Feel free to look at the LARGE size. It's good for it.)
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Sea Moon (36 months ago | reply)
That is really neat!
FishPie (http://atlastcrew.tumblr.com/) (36 months ago | reply)
Thats an amazing capture!
I love how you have caught the bubble at mid-burst.
Palastar (36 months ago | reply)
That's simply fantastic!!! great great shot and timing!
Ladybug8320 (36 months ago | reply)
Very impressive series of shots! :)
TomFalconer (36 months ago | reply)
Your shots are so good I'm not sure if I'm inspired or if I want to just give up!
Lallyna (36 months ago | reply)
wowwwww I love all your shots!!!!
zhenneman (36 months ago | reply)
this is a perfect shot with the reflection and the pop.
any thoughts on doing a wet finger inside the bubble and a dry finger popping it? gotta overcome the surface tension.
klodine2009 (36 months ago | reply)
your shot is so beautiful..
very creative works..
congratulation..
L▲iv © (36 months ago | reply)
wow! wow! perfect shot!
buckarama (36 months ago | reply)
Absolutely Fantastic!!!!
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Bob Richards UK [deleted] (35 months ago | reply)
Well done......and many congratulations in getting an article in today's Times about it!
rmrayner (35 months ago | reply)
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Richard - just saw your picture in the Telegraph... awesome work, well done indeed. Amazing work.
®ich (35 months ago | reply)
Amazing captures and I'd assume a lot of patience :)
Saw these on the times website I think!
volvodadfast (35 months ago | reply)
It is even better in full resolution!
I also love the composition with the fulll hand - much more pleasing than the cropped version in the newspaper.
hong28135 (35 months ago | reply)
who said you have to have a high speed camera to capture it! you simply did it all ! well done!
ka300m (35 months ago | reply)
...very very very amazing!
TENOCH 75 (35 months ago | reply)
speechless, great shot!!! how did you do it?
Silverpasta (35 months ago | reply)
just saw this in the paper and found you :) This is awesome!!!
feltonamus (35 months ago | reply)
So Dope!
emi fujimoto (34 months ago | reply)
Magical! fantastic shot! :D
sky_mitch (34 months ago | reply)
Something to aspire to
Ms. Magoo (34 months ago | reply)
That is amazing. Well done:)
hbdigimg (34 months ago | reply)
great.
Sabby3000 (33 months ago | reply)
I'm awe-struck and completely lost for words!!!
Pavithra's Photography (32 months ago | reply)
thats amazing!
Gabriella Carta (Italy) (32 months ago | reply)
wowwwwwwww... fantastic!!!
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Gabriella Carta (Italy) (32 months ago | reply)
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lepidopteros (31 months ago | reply)
excellent shot!!!very clever!!!
nolies/justlove (31 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot! Very creative.
El mundo de Violetta V [deleted] (31 months ago | reply)
Preciosa.
rehan© (31 months ago | reply)
this is just so awesome! thank you for sharing
Africa Dave (30 months ago | reply)
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Stunning!!! Great image of a split intime!!! Well captured Richard!
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lizZali (30 months ago | reply)
Great, amazing, and probably everything else.
marylu22 (29 months ago | reply)
That is truly amazing! I LOVE this!!!!
Saarikivi (29 months ago | reply)
Truly amazing! well done!
KJanoskova (29 months ago | reply)
so, how many bubbles did you kill before their time to get this amazing shot? :D
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greeneyed04 (29 months ago | reply)
so cool - fantastic!
Philip Guyver (29 months ago | reply)
i prefer this to the other one
Edd Noble (29 months ago | reply)
I like the green in the original but this one has nice contrast from the darker BG against the hand. The timing is perfect on this!! Well done setting this up =). Did you have the camera on continuous frames for this set or did you just try hard to snap at the right moment. You have inspired me to try this myself now =)
F Stop Gallery [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)
cant imagine there is a comment i can put that would be any different to all the rest but safe to say this shot is AMAZING!! well done!
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HeMoXsTyle (29 months ago | reply)
wooooooow it's more then amazing :-)
RakelFromHell!!! (29 months ago | reply)
This is one of the best shots I've ever seen. Congratulations and forget about those nasty comments, jelousy is a bad disease ;)
radhipalwai (29 months ago | reply)
great shot
ginascaletta (29 months ago | reply)
amazing! great capture.