It Begins

The first moments of a bubble popping. I love the matt kind of clarity to the reflections in this shot.

This photo is featured in Digital Camera Magazine, October 2009. This photo has also been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles, science exhibitions etc.

It competes for being my favourite photo.

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    Alex F Burgess, A.Al-Fadhel, Anu2008, CintaItuPinkDanPurple, and 142 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. lonnierocks (35 months ago | reply)

    Love it!! Very Sci-fi looking! Great capture!!♫

  3. Snowshoeing [deleted] (35 months ago | reply)

    Wow, nice reflection!

    Seen in the Wet Reflections Group.

  4. A.Al-Fadhel (35 months ago | reply)

    woooow , very beutiful picture

    I love it ^_^

  5. Mox07 (35 months ago | reply)

    Great Shoot! Very nice!

  6. Fifi 1968 (35 months ago | reply)

    Superb capture Richard, the reflection is fantastic :-)

  7. ramnathmur (35 months ago | reply)

    seems like a fish eye view taken at arm's length. this concept can be experimented with other people or objects to get reflected by the bubble.

  8. Abelansa (35 months ago | reply)

    great picture

    The Gallery I O The Gallery I O

  9. A glimpse of life (35 months ago | reply)

    excellent

  10. S Bavido (35 months ago | reply)

    What if you captured two bubbles at the moment of impact? that could be interesting...

  11. Daniele Cherenti | DCphotography (35 months ago | reply)

    wow!!!fantastic reflect!!!!

  12. Dp Pham (35 months ago | reply)

    wonderful....love it! :x

  13. TomFalconer (35 months ago | reply)

    Really nice combo of reflections and pop. It really does look good big, so much detail. We're back a windy rut again, but when it calms I want to try this side view, another amazing shot!

  14. Mariuvicka (35 months ago | reply)

    outstanding

  15. amimitesh1 (35 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called India creative mind group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    amazing!!!!!!!!

  16. Lake Li Sun (35 months ago | reply)

    Damn, this is my favorite one ever, and probably forever!

  17. Nguyễn Phương Hoa (35 months ago | reply)

    Amazing.so cool

  18. Miss Milki (35 months ago | reply)

    Amazing! :)

  19. bdkbbc (35 months ago | reply)

    Ooh! Hangnail!

  20. Lucem~Ferre (35 months ago | reply)

    the lines in the bubble are amazing!!! and the main shot is incredible! well done a fav!!

  21. melulto (35 months ago | reply)

    amazing!

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  24. Dórap (35 months ago | reply)

    fantastic shot!:)

  25. StephenCotterellPhotography (35 months ago | reply)

    Congratulations on having some of your photographs appear here www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/ar ticle6695499...

  26. NeitherFanboy (35 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic shot.

  27. miacat63 (35 months ago | reply)

    Oh my, this is the creme de la creme of bubble shots! Please do share how you managed to achieve this, pretty please!

  28. richard.heeks (35 months ago | reply)

    It's all about having a dark background and bright objects (e.g. houses) in the foreground. That provides light and reflections. It's also about having still air and just the right amount of sunlight. LOL - then there's the bit about focusing and timing. I keep saying it's easy, but it's lots of easy things all coming together at the same time, which is actually quite complicated.

  29. pajaropiedra (35 months ago | reply)

    Thank's for making my weekend! one of the most beautiful pictures I'ver ever seen! Thank's a lot, again!

  30. odelsjenta (35 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful picture :)

  31. frumious.bandersnatch (32 months ago | reply)

    may i draw this?

  32. richard.heeks (32 months ago | reply)

    @yules<3 I've sent you a flickr mail.

  33. de joie…… (29 months ago | reply)

    This whole seres of the bubble is quite spectacle. Congratulation.

  34. Jane in Colour (28 months ago | reply)

    Truly superb...

  35. emilychristinephotog (26 months ago | reply)

    absolutely amazing. i first saw one of your bubble shots while sitting in business class. someone had pulled it up on google and had about 10 people around their desk. i was amazed at the image. these photos are fantastic.

  36. Guisella Acuña (10 months ago | reply)

    this is amazing, do you use manual focus??

  37. richard.heeks (10 months ago | reply)

    Thanks. Yes, I did use manual focus here. See my mail for more info. :-)

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