Corona on Planet Bubble
© R Heeks 2010. Strictly no use without permission.
I saw a photo competition with the theme of "light", so I've been trying to get better shots of coronas on soap bubbles. This is my first try. I do love the coronas, but I want to get closer yet - want more detail. I might have to be careful I don't burn my eyes in the viewfinder though!
If anyone could explain what is happening in this shot I'd be grateful.
If anyone wants to try this, please please please be CAREFUL OF YOUR EYES. I'm no expert here, but I imagine you could burn your retina by staring at these flares through a viewfinder.
Comments and faves
colors98, GollyGforce (swamped season at work), Michael G Devereux, Sheepycow, and 163 other people added this photo to their favorites.
colors98 (25 months ago | reply)
What can I say? It's pure magic! Beautiful shot.
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colors98 (25 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Artistic Impressions, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Pudo  (25 months ago | reply)
it's a sunset on a magic gas giant planet made of LSD. Beautiful.
twenty90seven (25 months ago | reply)
i thought this was a shot of the earth from space!
GollyGforce (swamped season at work) (25 months ago | reply)
wonderful color and detail!
JK x (25 months ago | reply)
I'm beginning to wonder if your bubble talent will ever end!
GAURAV KANDAL (25 months ago | reply)
insane.......
.:shk:. (25 months ago | reply)
Amazing.
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Simon Vogt (25 months ago | reply)
whoa - you are the bubble man :D how do you make such huge bubbles :D
Sheepycow (25 months ago | reply)
This is sooo amazing.
Angie Tanksley (25 months ago | reply)
WHOA!!!!!!!
rivadock4 (25 months ago | reply)
Nice work.
John Linwood (25 months ago | reply)
or alternatively a view from space of the gulf of mexico :)
amazing photo, love it
richard.heeks (25 months ago | reply)
@Simon. They're actually quite small. Just a touch bigger than a cricket ball. I have some kit for making v big bubbles, but haven't tried it yet. The small one's hold a sphere shape better! :-)
anobjectn (25 months ago | reply)
you are so fancy
Y.X.L (25 months ago | reply)
omg this is mindblowingly awesome!! i love that corona on your bubble planet!! ok.. so i never heard of corona.. is that the sun's flare on your bubble?? I still have to try a bubble popping shot, but now this....... amazing work! good luck in the comp! :)
MorningRosie (25 months ago | reply)
Wow.
Thomas Tolkien (25 months ago | reply)
Wonderful technique and capture
Patrick Mayon (25 months ago | reply)
just a soap buble ! not a Nasa photo of the earth seen from above !
Gerardo Maciel (25 months ago | reply)
pandora?
PSICODELIC
Lemuel Montejo (25 months ago | reply)
very interesting shot!
congrats on explore!
richard.heeks (25 months ago | reply)
Thanks all. @Y.X.L, yes, I'm calling that sun flare thing a corona. I think it's like a corona, but maybe not a corona. I love the word itself though.
Jen R {Sparrow's Heart Photography} (25 months ago | reply)
Oh my! Fab-u-los-o!!!!
Danny_1981 (25 months ago | reply)
Love this....just awesome!!!
Dr. Ilia (25 months ago | reply)
great image
A Fantastic Image
Thank you for posting!
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Kirsty Andrews (25 months ago | reply)
It really does look like a planet! :D
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äººé€ äººé–“ï¼Œæ„慾蔓延 (25 months ago | reply)
iz beautiful
ELAINE 57 (25 months ago | reply)
wow Richard how did u mange this its amazing and truly beautiful
Chrisconphoto. (25 months ago | reply)
soooooo cool!,wish i'd thought of that! :),
nice work
RuudMorijn (25 months ago | reply)
This beautiful picture is quite rightly chosen for EXPLORE. Congratulations!
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bigandstupid (25 months ago | reply)
well done...one of the best, that is amazing...
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ρrakaz (25 months ago | reply)
Awesome! Another one for the Front Page :) Congrats!
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bernat... (25 months ago | reply)
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foxybagga (25 months ago | reply)
super cool!
Taradactal♥ (25 months ago | reply)
This is amazing!! very pleasing to the eye!!
Is this SOOC?
weareGOLDEN.mj ☮ (25 months ago | reply)
cool macro! i love it! congrats! :D
Sunset~Beauty (25 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!!
VanessaBaumann (25 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful! I really like it! =D
Magic@Photos (25 months ago | reply)
wonderful execution - reminds me of a total solar eclipse
Congratulations on Front Page Explore
独立 amada 独立 (25 months ago | reply)
dis is so amazing!! congrat on front page explore! i like it!
klefto (25 months ago | reply)
wow. congrats on fp explore.
Jane in Colour (25 months ago | reply)
Really amazing, love it!!
photon tamer (25 months ago | reply)
Unbelievable. This is perfectly captured, and the "sunset" is fantastic.
Congrats on explore!
Rodrigo Neves (25 months ago | reply)
Fantastic detail!
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♥vale (25 months ago | reply)
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Piccolo Sorriso ( : (25 months ago | reply)
excellent capture !
Luli Angel (25 months ago | reply)
very nice pic ;) I am going to link it on my website sinestesia.weebly.com ;)
// EVOKE PHOTOGRAPHY // (25 months ago | reply)
Wow! spectacular !!!!! love reflection details !
j.c.park (25 months ago | reply)
outstanding!
daf_dab (25 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is amazing. I would like to try a bubble shot this summer. Any tips for a newby?