Touchable Bubble being Aqua on Marble

This is a Touchable Bubble. You blow them like a normal bubble, but then they go hard and can stay around for weeks. This one is really small - about 10mm diameter. I blew it over a marble worktop to get a dark background, because dark is good for reflections. The light is from ceiling spot lights.

I'd tried Touchable bubbles before and couldn't get them to work. But then, last week, I bought some bubble mixture from Samsam Bubbleman's shop, and they put some Touchable Bubble mixture in with my order as a freebie. It works! I could only get the tiny ones to not pop though.

When I first heard of touchable bubbles I imagined they'd go hard like glass or plastic. But they don't. Their surface is like a very very thin skin. To gently touch it is to immediately puncture it. So I would'nt call them touchable. Touch them, and they slowly collapse. The skin crinkles, the air seeps out, and they leave a shiny stain on the ground beneath.

I've got a version of this photo in full size, but I'm only uploading a small image here.

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    Brylove_13 (Away), Immacolata Giordano, Con-Artist, geospizafortis, and 23 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Brylove_13 (Away) (19 months ago | reply)

    WOWOW!! Amazing!!! excellent shot Richard!

  3. Brylove_13 (Away) (19 months ago | reply)

    love the burst of light in the reflection too!

  4. nondesigner59 (19 months ago | reply)

    Smart. Image..

  5. Immacolata Giordano (19 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic!

  6. Torsten Hansen (Berlin) (19 months ago | reply)

    Well composed and captured - brilliant, excellent - beautiful artwork! Greeetings from Berlin! Torsten

  7. Shakeskc (19 months ago | reply)

    Amazing shot.

  8. Thiago Souto (19 months ago | reply)

    It looks like a crystal ball. Very beautiful.

  9. Mankamundo PhotoArt (19 months ago | reply)

    Nice.. luv all those stars! what's the black circle in the middle tho?

  10. Boguslaw1 (19 months ago | reply)

    Superb!

  11. S Bavido (19 months ago | reply)

    Interesting...I'm excited to see where this new direction leads...

  12. richard.heeks (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks all. @Mankamundo. That "black circle in the middle" is a reflection of the lens. I'm standing away from the camera with a remote control. :-)

  13. Emma-Victoria {A week behind....taking some time (19 months ago | reply)

    Fabulous!!!

  14. dexter. (19 months ago | reply)

    great!!!!

  15. cjbnc (19 months ago | reply)

    Stunning picture

  16. DICECCI (19 months ago | reply)

    Stupenda

  17. nh! (19 months ago | reply)

    qué buena!! me encantan todos esos colores que la circundan

  18. Expeditor13 (19 months ago | reply)

    Very cool and different. Thanks for adding the description.... it gives even more value to the shot. :)

  19. Carla Yépez Caicedo (17 months ago | reply)

    creativo

  20. Smile4Me!Photography (17 months ago | reply)

    I bought a pack of touchable bubbles about a month ago...they didn't work. Wrote the company and awaiting a replacement! Can't wait to try them!

  21. queenxtc (15 months ago | reply)

    It's not fair, I'm so jealous! I thought I had a good eye....pf.

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