Bubble and Lighthouse

    The building where I live is called The Lighthouse. Not that it's a real lighthouse. It's an old industrial building converted into apartments. I think lights used to be made here, hence the name.

    This shot is more clever than it looks. The bubble is flying past my shed window. The shed window is reflecting the building, and so is the bubble. Hence you can see the building in both reflections.

    The reflections are clear because the building is brightly lit by the sun, and the shed is dark inside, killing off virtually all the light.

    Look really carefully and you'll see my socks on the washing line.

    I'm surprised this works as well as it does. My shed window is filthy. Hasn't been cleaned in years. I'll clean it!

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      Savannah Lewis, MACRO Polo, DonYoyo, VivianaG, and 20 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. B†essed (8 months ago | reply)

      this is beautiful!

    3. Savannah Lewis (8 months ago | reply)

      Another winner! This was a wonderful shot to wake up to in my contacts' stream. :) have a super weekend!

    4. bastoony (8 months ago | reply)

      awesome

    5. Pixel-Pusher (8 months ago | reply)

      This new setting is quite different from the previous garden.

      I think you can get good pictures just about anywhere.

    6. mancunian61 (8 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic photo!

    7. Cн¡aяa D. ƒσtσgraf¡e (8 months ago | reply)

      wow.........

    8. SouthernBreeze (8 months ago | reply)

      Phenomenally well done! Wowee! This is great! How many tries did it take before you got this one?

    9. Oliver C Wright (8 months ago | reply)

      Blinding good and clever. Up for snake hunt maybe next sunday if the weather is good? (might be last chance this year)

    10. richard.heeks (8 months ago | reply)

      Next Sunday sounds good. I'll flickrmail you for more info.

    11. richard.heeks (8 months ago | reply)

      @SouthernBreeze. Maybe 100 shots to get a few decent ones this morning. But, otherwise, I've been photographing bubbles for a few years now, so I have ways to work the focus and exposure etc. Thanks. :-)

    12. rawr-ROAR (8 months ago | reply)

      this is so cool!!

    13. Joe__M (8 months ago | reply)

      Hey Richard, have you seen these? Could make for an interesting experiment... :)

      www.amazon.com/dp/B001CMBE64/?tag=047-20

    14. Pixel-Pusher (8 months ago | reply)

      I would love to see what Richard could do with UV Bubbles. But for a company that can't spell "UV" and charges so much money for such a tiny bottle of solution, they should pay Richard to take a decent photo of the bubbles.

      Still… I wish that I had thought of UV bubbles.

    15. richard.heeks (8 months ago | reply)

      Thanks guys. I might have to try those UV bubbles at some point.

    16. Jane in Colour (7 months ago | reply)

      Superb, no one takes flying bubble photos as well as you!! (I wouldn't have noticed the fine detail of the socks if you hadn't pointed them out, lol)

    17. Nux Pix (Beauty in the World Around You) (7 months ago | reply)

      Love Love Love the reflections!

    18. John_Smith_photos (7 months ago | reply)

      Good capture!

    19. Alex L'aventurier (7 months ago | reply)

      Great work, this is fantastic!

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