the trouble with bubbles: 142/365

better on black

i bought one of those plastic bubble makers with batteries and a fan on sunday.

i didn't know taking pictures of bubbles was so hard! my shots didn't come out looking very special, so i thought i'd play around with white balance hues.

this is pic-of-the-day for may 24, 2009, at ministract!

on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/05/trouble-with-bubbles...

Comments and faves

  1. Mukumbura, Mr Timney, peter_brock, tasosdimo, and 334 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. markus / luchs3333 [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)

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

  3. markus / luchs3333 [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Planet Photo (Post 1 - Comment 2 please), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  4. Mukumbura (49 months ago | reply)

    :-))
    I was just thinking about doing something like this!!!
    Better put my camera away again

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  5. Mr Timney (49 months ago | reply)

    Brilliant !!!

  6. 5JǿǾǿГ [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)

    awesomely colourful bubbulz!

  7. peter_brock (49 months ago | reply)

    I have to say the results are impressive. It may have been hard but clearly worth it. Great experiment. A fave.

  8. Frank's Photography - www.fotoheaven.net (49 months ago | reply)

    I just love the colors!
    Beautiful image!

  9. tasosdimo (49 months ago | reply)

    polu omorfa xrwmata miss helen . :) kalh sou hmera

  10. joeljackson (49 months ago | reply)

    I can imagine when shooting at f/1.4 taking pictures of bubbles would be hard. :-P I'm not sure what a plastic bubble maker is though... ? I was actually trying to build something we could stamp words in a wall of bubbles... I don't think it's the same as this. :-P Anyway, all bubbles aside this is pretty and I like the greeny background backward africe looking thing. The colours are also very nice, who would have thought bubbles could be so colourful!?

  11. johnfinn64 (49 months ago | reply)

    I love what you've done with this!

  12. jenny downing (49 months ago | reply)

    this is wonderful - unreal!

  13. helen sotiriadis (49 months ago | reply)


    it was late in the evening, the sun had gone down AND there was a breeze -- i had to open up the aperture to get anything focused. so yeah, 1.4 made it hard.

  14. Ainhorn [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)

    Gorgeous bubbles!!!

  15. { sheila } (49 months ago | reply)

    love experimenting with WB! and this turned out great. worth the effort.

  16. XGonzalezF (49 months ago | reply)

    Very nice color.
    Slu2

  17. /Fathimah (49 months ago | reply)

    This is so cool!

  18. Juergen Weiland 5 (49 months ago | reply)

    Amazing colours. Awesome work!

  19. bowjenk (49 months ago | reply)

    Lovely colorful bubbles! ;-D

  20. Linc ~ (49 months ago | reply)

    This makes my day. Thanx for sharing this with us.

  21. Salwan Binni (49 months ago | reply)

    This is so cute...so nicely done! love the DoF, the lighting, the coloring and the bubble with an eye!!! this is a great shot!

  22. BabyMilo™ (49 months ago | reply)

    I first thought it was filters but it was white balance...
    Great result!!!

  23. Saking--Little Busy (49 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful shot
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  24. susi नमस्ते (49 months ago | reply)

    beautiful! absolute beautiful!

    love this shot!!! ;o))

    *faved*

  25. RaffertyEvans "Off Line" [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Photos that are top in your Flickr, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    This is awesome!

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  26. daruma* (49 months ago | reply)

    Looks special to me! I also love fiddling with WB- it can bring amazing and unexpected effects!

  27. Billy Currie (49 months ago | reply)

    Amazing, this is awesome

  28. flickrfanmk2007 (49 months ago | reply)

    I like the colors!

  29. Kounellis (49 months ago | reply)

    Troubles, bubbles, toomanytribbles I'm confused lol
    Wonderful Image Eleni

  30. Emiilyy (49 months ago | reply)

    i love bubbles :D
    i love the colours on this :)

  31. sunmamma (49 months ago | reply)

    beautiful!!!!

  32. asoee (49 months ago | reply)

    hi,

    i am the webmaster of ohmygodwhatagreatpicture.com and i would like to buy your picture for the price of one meal on any expensive restaurant you choose.

  33. t does wool (49 months ago | reply)

    brilliant idea!

  34. risemeagain© (49 months ago | reply)

    It's so hard to take a shot with bubble,you're nice,my friend~

  35. Gremxul (49 months ago | reply)

    Excellent!!

  36. Vivid~David (49 months ago | reply)

    Awesome work, it's beautiful !!

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  37. Mourlegovits (49 months ago | reply)

    να κανω φουσκες στο μπανιο...?

    τελεια!

  38. Shaun Knight (49 months ago | reply)

    lovely shot. beautifully done.

  39. Έλενα Λαγαρία (49 months ago | reply)

    πάρα πολύ όμορφη φωτογραφία
    έχεις ένα ταλέντο με τα χρώματα :):)

  40. jitendra.me (49 months ago | reply)

    Wow .. its fantastic ..... how did you do this.

    Have a gr8 weekend.
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  41. kauphy luvr (49 months ago | reply)

    simply brilliant my friend! Love the colors too - very nicely done!
    Have a wonderful weekend :-)

  42. Demetrios Georgalas aka brexians (49 months ago | reply)

    μενω στο σχολιο @kounelli τα ειπε ολα!

  43. Eric M Martin (49 months ago | reply)

    Love the rainbow colors!

  44. Stathis Tzouvaras (49 months ago | reply)

    ΡΕΣΙΤΑΛ ΧΡΩΜΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΚΗΣ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑΣ !!!!!!
    Αυτα....

    This is an excellent capture !!!

    Seen in Greek Photographers group.

  45. Aster-oid (49 months ago | reply)

    This is so lovely - and kiddish! Thanks, Helen!
    ;-)

  46. SuperGiovane  (49 months ago | reply)

    great and funny ;)

  47. Dead Betty is missing a lot of great pictures (49 months ago | reply)

    One of my good friends called me up yesterday to tell me she got one of these just for ME to take pictures for HER. And crap, if YOU had trouble......geeZ.

    :D

  48. pixiespark (49 months ago | reply)

    It's awesome, love it!
    Have a nice weekend - with a lot of bubbles and not so many troubles. :)

  49. .Betina. (49 months ago | reply)

    Yes, bubbles are impossibly hard to shoot but I love your original and colorful twist on a well photographed subject.
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  50. prashant adukia (49 months ago | reply)

    shooting bubbles is never easy. love this. excellent result

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