Bubble flower
Such a pain blowing bubbles and photographing them on the flower. They don't last more than 2 seconds! Bubbles are hard to focus onto, so I chose a small aperture for the deep depth of field and then set the camera into manual focus .
To get the reflection on top, the bubble had to be "fresh". After a second, the bubble thins out and turns completely translucent before popping. Hence no more reflection :(
I had to work fast, straw in one hand blowing bubbles and another hand on remote shutter release. Flower is soaked in detergent so that it "holds" the bubble, but the stamens still act like needles pricking the bubble. Getting one big bubble to envelop the whole flower is a whole new challenge by itself.
Strobist:
SB900 gridded onto flower 2 o'clock slightly higher as main light
SB900 gridded onto bubble 10 o'clock parallel for "bubble
lights"
SB900 gridded onto flower 8 o'clock slight higher for fill
all triggered via CLS
Comments and faves
livelikecrazy (36 months ago | reply)
Your patience and hard work paid off! This is a great shot!
Anuma S. Bhattarai (36 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot ..
visionaire209 (36 months ago | reply)
So amazing! You are very patient and dedicated!
Il etait une fois added this photo to her favorites. (36 months ago)
r3xs00n (36 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
Billy Wilson Photography added this photo to his favorites. (36 months ago)
greg194799 (36 months ago | reply)
Beautifully done, Nice composition and lighting, thanks for sharing.
MJLee1 (36 months ago | reply)
Thank you everyone for the kind words.
Vicco Gallo added this photo to his favorites. (35 months ago)
Vicco Gallo (35 months ago | reply)
wow, great idea, great result!
I guess this took some time, to get this shot ...,
congrats!
doitsunosensei (35 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Structures and colors - detergents only!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
This photo was invited and added to the Structures and colors - detergents only! group.
Lelom Atienza (35 months ago | reply)
love love love!
radeonxt (35 months ago | reply)
>.<
I can imagine how long it took
haha
anyway,
great shot for me
˙ ♪ Claudio Lara ✔ (35 months ago | reply)
excellent
doitsunosensei (35 months ago | reply)
Thank you for adding your beautiful picture to the group
Structures and colors - detergents only!
El-Kadri, Photo.mania, ¡live and love what you are! : ), gHopson., and 7 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Mary Lou Rutledge (13 months ago | reply)
Wow. Double Wow and triple Wow!! I want to try this...
As-Salāmu `Alaykum and Susan Pretorius added this photo to their favorites.