frozen Bubble
freezing bubbles in the morning frost.
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On a very cold, frosty winters morning in my back garden. Bristol, south west England in December just gone.Time
Around 8 in the morning, with a hard frost. The sun had just managed to pop over of the big church next door, lighting up the frost beautifully :) It was a very cold, around -3'C the bubbles frozen very quickly, beautiful watching Jack frost slowly creeping up the bubble in the golden sun light.Lighting
The lighting in the photo is all natural, the sunlight wasn't too strong, a nice golden glow through the hazy winter morning air. The frost lit up beautifully, lighting up the edge of the bubble and the frosty swirls. Lovely morning!Equipment
I Used a Canon eos 1100d, Hand held with a EFS 18-55mm lens. I did struggle a little hold the camera still as it was -3 and I didn't expect the bubbles to freeze, or to be outside for very long! I wasn't wearing warm enough clothes and squatting in the freezing, frosty garden. I have now added a fleece into my camera kit bag!Inspiration
I think the first time I saw frozen bubble images, they were in an article on a mother (Angela Kelly) and her son making soap bubbles and blowing them in the cold, and them freezing, loved the idea of this! But for me, living in a city in the south west of England, we rarely get cold enough weather to get a frost. When when we did last December I thought now is my chance to try it, go go go! Very happy with the results!Editing
I used Photoshop elements 9 to simply crop the image, so the focus was more on the bubble. Original photo size can been seen here: www.facebook.com/HannahbellaPhotographyIn my camera bag
I Use a canon eos 1100d, I love it had it for about a year now. My first dlsr and i adore it! I have two main lenses. A EFS 18-55mm which never disappoints me, I used this lens for my frozen bubble photo, but it is also great for landscapes and has been on many adventures, and performs greatly in all types of settings from New Zealand in rainforests', in Tenerife taking photos at night in a 30km Volcano crater capturing the milky way, I love it! My second lens is an ultrasonic 75-300mm, great macro for far away shots, bird captures and astrophotography, I have captured Nebula with this lens, never regretted splashing out on it! I also have a range of different filters, UV, ND,CPL. I have an extension tube which doesn't get used as much as it should, and a set of macro attachments x10, x4, x2, x1 they were cheap but love them. I also recently bought a fish eye macro, lens so looking forward to playing with this :) I now also carry 2 trigger switches for long exposures, i learnt the hard way that it is always better to have a spare and not need it than to have none! I use a Weifeng group WF-6662A tripod, simple, lightweight and does the job well. I also keep a fleece top, a hat, some paracetamol, a chocolate bar and some business cards and a micro cloth. And my compact Samsung WB690 as it is amazing with macro, and great close up moon shots, love the little thing, been around the world together, never turn your back on a good camera!Feedback
Be patient! can take a while to get a one to freeze, in focus, not shattered! I had BBC Winterwatch phone me for advice on capturing frozen bubbles, because they couldn't get them to freeze, they do shatter. My advice is be patient, wrap up warm, get low of close to what you want them to land on as possible, blow with cool breath and have your camera ready to go asap, and enjoy the process! a tripod would be good for this depending where you are shooting, Difficult though as it is hard to tell where exactly the bubble will land. Have fun and thank you for your votes, really means a lot
