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bubbles triple2

bubbles triple2



cameraNIKON D5200

settings Aperture f/7.1 ISO 200 Shutter 10/8000 Focal Length 900/10 

upload_dateJul, 2015

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priyankdhami
 
priyankdhami July 30, 2015
Lovely composition and capture my friend. Keep Posting
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PamelaYasminaParker July 30, 2015
Thank you so much Priyankdhami, it was a fun day playing in water and making bubbles :-)
Remraf
 
Remraf July 31, 2015
Nice!
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ElenaRK September 07, 2015
Very interesting composition. Great job!
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adaiahgooden October 02, 2015
Excellent...captures the delicate and fragile balance of nature without disturbing it.
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adavies January 05, 2016
Cool shot!
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charlenekoritnik December 03, 2017
This is so creative and definitely pleasing to the eye! :)

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Behind The Lens

Location
I took the photo in my neighbors yard. It was irrigation day and the water was running over the sidewalk. My friend was helping me take pictures of bubbles. We tried in my front yard over the wet grass but the bubbles kept popping. We thought we would try it over water and it worked. We used store bought bubbles in a bottle and put the liquid in a tub and used string and cut up straws as handles to get larger bubbles. When the bubbles hit the water they stayed as bubbles and I was able to photograph them. The one bubble domed itself while two other bubbles floated by. I love the shadows the bubbles made in the water. The two lines on the left in the photo are reflections of a telephone pole and a street light pole.
Time
We started taking pictures in the morning on a summer day before it got too hot. I'm in Arizona and it gets really warm mid morning so we started early.
Lighting
The lighting was outside in the morning sunlight.
Equipment
My camera is a Nikon D5200 DSLR and I was using my 55mm-200mm lens. No tripod or flash, only my camera and steady hands :-)
Inspiration
I was taking an online photography class and needed to take photos of reflections. I wanted to try taking photos of bubbles because of the reflections they have. I tried several times but just couldn't get a good photo the bubbles kept braking or I got blurred pictures. My friend Jenny told me she could get the bubbles to last longer and make them larger and she did. Her suggestion of having the bubbles over water was the key. I love the reflections in the bubbles of the trees around us along with the reflections of the bubbles in the water.
Editing
I didn't do any post-processing to the photo.
In my camera bag
At the time I took this photo I didn't have much in my camera bag. I owed two lens that came with my camera, an 18mm-55mm and a 55mm-200mm. I know carry with me a spare battery, my favorite lens an 80mm-300mm, a 35mm lens and a fisheye lens.
Feedback
My advice for capturing bubbles is not to give up. Bubbles are challenging to get and when you do it's a fantastic feeling. Make your bubbles as large as you can get them; string really works well. Photographing bubbles is a lot of fun and the results that you get are amazing.

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