Bubbly Planes

Artist: Mui-Ling Teh
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Bubbly Planes

Bubbles stuck to the sides of my folded cup. I placed the cup over a mirror, and there are a few bubbles stuck to the bottom as well; however they give the impression that they are floating there due to the reflected bubbles below them.

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Bubbly Planes belongs to the following groups:

Amateur Photographers' Association, Art in Math, Cards - Best of the Best, Ebony and Ivory, Globes, Spheres and Curves, Macro Untouched, Mysteries of the Common, Parallel Dimensions, Still Life Photography, Textures and Materials and Two Word Challenge

Lam Tran, 2 months ago

fantastic extreme close up my friend, great tone! Lovely lighting!
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Lam Tran’s comment, 2 months ago

Thank you my friend.
cherylc1, 2 months ago

fabulous!!
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to cherylc1’s comment, 2 months ago

I’m glad you like it, Thanks for the fav :)
Paul Compton, 2 months ago

Exquisite. Such magic and beauty in such a small and mostly overlooked item. Wonderful work.
Lori Peters, 2 months ago

You can see wonder in everything. In physics it is called adhesion-the attraction of like molecules. Very nice.
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Paul Compton’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks for the lovely comment Paul. You’re right, these things do get overlooked and it’s interesting to see small things in a different perspective. Meanwhile overlooked items are often hard to capture. It wasn’t that easy getting this shot since the acetate cup was being flimsy whle putting my camera against it and the bubbles are small.
Paul Compton, 2 months ago

I think you captured it expertly Mui-Ling. Bravo : )
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Lori Peters’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Lori. It was interesting getting theses bubbles in my folded cup; I don’t often see this in glass cups (excluding when they are filled with soda). I guess acetate has a greater force of adhesion than glass. Oh physics… it was all coming back to me as I saw reflections and refraction in the water and the acetate surface.
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Paul Compton’s comment, 2 months ago

^ __ ^
Mar Silva, 2 months ago

You are so good at these types of delicate imagery.
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Mar Silva’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Mar :D
Lori Peters, 2 months ago

With glass containers we ususally see cohesion, the attraction of like molecules. Try filling a spooon as much as you can. If you look across the top the water peaks in the middle of the spoon. i love talking physics.
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Lori Peters’s comment, 2 months ago

ah yes, the water in a test tube would be either concave or convex depending on the adhesive and cohesive forces. This discussion is being pulled into chemistry.
Lori Peters, 2 months ago

Yes, and i love it. Art can be thought provoking. Your picture made for some good discussion.
Karin Taylor, 2 months ago

fascinating Mui-Ling, i love your description…it gives an insight into your curiousity and how your mind ticks :)
Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Karin. It also led to a lot of physics conversation :P
jdmphotography, 2 months ago

Brilliant image awesome work here love It well done ! (-;
silveraya, 2 months ago

great image, well done very creative
blamo, 2 months ago

great concept works supurbly well
solareclips, 2 months ago

Great abstract!!! ;-)
Shannon Paskaruk, 24 days ago

very cool!