Bubble Torch
Featured in Tone it Down, November 5, 2009.
One of my favorite summer time activities is to play with bubbles. Or, should I say have someone else play with bubbles so I can take pictures :)
We use a very large wand to create supersize bubbles. I love watching them flow out of the wand, separate, and then float up into the sky, sparkling in the sun.
Photo taken with a Canon EOS Rebel XTi and 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens.
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Flat black frame & bright white matting
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Lynda McDonald
wow, bk & wh abstract art all in a bubble !..........a cool pic Dear
Donna Ridgway
WOW! That’s wonderful!
Virginia N. Fred
Lookslike an alien lol fantastic work….gina
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much Gina. I’m a little kid at heart when it comes to playing with bubbles :)
jesika
Stunning image
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Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much Jesika :)
Karin Taylor
wow, that’s just fascinating
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you Karin. The little kid always comes out in me when we open up the bubbles :)
Onions
A brilliant idea.
How do the colours come out?
Renee you are so clever,it just goes to show how deceptive avatar photographs can be :)
hehe.
Renee Dawson replied
Are you saying I should change my avatar photo Mr. Onions? The colors are fabulous in the original. Looks like a fireball!
LYN EVANS
And looks smashing in black and white hon.
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much Lynnie :)
Onions
I bet in colour {note the CORRECT spelling} it looks like a fireball.
Renee Dawson replied
Color or colour – I am thinking since I am in Canada I can choose whichever version I choose depending on my mood! :)
Von McKnelly
The word color can be spelled two ways…the right way and my way, there both the same. LOL (it had to be said) :-}}
Fun stuff shooting bubbles. Reminds me of a Hubble image of a far off star nursery.
Renee Dawson replied
Thanks Von…I knew you’d come to my rescue…lol
Lois Bryan
oh how FUN!!!! It looks like a tuba!!!! LOL!!!!
LudaNayvelt
interesting effect on black & white.
Beve Brown-Clark
Stunning in balck and white…it really shows off the demensions of the bubbles!!
gemynd
amazing black and white…amazing light and form
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much :)
mikegood
Interesting! Looks like a sculpture, a torso… maybe an alien! :) Great shot!
Renee Dawson replied
lol…thank you Mike. These huge bubbles look quite weird & wobbly when they are first coming out of the wand. So much fun :)
Yehan Wang
Love it!
Shoaib .
wow this is so amazing !!!
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much! :)
parmi
Woah, this is sweet! I love everything about this. Unique and awesome art!
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much! :)
Christian Ramh...
Amazing!
And so much fun trying to see all kinds of things in these shapes. :-)
Would you mind sharing your lighting setup for this fantastic shot?
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much Christian. There was nothing special about the set-up for this one. The original bubble shot was taken in natural daylight in the late afternoon. The background was the woods across the road from our house so it was quite dark to begin with. I converted the color image to b&w and darkened the midtones & shadows further.
Christian Ramh...
Thanks for that info, Renee (Renée?)!
You did a great job in the editing, I must say. I just love that high contrast bw!
hsien-ku
wow! bubbles! what a fantastic idea!
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much! :)
clickinhistory
amazing shot and capture, love the idea of using b/w for this sort of capture
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much :)
Paula McManus
fantastic shot – I thought it was smoke from the thumbnails. Congrats on your feature! :)
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much Paula! :)
John Vandeven
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much John! :)
Matt M.
I don’t know if it should work like that, but this made me smile :) Wonderful work.
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you Matt. I don’t know how these huge bubbles work (what’s in the mix) but if you have just the right amount of wind it is great fun! :)
DaRkSiLeNcE
wow… tis like a little alien!! really cool stuff!!
Renee Dawson replied
Thank you very much! :)
Marvin Hayes 17 days ago
OMG ! aren’t we clever ! I would have never thought of doing this in black and white . It looks like you are summoning up a Genie ! Ok now your just making me feel inadequate ;-/
Renee Dawson replied 16 days ago
lol….....yes I’m still doing bubbles but not as much as last summer :) The color version of this is really cool as well – full of different colors. I may upload it some day.
Marvin Hayes 15 days ago
You should take the color version and make the bubble coming out of a Aladdin’s lamp ;
) Just a thought ;)