Paisley Silhouettes

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Description

More from “chasing bubbles” as they drift across my pond. In this case I was specifically watching for groups where there were multiple sizes of colored bubbles. (The colors comes from an effect called thin film interference, often seen in soap bubbles.) These arise naturally from the biological decay processes in my pond. So far, I only see the iridescence on bubbles that are less than a cm in diameter. The biggest ones here were about 5 mm across.

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Some day (maybe???), I’ll get a group where I can get edge-to-edge sharpness…

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R5, 180 mm macro, 1/320 s, f/10, iso 3200, tripod. Cropped to ~50% of full frame.

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What a great photo Mark. Some of these bubbles remind me of the eyes of a spider in some of the macro images people post. The reflections are so interesting. Also very cool how the bubbles decrease in size towards the periphery of the group.

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Mark, you did it again! Excellent shot of these bubbles and the refractions in them. Nicely seen (especially since they are so small) and captured.

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Beautiful, Mark. Even the strange looking monster in the bubbles. The swirling colors are awesome.

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Mark: So aptly titled and superbly captured and presented. As always really well seen and processed. >=))>

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Really cool! I can’t imagine the challenge of getting something so small and floating so crisply focused. Any edge to edge flaws you see are likely a result of your drive for perfection rather than a perceptible weakness in our eyes. I don’t see it.

On the other hand, the stone (?) on the right beneath the surface does grab my eye a bit. If you print a series or create a book called Chasing Bubbles, you might consider cloning that out.

Thanks for sharing this. I’m now looking for the others.

ML

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Another of your great trippy shots, Mark! One day I’d love to see a single bubble blown up large in all its glory.