Thanks to Leenks.com for posting these on their site!
I haven't been able to shoot much lately, what with trade shows and work and life and all. It
seems like it has rained every day I had a little free time for the past month as well, so
I have been thinking about stuff to shoot inside. Basically it is just a 1:1
solution of soap and water in a shot glass that I blew bubbles into with a straw.
If you lit them very closely you could see the neon swirls.
I haven't been able to shoot much lately, what with trade shows and work and life and all. It
seems like it has rained every day I had a little free time for the past month as well, so
I have been thinking about stuff to shoot inside. Basically it is just a 1:1
solution of soap and water in a shot glass that I blew bubbles into with a straw.
If you lit them very closely you could see the neon swirls.
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The swirls were constantly moving so it was hard to get something in good (enough) focus. It also meant that no two shots looked the same. Here is the same bubble with different patterns:
Coming Soon... playing with matches!
They are beautiful. Where does all the color come from? Is it just light shining through the bubbles kind of like crystals?
ReplyDeleteThanks again. I just came across this on a FSU website:
ReplyDelete"Delicate shimmering spheres with surfaces of constantly shifting swirls of color, soap bubbles derive their beauty from basic principles in optics and quantum physics. Molecular turbulence forms tiny vortices along the film's surface creating swirls of spiraling colors as light interplays along the bubble membrane. Color is produced by interference between light reflecting from the outside and inside surfaces of the soapy film. In-phase beams of light combine to display shimmering iridescent colors that smoothly transition along whirling fluid molecular movements"
i think the colour depends on how thick the membrane of the bubble is at that spot, in terms of the wavelength of that particular colour
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. While shooting I found that the amount of light cast on the bubbles and how much it was diffused had the greatest impact on color.
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