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Photography

Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2024, 03:15 PM Dec 2024

Trying something new: Bubble photography [View all]

I mixed water, dish soap and cooking oil in a plastic lid; blew bubbles in the mixture using an angled drinking straw; and took closeups of the bubbles using a 100mm f2.8 macro lens.

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Trying something new: Bubble photography [View all] Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 OP

Beautiful! SheltieLover Dec 2024 #1

Thanks, SheltieLover! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #3

I really appreciate the beauty you bring into all of our lives through your photos! SheltieLover Dec 2024 #6

Wow! That's very kind of you to say. Thanks for lifting my spirits! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #14

SL is a keeper... littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 #31

Thanks for your kindness, littlemissmartypants. Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #32

❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 #34

Pretty Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #2

Thanks, Clouds Passing! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #5

Cool! 2naSalit Dec 2024 #4

Thanks, 2naSalit! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #9

Beautiful. Srkdqltr Dec 2024 #7

Thanks, Srkdqltr! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #10

You sure come up with some very creative and beautiful ideas, Mouse! Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #8

Thanks, Diamond_Dog! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #12

These are lovely. Mind went to Buckminster yorkster Dec 2024 #11

Thanks, yorkster! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #13

Very cool. Speaking of cool I saw a pic of a frozen bubble. It was like a giant round snowflake..nt mitch96 Dec 2024 #15

Thanks, mitch96! I'll be freezing a bubble tonight! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #16

I think it was on of those soap bubble toys kids get to make and blow bubbles. They just made a bubble mitch96 Dec 2024 #23

I'm using my freezer. The outdoor temperatures would have to be in the teens to get the best results. Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #25

Great stuff, my dear Mousetoescamper! It kind of resembles plastic bubbles. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #30

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #33

Nice proud patriot Dec 2024 #17

Thanks, proud patriot! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #18

there's an alien NJCher Dec 2024 #19

Ha! Here's what I'm seeing ... Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #20

Wow, my dear Mousetoescamper! These are creative and great as well! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #21

Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #22

I look forward to seeing what your frozen bubble looks like! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #24

I've posted the photo above in my reply to mitch96 Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #26

Hey, the link works like crazy and wow! Really mind-bending! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #29

I like it. Kinda like "Cerebral spider in the 7th dimension". chouchou Dec 2024 #27

Thanks, chouchou! Brain webs. Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #28