Bubbles at night

[tommyg]

Some of the photos from the 'Pizza at Debs' night (brilliant Pizza!)





A 'Self portrait'


And, finally check out the reflections in the right bubble


As always C&C appreciated

Cheers
Tom

[aim54x]

Great work, I love the definition and the colours you have in these

How did you capture these? Long exposure on tripod with flashes used to light up the bubbles?

[tommyg]

Great work, I love the definition and the colours you have in these

How did you capture these? Long exposure on tripod with flashes used to light up the bubbles?

Thanks for that. We had a bubble machine blowing these into the air, so it was done hand-held with an SB-900 at around 1/80, f5. Most were either out of focus or missed the bubbles completely.

Next time, I think I'll try with 2 side flashes to see if this gives something different

[DanielA]

I was wondering where everyone's bubble shots were.
Looks like you did well. I had the same trouble with focus.

Daniel

[Geoff M]

The black point needs to be increased in these which should reduce the noise which is evident in the black b/g. Otherwise a good effort for a challenging subject.

[DanielA]

In addition to the black point, some mild cropping could be work a try. Have you done any cropping on these?
I'd try cropping the first one square, keeping the full height, but just chopping a little bit of the left of the second bubble in from the left. Does that make sense?

Daniel

[tommyg]

updated the links - images looked fine on red bubble - and at this size the blacks look black finally

Will do some boosting of the colour though as well and see how that goes

[amashun1]

amazing pics, love them all

[biggerry]

nioce! the third one is very tidy indeed.

the question does beg to be asked though, what were a bunch of grownups doing playing with a bubble machine

would have been fun though!

[surenj]

Love the concept and execution! Personally I would have preferred larger light sources but love the color to remain.

bunch of grownups doing playing with a bubble machine

[Mr Darcy]

the question does beg to be asked though, what were a bunch of grownups doing playing with a bubble machine

I seem to recall that you "can tell the difference between men and boys by the price of their toys"

[biggerry]

I seem to recall that you "can tell the difference between men and boys by the price of their toys"

eek!

[fozzie]

Tom,

I like the third shot most of all, quote 'A 'Self portrait' ' unquote amazing colours and of course the photog's reflection.