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Challenge: Macro Without Bugs or Flowers V (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: My kitchen
Date: Mar 21, 2019
Aperture: 16.0
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Mar 24, 2019

 [Mar. 31st, 2019 02:24:51 PM]

Thanks for the wonderful comments.

My original idea was to get a "fabulous" water drop within a soap bubble.
Silly me. Doing it the way I do (one hand holding the pipette with the water, the other on the camera shutter) there was no chance of getting anything near "fabulous". Quite the opposite, in fact... The water dropped through the bubble surface and then... nothing.
After trying for two hours (never give up) I put all my camera stuff away, cleaned everything up, working with fluids is VERY messy. End of photo for macro challenge ;-(
But I couldn't give up thinking about it, I needed a thicker fluid, something that didn't just fade away after passing through the surface of the bubble. Suddenly thought of shower gel, shampoo, washing-up liquid, etc.

Grabbed the shower gel dispenser from the bathroom wall... built everything back up again "sigh" in the kitchen, did a couple of trial shots dripping the gel through and "voila" IT WORKED!... The bubble surface "bending" when the gel drop went through was fascinating, something I'd never seen before...

My technique: Blow the bubble onto the glass surface, pray it doesn't burst within seconds, then "quick, quick" check the focus, grab the gel dispenser, "quick, quick" take the picture and, in that millisecond, the bubble bursts... This happened what felt like a thousand times.

This sort of stuff either drives you nuts or fills you with joy. When everything comes together it's totally enthralling and addictive.

Sorry about rambling on...

Here's another shot I really liked. In fact I was swithering between the two for ages but decided on the pendulum.




Thanks for the ribbon. I'm SO delighted.



Statistics
Place: 1 out of 49
Avg (all users): 7.2340
Avg (participants): 6.8846
Avg (non-participants): 7.6667
Views since voting: 1108
Views during voting: 113
Votes: 47
Comments: 23
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 04/05/2019 08:08:11 PM
You are so clever. This is a very amazing work of art. Congratulations!
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 04/04/2019 11:44:55 PM
Excellent Irene! Well deserved.
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 04/02/2019 06:34:51 AM
Still at it then .... :) Congrats
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 04/01/2019 11:19:29 PM
Huge congrats - an outstanding picture - as well as the outtake.
And Thank you for informing us about the "making of"!
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 04/01/2019 02:40:48 PM
Congratulations on the blue, Irene. This is gorgeous (and your outtake too). Thank you for writing such detailed, informative and entertaining notes.
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 04/01/2019 12:02:58 PM
Congrats on the well deserved Blue; my favorite in this challenge.
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 04/01/2019 10:12:24 AM
Your perseverance certainly paid off, congrats on the well-deserved blue! I love your other shot too.
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 04/01/2019 07:43:33 AM
Very pleased to see this image win! Congrats on the Blue :)
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 04/01/2019 06:19:34 AM
The fact that you made it on a sheet of glass gives me shivers on the amount of times you had to clean up!! It's a stellar shot, and the colours are just amazing, congrats!!
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 04/01/2019 02:17:51 AM
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Congrats Irene!


Eat more porridge, Ken...
 04/01/2019 01:59:15 AM
Amazing as usual, you were in my top picks!
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 04/01/2019 01:06:55 AM
Magnificent looking photo and what a superb result! I share your frustration with water drop photography - youtube videos make it look so easy but the reality is not the same. Congrats on a well deserved blue.
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 03/31/2019 11:37:18 PM
How much you deserve the blue! Stunning stunning work. Congratulations
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 03/31/2019 11:29:20 PM
Congrats Irene!
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 03/31/2019 09:48:34 PM
My fav! Well done, congrats and thank you for explaining the shot :-).
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 03/31/2019 09:19:33 PM
Originally posted by roz:
i was sitting at the computer waiting for rollover .. and realized that this was the challenge that was going to finish voting ..
my first thought when i realized was that i had forgotten to vote .. and then remembered the image that i had been so incredibly impressed with when i looked thru the challenge .. this was the one .. to me nothing even came close to the beauty and WOW factor you have created ..
just before rollover i was thinking of this image .. that i had only seen once nearly a week ago btw .. and thought it has to be an IreneM ..
CONGRATULATIONS .. this blew me away .. i have thought of this image a few times since that time i saw it .. and wondered how a mere mortal like myself could create anything anywhere as wonderful .
i can see now that you have very kindly put shared your technique ...
even after reading it .. i feel it would be beyond my capabilities ..
and please ramble on .. it makes me feel a lot better for doing the same .. !! .. ;)


Thanks so much, Roz. Let's ramble any time we feel like it (Hugs).
 03/31/2019 08:05:47 PM
i was sitting at the computer waiting for rollover .. and realized that this was the challenge that was going to finish voting ..
my first thought when i realized was that i had forgotten to vote .. and then remembered the image that i had been so incredibly impressed with when i looked thru the challenge .. this was the one .. to me nothing even came close to the beauty and WOW factor you have created ..
just before rollover i was thinking of this image .. that i had only seen once nearly a week ago btw .. and thought it has to be an IreneM ..
CONGRATULATIONS .. this blew me away .. i have thought of this image a few times since that time i saw it .. and wondered how a mere mortal like myself could create anything anywhere as wonderful .
i can see now that you have very kindly put shared your technique ...
even after reading it .. i feel it would be beyond my capabilities ..
and please ramble on .. it makes me feel a lot better for doing the same .. !! .. ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/31/2019 06:43:08 PM
Beautifully done; lighting, composition, all excellent. My top pick.
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 03/28/2019 07:50:29 PM
Great pendulum.
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 03/28/2019 03:54:32 PM
Great image. My pick for the blue.
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 03/26/2019 12:53:35 AM
This feels like an Irene. If not, you have produced something wonderfully on par with her work and for that I give you a well deserved 10.
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 03/25/2019 08:17:04 AM
I like this image the best of this challenge, it is a true macro and the colors and lighting are divine
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 03/24/2019 09:46:07 PM
My fav of this challenge - hope you are telling us what you have done here :-).
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