Photographer captures moment a bubble bursts

[foodpoison]

I may agree with you somewhat, but nice to let people know that photography is a labour of love, unless you get those lucky Bu****s who take an awesome shot first time out :bang:

Oh I totally agree. You don't just go somewhere and get that shot straight out. It takes time and consideration

 

[PsiFox]

Hi all. I'm Richard, the bubble photographer you've been discussing. Thanks for the mostly positive comments. I've just googled myself, which is fun, and have been tracking down sites and discussions about me, so here I am. The press have confused things a little by saying I have a "slow motion" camera (not true, as you've noticed) and they've implied that I captured a sequence of a bubble popping, you know, as in a video sequence, which I obviously couldn't have done with the D90. Yep, I think people will probably emulate what I've done and no doubt improve upon it. Good luck to them. What I've done, that no-one seems to have done yet, is get the light and reflections nice. Not especially hard to do, but not easy either - especially as you need just the right weather conditions. I wonder if anyone will be able to do what I've done, but by using a powerful strobe. That would be interesting, because they'd be able to achieve a faster shutter speed. It's taken me a year and a lot of experimenting to do what I've done. If you get a beautifully still day though, when bubbles just hang there in front of you, then anything's possible. A bit of wind, and it's next to impossible.

Hi welcome to the forums lets hope you increase your post count.

Just like to congratulate you on getting so many of the papers to print your shots.

Keep up the work.