Bubble Burst

I haven't posted anything in a while so here goes. I know I need a better setting but this was a test to see if it could be done. Next step is to wait for a still day to take it in a better setting. Also, it's a bit grainy from the 800 ISO needed inside with the light I had. Click for large size:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …stvr6/451103634​5/sizes/l/

Sweet. How did you get the timing right?

jm_usmc wrote in post #9974273
Sweet. How did you get the timing right?

Thanks! Spray and pray and lots of patience

Cool. I saw this done with some high speed video cameras. Very neat to see how they burst. They start at one point and work their way around the ball.

My girlfriend wants to know why you can see her reflection on the left of the bubble?

Either our partners look similar, or we're dating the same woman who has occasional blackouts and doesn't even remember her own infidelity!

Maybe it's just an identical twin she doesn't know about?

LizardMan wrote in post #9974976
My girlfriend wants to know why you can see her reflection on the left of the bubble?

Either our partners look similar, or we're dating the same woman who has occasional blackouts and doesn't even remember her own infidelity!

Maybe it's just an identical twin she doesn't know about?

That cracked me up! Here is a non reflection shot to compare if it is the same woman.

http://www.flickr.com …stvr6/419227730​1/sizes/l/

I can reveal - they don't look anything like each other!

For a start, mine is bigger than Sydney Opera House.

And with her one true love.

LizardMan wrote in post #9975106
I can reveal - they don't look anything like each other!

For a start, mine is bigger than Sydney Opera House.

And with her one true love.

Mystery solved! Nice shots by the way.

So how difficult was it to get this shot?

How many attempts to get one than worked?

LizardMan wrote in post #9978335
So how difficult was it to get this shot?

How many attempts to get one than worked?

It took about 30 minutes of trying to get this one but I got a bunch of other pops as well in the process. I would say one out of every six comes out but I was unhappy with the results at first as I was shooting with the sun to my back. When I switched I got no reflections but I did get a much clearer image of the burst.

Did you do much experimentation with the shutter speed?

Yes, 500 seemed to be the best.

Have a look a Richard Heeks stream on FlickR, probably the most famous "bubble burster" and he has a few helpful comments / notes in his set: Richard Heeks on FlickR

Loved it...gono try it

Very interesting and cool shot!