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Dawn Over A Distant Planet
Published: 2010-02-21 04:57:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 12255; Favourites: 674; Downloads: 460
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What's down on the planet?Please feel free to use this as a wallpaper if you fancy.
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Hello! You've been featured here: [link]
Thank you!
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Beautiful work. Congratulations to the DD.
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Great job, looks almost exactly like the bubble photography I've done
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You know what this reminds me of? The movie "the Fountain" they used these...chemical compounds to create the effects for the movie and...this looks like it could have been one them; pretty awesome!
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Looks like a drop of oil and water seen through a microscope.
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Looks like a drop of oil and water seen through a microscope.
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Analysis Spock?
Atmosphere consists of highly pressurized water vapor & various hydrocarbon compounds that on 21st Century Earth would be referred to as "Petroleum"!
The Arabs would have loved it!
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Seems like I'm not the only one who has likened bubbles to planets. Especially how in real life their swirls move around like weather systems 
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That looks like a spaceship! Where we goin', Mars?
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Wow, this is gorgeous! I like how it looks like a photograph. You can tell it's truly a gas giant.
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I adore this
just thought I'd mention that..
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I thought the thumbnail was a close-up of a scoop of ice cream LOL
Great picture though ahahahha
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Awesome look! 
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Reminds me of my favourite sci-fi novels -- thought it was a painting at first. Brilliant exploration, amazingly captured.
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It looks like a bubble with oil pastels flowing on its surface.
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OMG Totaly amazing and pretty original !!
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I know what's down on the planet..........
.....penis.
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penis planet - where penis grows on trees
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AT first i thought it was chocolate ice cream!! LOLZ!
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xD well well well it worked ^^ I never thought suggesting a DD would work. My way of saying thanks Adam
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a totally awesome shot!! i love the reflection int he bottom right corner. it almost looks like planetary rings. very cool.
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OK so this is pretty much amazing. Can you share the secret ? I'm wondering what lens you used for this, and also how did you get the bubble to stand out like that and take a photo fast enough without it popping...
So yeah well done... Very good photo...
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Hey there Jay, thanks, that was nice to read.
I used a very standard macro lens , nothing fancy at all - it could easily be done with a standard lens and a closeup filter.
You can easily do this one at home if you fancy, here's a quick summary:
You'll need:
1) A glass
2) A straw (black if you can find one)
3) Some washing up liquid (and water)
4) A black piece of cloth or card at least as big as a pillow case (but ideally about half your height)
5) A tripod or something steady to rest your camera on
6) Any SLR camera
7) A light source (you can use a table-lamp shining through a sheet of paper a foot away from the light but close to the glass, or if you've got one, a flash with a soft box is even better)
Nice to have:
8) A way of setting the camera off without touching it (a remote cable is great, but you can just press the button if you don't have one)
9) A plate or tray to put the glass on so that the water doesn't go everywhere
How to set it up:
- Put the glass on a counter somewhere, hopefully on something that isn't very reflective
- Hang/stand your black background a few feet behind the glass, angled so it's not directly facing you (that way the light bounces away from you)
- Put water and washing up liquid inside the glass, filling it up to a centimetre below the rim
- Add your straw
- Move your tripod and camera so that you can get the kind of cropping I've got in the image
- Focus in on the glass - try to use the straw to focus on, since it's nice and easy to see
- Set your light up so that it's close to the bubble - this is actually the hardest bit and the one that will make or break the shot:
- The softer your light is, the stronger the colours will be
The bigger the surface of your light is, the wider the patch of colours will be
If your light is too close, the heat will burst the bubbles
- Look through your camera again and make sure the light isn't in the shot
- Slowly blow some bubbles through the straw - you want a few big ones rather than lots of small ones
- Watch how long the bubbles stay there for - if they pop quickly, add more washing up liquid until they stay there for at least a few seconds
- Take the shot!
That's really all there is to it; the first few might be a bit of a practice, but you'll get it quickly judging by your gallery.
Good luck!
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Well I'm now double amazed ! I was not expecting such a great response to a question ! That's a first for me here on dA! So thanks a lot ! It's really complete... and yet two questions popped up (yup I'm that annoying fan that everyone hates ^^).
So your bubble is in the middle of your glass, that means that around is just water, so the black in the photo is the black background under/next to the glass then ? It's that effective ? Because your bubble really stands out there.
And number two, you said that I could do it with a close up filter, which got me wondering, do you prefer close up filters or extension tubes then ? Because I actually take my macro shots by just turning my 18-55mm around, which is sad I know... So I want to invest in something good... But I have no idea what to do. I don't mind putting money in a macro lens like you have, but is it necessary ? Can I get the right photo (with quality) with a close up filter, extension tube or even an inverse tube (or something like that, you can fix your 18-55mm backwards basicaly) ?
I've spent days on forums and websites... Not a clue !
So yeah lost there... But thanks again ! Can't wait ! And I actually just read something about bubble photos in the latest digital camera mag. They say that if you add glycerine to the soap liquid, the bubble would be stronger and live longer. I don't know if it's true mind you, but you never know !
Keep it up !
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