Frozen Bubbles

[Dogdots]

It has been really cold here in North Dakota this winter so I thought I'd blow some bubbles. When bubbles freeze they look like plastic. I had a few problems with them in the beginning, but learned to blow them upwards so they had time to freeze before they hit ground or touched anything. Doesn't take long for them to freeze. I took these when it was -18 -- windchill was in the lower 30's. Hope you enjoy them. If you wish to see more:
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[black mamba]

Very good work. Very interesting subject.....I would never have guessed what they were. We don't see many things like that here in Florida.

Tom

[eL eSs Vee]

That's what I call super cool! I'd never considered the idea of frozen soap bubbles!

Very nice shots! :thumb

[Dogdots]

Thank-you -- I'm glad you liked them :D

[Skippy]

It has been really cold here in North Dakota this winter so I thought I'd blow some bubbles. When bubbles freeze they look like plastic. I had a few problems with them in the beginning, but learned to blow them upwards so they had time to freeze before they hit ground or touched anything. Doesn't take long for them to freeze. I took these when it was -18 -- windchill was in the lower 30's. Hope you enjoy them. If you wish to see more:
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Ohhhhhhh now that is very clever :clap
Now all I need is for it to snow and get freezing cold here,
hmmmm chances of that happening are like ZERO :rofl

The first shot has a feathered pattern on the bubble,
where as the second shot looks like two pearls.

I'm truely impressed :thumb .... Skippy :D
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[Panther]

Howdy Mary Kim,

WOW, I have never seen anything like that, very crafty of you, and

really neat looking first shot.

Very Nicely Done!!!

[Dogdots]

Thank you Skippy and Craig for your comments. I'm glad you liked them.

Most of the bubbles I blew that day and the night before took on that cloudy look, but I did have a few that actually had a feather look. I was really hoping they would of kept their rainbow look to them, but no such luck.

[DJT]

Well... so much for me trying the frozen bubbles. Our snow is gone and it's 50 degrees at the moment in NE Indiana. As sad as I am at not trying the bubbles, I'm thrilled that it's warmer outside for a change :clap

[Dogdots]

Well... so much for me trying the frozen bubbles. Our snow is gone and it's 50 degrees at the moment in NE Indiana. As sad as I am at not trying the bubbles, I'm thrilled that it's warmer outside for a change :clap

Get your bubbles and be ready for next winter :D

Has to be below zero for the best and quickest freeze of the bubbles---the lower the better.

[Dee]

I always say you learn something new everyday -- and this is one of the strangest things I've learned but I love it! Who'd ever think -- blowing bubbles and the freeze? I hope you can blow some more and share more examples with us.

Do you need to keep your camera protected from the extreme cold? Or do you do this close to your house?

[pyry]

Interesting! The first picture is really pretty :D

These are soap bubbles, right?

[Dogdots]

Pyry and Dee: The bubbles were made with kids bubbles that they blow in the summer time. Cheap....only a dollar at Wal-mart. I used the smallest wand. Although next time I may try a bigger one, but it will need to be really cold and I'd probably need to be on a ladder to give it time to freeze hard enough before it touches anything.

As for keeping my camera warm...I don't do anything. My camera keeps working in the extreme cold without any problems. I do bag it before I come inside and I will leave it in the bag till the next day. It gets really cold and takes it a long time to get to room temp. I was concerned about windchill, but even that didn't effect the performance of the camera. Some days the windchill would be -35+....burrrr.

I do have another photo of the feather look in the bubble that I haven't added it on my site. I do have this one. Can't really see detail in the bubble, but I liked how it was stuck to the end of the grass. Would of gotten a closer photo, but as soon as I walked closer to it -- it broke :cry

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Don't know if I will have the chance to get any more photos of bubbles this winter....its warming up :clap

There are a few more photos of the bubbles in my Still Life galleries....sorry but they are scatterd in a couple of the galleries if you want to take a look.

I'm happy your enjoyed them :D