Slow motion bubble bursting

Alicat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1199149/Super-slow-motion-pictures-soap-bubble-bursting-stunning-detail.html

Just thought these photos were cool and that the photography forum might appreciate them

Borderfox

Very nice seen them in most of the papers today

honerbright

I was having a look at those earlier, they're amazing!
I was also geekishly delighted with the reflections on the bubble in the second one

Mellor

One of the middle ones was printed in a sydney paper the other day,
and I did briefly think, "FFS, it's a photo. it can't be slow motion."
although now seeing thats its a series, it fits a little better

lalee17

Wow, that's amazing!:)

democrates

Stunning shots, well impressed.
Richard Heeks is the tog, he's on Flickr and the bubble photos are there.

From one exif:

Camera:         Nikon D90
Exposure:       0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture:       f/5.0
Focal Length:   70 mm
ISO Speed:      800
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Flash:          No Flash

I wonder is it possible for a regular slr to capture all of these stages of a single bubble bursting, is the D90 burst mode fast enough?

On Richards shots the exif timestamps from 4 seemingly consecutive shots span several minutes, he talks about it at length, seems the media headlines are misleading.

Kudos to him in any event, talk about spreading the joy!

Trev M

democrates wrote: »

On Richards shots the exif timestamps from 4 seemingly consecutive shots span several minutes, he talks about it at length, seems the media headlines are misleading.

Kudos to him in any event, talk about spreading the joy!

Well spotted!

Incredible shots.

CabanSail

I wonder if he was able to rig up something that produced identical bubbles, so then he would be able to get a sequence. I say this as the bubbles do look the same but the finger is in different positions on each shot.

democrates

CabanSail wrote: »

I wonder if he was able to rig up something that produced identical bubbles, so then he would be able to get a sequence. I say this as the bubbles do look the same but the finger is in different positions on each shot.

I bet he had a very clever apparatus indeed - his significant other.
The reflections show him with both hands on the camera, I'd guess she'd blow a bubble, he starts tracking, then it's all about the timing so on three he shoots and she bursts

gary82

Very interesting photos, looks like a challenge me thinks!