Incredible World of Bubbles

Fine Art Photography of bubbles reveals their amazing colours, contrasts, contours and complexities heretofore unseen by the human eye. The iridescent soap film, which has a thickness of 10 to 1000 nanometers, consists of a thin sheet of water sandwiched between two layers of soap molecules. Comparatively, a human hair is 40,000 nanometers! The photographs are taken in a dark room with all windows

and doors closed to ensure least disturbance to the process of bubble making and capturing. The equipment used is a full frame digital camera (Canon 6D) mounted with 100mm macro lens and one or two strobe lights. The factors affecting the formation, colour combinations and longevity of the soap bubble ranges from the variety of water (tap / mineral / filtered / distilled) used to its temperature (warm / cold / ambient) and type of detergent (shampoo / floor cleaner / dish washer / hand wash) along with the ratio of glycerin added to the concoction. The uniqueness of the process and the challenging factors enticed me to undertake this fascinating journey that reveals interesting combinations of patterns and colours. All the final images are single photographs with minimum or no editing done in post processing. page created by Pashminu Mansukhani; a Navi Mumbai based photographer and web business development specialist.