First go at Astrophotography ?

Lord Vetinari · January 15, 2006

Took these pics of a nearby gas giant with my macro lens

Brian V.

Equatorial swirling gas clouds

Gas formations near polar caps

Sometimes life- forms can be seen floating in the atmosphere

David_S85 · January 15, 2006

Lovely colors and patterns you've shot there, but I'd suggest getting yourself to a doctor immediately to get that thing checked.

Thusie · January 15, 2006

WOW! Thats it. WOW!

DoctorIt · January 15, 2006

great shots!

Rohirrim · January 15, 2006

Very nice!

rofl

You must have a direct line to Hubble

Lord Vetinari · January 15, 2006

Thanks for the comments all

Assume you all realised they are pics of soap bubbles about 2" in diameter.
Interesting- they start off full of colour which then drains to a beige/gray colour and then those dark shapes start appearing just before the bubble bursts.
Brian V.

Sigal · January 15, 2006

Nice shots
Especially the second one, it looks like a planet in a galaxy far far away...

Sigal

DoctorIt · January 15, 2006

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments all
Assume you all realised they are pics of soap bubbles about 2" in diameter.
Interesting- they start off full of colour which then drains to a beige/gray colour and then those dark shapes start appearing just before the bubble bursts.
Brian V.

the dark shapes are really interesting. I'm having a very hard time thinking up a good explanation for them (which is embarassing since my current set of fluids that I'm researching are basically soap

)

Lord Vetinari · January 15, 2006

DoctorIt wrote:

the dark shapes are really interesting. I'm having a very hard time thinking up a good explanation for them (which is embarassing since my current set of fluids that I'm researching are basically soap )

Well if it's any help I was shooting against a black background- thought they were either very thin areas or maybe something crystallising as the bubble evaporated. Wht they should have tails and face the same way though beats me.
Brian V.

DoctorIt · January 15, 2006

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Well if it's any help I was shooting against a black background- thought they were either very thin areas or maybe something crystallising as the bubble evaporated. Wht they should have tails and face the same way though beats me.

Yeah, exactly.

How do they evolve? Do they get bigger?

DavidTO · January 15, 2006

Fantastic. So surreal.

Phil U. · January 15, 2006

Man that's some wild stuff.

Lord Vetinari · January 16, 2006

DoctorIt wrote:

Yeah, exactly.

How do they evolve? Do they get bigger?

Must admit I not too sure about that- I was concentrating too much on the shots

They appeared very quickly and then seemed to stay roughly the same size until it burst (I think).
BTW I was using very thick solutions of "Joy" washup liquid from the USA- the bottle was 20 years old but was recommended for bubble blowing.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari · January 16, 2006

DavidTO wrote:

Fantastic. So surreal.

Thanks David

Brian V

Lord Vetinari · January 16, 2006

Phil U. wrote:

Man that's some wild stuff.

Thanks Phil,
Like to try something different every now and then (especially when it's pouring with rain outside

)
Brian V.

Hauer · January 16, 2006

Wow! Very impressive! The third photo reminds me of tadpoles......

Certainly something different than those little critters!

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers - Herman

BigAl · January 16, 2006

Cool shots Brian. That last one really does look like life emerging from the primordial ooze...

Lord Vetinari · January 16, 2006

Thanks Herman And Al,
Always fun to to take something different

Brian V.

First go at Astrophotography ?

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