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drdane

I visited this Oregon beach last spring. There wasn't anything interesting on this flat beach with no rocks around - then I discovered these wave-foam bubbles with amazing colors.

Lots of hands&knees time, and I got wet from a sneaker - hard to keep an eye on my work and the waves at the same time.

I've never seen anything like it before or since, but the next time I'm in that area, I'm gonna look!

Canon 100mm macro - hand held & braced on the sand. Had to use fast shutter speed to stop the color patterns, which were constantly moving around - I guess from the breeze.

Comments Welcome!

Dee

I've seen this!
But I never got down and dirty to catch it!

Skippy

drdane wrote:

I visited this Oregon beach last spring. There wasn't anything interesting on this flat beach with no rocks around - then I discovered these wave-foam bubbles with amazing colors.

Lots of hands&knees time, and I got wet from a sneaker - hard to keep an eye on my work and the waves at the same time.

I've never seen anything like it before or since, but the next time I'm in that area, I'm gonna look!

Canon 100mm macro - hand held & braced on the sand. Had to use fast shutter speed to stop the color patterns, which were constantly moving around - I guess from the breeze.

Comments Welcome!

Those bubbles threw up some real nice colours for you Skippy

drdane

Down & Dirty is what happens to you when you buy a macro lens! It's kind of like "rolling on ground laughing" (Except sometimes it's cussing :-)

Dee, when you saw this phenomenon, were the colors intense like this?

Dane

drdane

Skippy wrote:

Those bubbles threw up some real nice colours for you Skippy

Hi, Skippy! Is "threw up" a forensic term? Looks like your location in Aussie land is "just across the street" from Tasmania - does it get icy there from time to time?

Dane

BPCooper

Neat! Cool macro.

Awais Yaqub

wow never saw macro like that before !!!
great work

ziggy53

Usually, this effect is a result of an iridescent oil coating, although detergents and other natural coatings provide a similar experience.

A similar property was exploited to provide the earliest large-screen television projection systems:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidophor

Great images.

Thanks for sharing,

ziggy53

Skippy

drdane wrote:

Hi, Skippy! Is "threw up" a forensic term? Looks like your location in Aussie land is "just across the street" from Tasmania - does it get icy there from time to time?

Dane

Ummmmmmmm nope......what's ice hehehe we don't even get frost in my neck of the woods ... Skippy

drdane

ziggy53 wrote:

Usually, this effect is a result of an iridescent oil coating, although detergents and other natural coatings provide a similar experience.

A similar property was exploited to provide the earliest large-screen television projection systems:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidophor

Great images.

Thanks for sharing,

ziggy53

Well, at least now I sort of know what an Eidophor is (was?). From the Wikipedia description, I couldn't quite get how an electron beam through a spinning oil thingy enabled picture projection. But thanks for trying to "enlighten" me!