Photo5 Bubbles: Universal Patterns
- At October 24, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Projects
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This is my Photo5 entry for “bubbles”, and description. It’s my least favourite of the five.
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The patterns of nature repeat everywhere, and on vastly different scales. On the left are blown bubbles, on the right is a simulation of the structure of clusters of millions of galaxies. Simulation credit: August Evrard, Department of Physics, University of Michigan.
In my mind, this looked awesome. I love the concept, and the idea of repeating patterns of nature on these vastly different scales blows my mind every time I think about it. But unfortunately, putting the two images side-by-side, they just have no visual impact at all. I’ve submitted the photo as I couldn’t think of anything better in the little time I had left, but I feel disappointed that I couldn’t express the awe I feel about the idea in my photo.
Here’s the set-up photo:
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On the stool is an air pump, with an airline going tinto a short vase that holds the bubble mixture. The airline is held with small clamps to keep it below the level of the bubble mix. My 580EX flash is on the left, set to 1/32nd power, illuminating the shot, against black card.
One truly great thing about this photo, however, was the ease with shich I was able to get permission to include someone else’s work in my image. Once I had the idea, i searched the net, and found the image I wanted to use. I emailed the site asking if I might be able to use the image for the Photo5 competition, and within a day I got a wonderful and encouraging response. Thank you kindly to August Evrard, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, for the use of his simulated image!
Then I emailed Canon, asking if I could use someone elses work as a part of my own entry for the competition – with written consent from the image owner. Again, within a day I had an answer from Canon, and they graciously allowed me to use the image so I could execute my concept.
I was expecting to hear no response, a delayed response or a negative response from both parties, but I was pleasantly surprised by both! Thank you so much to both August and Canon. I only wish I could have done better!
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