Bubblelicious

Earthy shades of the driftwood, stones and rock, and a little parrot feather were magnified in the two o’clock sun. Look inside the bubbles.

Our backyard pond recently had its once-yearly power wash and scrub-a-dub-dub. Sparkling details will come in a later post.

While examining the cleaning job, I watched single, quarter-dollar sized bubbles drift across the pond and realized I’ve never photographed a solitary floating bubble! Am I insane to realize something like that? Well, maybe so… But I focused on some incredible bubbles.

Thanks, Hank. That’s a grand bubble you blew.

Oh, to shoot away at unfamiliar landscapes and exotic birds would be a real gift to share. Sigh. Today, I offer beautiful bubbles!

I used cheesy photo editing software for ages, primarily for importing from the camera and I’ve occasionally cropped or enhanced a photo to fix overexposures. Otherwise, I rarely take the time to bother with editing.

Now I use Google’s Picasa3 and the editing options I have now are just too exciting. If you don’t already know, Picasa is fast, efficient, and free!

I prefer to not alter my photos but for these glorious bubbles I tried a feature called I’m Feeling Lucky. It removed glare on the water surface and enhanced the real thing below.

Look at the small stones reflected beneath this bubble. I had to get away from the monitor to relieve my bladder from the excitement. Yeah, it doesn’t take much to make me happy.

Look closely at the middle of this bubble. Hello! It’s me, at the lower rim.

This one is better. I’m so glad the bleach 'n paint stains on my old black sweat pants aren’t visible.

I'm stuck on bubbles.