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Sparkling Pond Bubbles
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Sparkling Pond Bubbles

by Lucy VanSwearingen

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted August 12, 201086 views4 comments
As I passed by one of the ponds at the Houston Arboretum, I saw this beautiful set of bubbles collected around this leaf. All the colors are natural...they are reflections.. All I did was blacken out the small pond debris

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4 comments
Comment posted by Buck Ward on August 12, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Interesting effect, the way the surface tension curves the surface of the water.
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Comment posted by denise ippolito on August 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Lucy, Something unique and different. I like it!
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 12, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Lucy: I wondered where this was. I was commenting on it earlier today but it disappeared. This is really well seen and reminiscent of some of Mike Moats' work with leaves in swamp oil. Well done.>=))>
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Comment posted by Ken Smith on August 13, 2010 at 6:44 PM
This is a great find! Well balanced and artistic! My only nit is probably related to your photoshop to darken the water...it seems to have feathered onto the leaf edges giving them a grey-smoky tint...unnatural. A solid photo with much to enjoy. Ken S
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