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Monday, July 06, 2009 at

Popping bubbles

Richard Heeks takes photos of soap bubbles. Apparently they don't pop, but instead rip and tear. How violent! But still so beautiful.

(Via Happy Mundane)
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  2. How amazing are these shots? I love how these bubbles "tearing" are captured in time. Awesome! So delicate and temporary.

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  4. Wow - amazing photographs!

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  5. Amazing that he took something so fleeting & gave it an extended life & story.

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  6. wow.. I have never seen an image quite like that before! amazing...

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  7. that's fascinating!

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  10. beautiful! what a creative idea

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  11. what an incredible sequence of photos! wow!! thanks for sharing.

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  12. Hah! I never would've guessed. These images are astonishing.

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  13. I love these, so unexpected and beautiful:)

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  15. That must be one darn amazing camera!

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  16. What a great way to start the week. Pop the magic bubble of the holiday weekend and now, GET TO WORK for me!

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  19. wow, those shots are pretty unbelievable.

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  23. wooooooah. wildly awesome.

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  25. Oh how beautiful. It is so weird. I didn't know they broke like that. It's amazing what a digital camera can capture.

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  27. Who knew? Super cool.

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  29. wow, how interesting!

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  31. Those are incredible!

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  32. How cool! That must have been hard to capture.

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  33. wow! fantastic pictures!

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  36. These photos are beyond amazing!

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  37. Incredible photos -- I never would have known!

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  38. wow how cool! neat photos!

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  39. that last shot is awesome.

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  43. Those pictures are so cool! Very fun

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  44. oh woah! that's so cool!

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  45. that last one is AWESOME. what great photos!

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  47. Cool! How did he capture this?

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  48. Oh!
    That really impressed me!

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  49. These pics are absolutely wonderful. *-*

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  51. amazing! Try blowing bubbles with hookah smoke and popping them, they hold them in like floating crystal balls than *poof*

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  52. I love those pictures they are awesome

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  53. Breathtaking photography!

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  54. Joanna-

    Those are seriously an amazing find. I am amazed. The idea itself is genious, and he absolutely captures the essence of it perfectly. Great find.

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  55. Wow! These pictures are absolutely amazing!!!

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  56. I would love to add these to a nursery decor!

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  57. Anonymous7:26 PM

    Oh, I love this!

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  59. So completely beautiful!

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  60. Anonymous11:06 PM

    this is awesome!

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  61. WOW! What a trip... Those photos are fantastic.

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  62. These photographs are absolutely GREAT!

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  63. Oh my goodness! These are so rad! I will have to see if I can capture the ripping of the bubbles myself. I bet I can't like these!

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  64. it's just amazing!

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  65. gorgeous...this is yet another thing that I love about photography...capturing these little moments and learning something new!

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  66. these are so cool!

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  68. Amazing!!

    I noticed some bubble pictures in the last issue of Metropolitan Home, too. Absolutely beautiful.

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  69. wow. just wow. amazing & beautiful!

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  72. oh my goodness! this is amazing!!

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  73. wowowwooww! i need me a camera that can do this!

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  74. these photos are beautiful!

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  75. I just LOVE these!!!

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  76. VERY cool! I'm forwarding this link to my father in law--he's an engineer and gets off on this sort of thing just a little more than is healthy!

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  77. Stunning photos. Very beautifuly shot... loved these pics. I'd sure try to do something like this.... I'm completely amazed.

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  78. saweet!! those pictures are too cool.

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  79. Neat photos. :) It amazes me how a photographer can actually capture something as temporary as that.

    It just shows that no matter how trifling the little things are, those few moments are timeless.

    Hope you can drop by my blog sometime soon. :)

    thepinkrigmaroles.blogspot.com

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  80. This is beautiful and amazing. Thank-you for sharing. I re-posted on my blog (www.JenRem.com) and linked back to your blog. I hope this is okay.

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  81. Wow, what fantastic photos. The colors on the first photo are stunning and I can not believe how well you caught the last bubble popping.

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  83. oh wow! that is amazing! i'm going to link my fiance to this!

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  85. wow. just wow. these are utterly fantastic!

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  86. The bubble doesn’t quite just pop.
    It rips/tears/shreds.
    It violently dies.
    With the other end at eternal bliss.
    Oblivious
    to Felicity’s impending demise.

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  87. OMG! These series of shots are awesome! I've seen the same bubble burst in motion on tv before, but I never thought it can be captured on photos! So cool!

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