Settings:

• Manual focus
• Image stabilizer off
• Live image
• Manual Mode
• Iso 100 or adapted to the lighting conditions.
• Aperture depending on the desired depth of field.
• Exposure should also not be a problem, since a tripod or bean bag is used.
• Mirror forward release if necessary

The picture was taken in the evening at sunset. At that time it was about -3°C. I mixed the soap suds myself with a mixture of washing-up liquid and a teaspoon of sugar. With a straw I put the soap bubble on a dried blossom branch, which sticks out of a rock wall. Due to the low humidity, the soap bubble froze in seconds. In the beginning the crystal stars form and then they freeze together. As it was already very dark I had to work with ISO: 2500. I used a macro lens Canon 100 mm 1:2.8 at 1/50 s and f/3.5 and I supported myself against a rock face so I had more stability to maintain this shutter speed. Photo: Frozen soap bubble by Susanne Nagel

Implementation:

Don't stress! If they freeze then hold them too; -). Bring the tripod and camera into position, then focus on the previously selected spot. With the straw, place a bubble on the previously selected spot (goes best on a cold surface giving off ice, snow...) and see if it freezes.

In the meantime, focus on the outer skin of the bladder - freezing usually starts at the side with which the bladder is connected to a surface. Continuous sharpening control and manual resharpening is required. As soon as the freezing starts, you can start recording. The durability of a bladder is very different. It can last from a few seconds to several minutes (My record was about 15 minutes; -)).

The ice structure is very variable, the warmer the temperature, the more intermittent pattern can be seen. When it cools down, a springy pattern forms.

Photo by Cornelius Weist. I took the picture with normal blow fix (without additives) in the afternoon at -9°C. In order to make the ice structure clearly visible, I chose a dark background (black conifer hedge). Before I start with the camera, I look at the soap bubble from different angles. Usually there is a position in which the pattern is particularly clear. Since this bubble lasted a long time, I made something faded out (Aperture 11) and a stack of three pictures.

hints

• 1/16 L Pustefix + 1/2 tsp. sugar (making the solution warm to dissolve the sugar)
• Backlight image recording (morning sun)
• darker background at least not white (better contrast)
•  if it does not freeze, simply record the reflection (creates a cross reflection)
• Don't let the wars get you down and don't forget the fun of it. 

GLG Hanne - Einfach nur Hanne ;-)

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