On the day I went to the Corso there were 24,999 other people there and no chance for me to get to the front of the crowd, hence a photograph like this - camera held high (I couldn't see a thing) and hope for the best.
"I wonder how much it would take to buy a soap bubble, if there were only one in the world."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
c'était une superbe fête, il y avait même des pom pom girls ;o))
ReplyDeleteWell done! I've had really good luck with holding my camera high.
ReplyDeleteBubbles here are so beautiful.
You have a magic touch. This is a great shot.
ReplyDeleteNuce photo. I imagine bubbles would be hard to photograph.
ReplyDeleteWell, for some tough conditions, this sure turned out beautiful! I can't believe how many bubbles you captured.
ReplyDeleteThere is something so whimsical about floating bubbles. I really dislike taking photos in crowds because the composition for me is alway awry with too many unplanned objects and people in each frame. You did a great job on yours, tho!
ReplyDeleteThis was absolute luck. Took two photos without seeing anything. One worked and one was dreadful. The bubbles were smiling on me...thanks for kind comments, everyone.
ReplyDeleteBubbles, foam, and confettis.
ReplyDeleteAfter this bubbles shower, every body at the sea ?
Great shot, sometimes you have to take a chance and hope for the best. And sometimes even if a shot is "off kilter" it still might be interesting. I've never seen so many bubbles.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Mark Twain quote today. It would appply to your series on wine on Monte Carlo Daily Photo, also.
ReplyDeleteIt is a challenge, and sometimes rewarding, to take a photo when you have to hold the camera in a way that you can't see what you are taking. Your photo today is an excellent example.
My favorite photo under such conditions was when I could stretch my arm through a window opening in the Doges Palace to take a photo looking across to the entrance to the Grand Canal and Santa Maria della Salute. I knew it was out there, but could not see it from where I was.
With digital cameras, of course, the gratification, or disappointment, is instantaneous.
Wonderful! Magic photo!
ReplyDeleteWe can see enough and the curtain of soap bubbles makes everything magiic and more interesting. Beautiful shot!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen so many soap bubbles in one go. I find the photo quite magical actually, and the people in front of you give a sense of crowd that work well to set the scene.
ReplyDeleteI like that shot!
In your comment on Avignon DP you asked if the authorities came to clean up the mess. Actually yes Jilly, they do. There's a special phone number you can call at the city council and they send staff to paint over or clean up with a sandblasting machine.
I'll try and do a post about them one day if I can get good photos of the teams in action. So far I only have a couple of pretty hopeless pictures.
Well done, Jilly. Yellow lemons and transparent ones too. Ghost lemons :-))
ReplyDeleteYou did great. Wonderful photo and so sharp!
ReplyDeleteWhat happens to all those lemons etc???
ReplyDeleteGreat bubble shot. Amazing that you could capture it as they went by!
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What a fine shot! And you didn't even know.
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