Pro tip for those living in warmer climates. But a high visibility vest for $5 then go to the local butcher and tell they you're the health inspector. Setup your "surveying equipment" in the walk-in freezer and tell them that new regulations require you to work uninterrupted for half and hour.
Love Don's work! Even though gear videos may drive views, these are the videos that give people real value in their lives and empower them to create rather than just consume. Thank you!
Wow those freezing crystals floating in the soap bubble are amazing! Well done! The combination of light and fractal patterns creates intriguing and beautiful images. This could also be amazing for a stereoscopic VR video. Thanks for the video!
After watching this, you’ll want to visit me in freezing cold Minnesota. My German ancestors stopped here after getting off the boat and said “Yah, nice and cold like back in the homeland!” Although, I guess I haven’t passed the IQ test if I’m still here 🤔
While just a theory, dry ice might be able to lower the temperature in the area around a freezing bubble to this temperature and colder. You'd have to already be in the vicinity of this temperature range, not hard to do in March through the Northern United States and Canada. Where we are in Ontario - below the 49th Parallel - it is currently -11C this morning.
Super cool! Hoping for a non windy day this week so I can try this now when it's cold outside (live in Sweden). I only have walls on the sides on my verandah and no roof - but as long as it's not too windy it should be manageable I hope, keeping close to one of the walls to avoid the wind :-)
Soap, water, corn syrup. Check. Snow and freezing cold temperatures? Not so much. I've never seen anything like these frozen bubble photos before... pretty amazing!
I love the work, really amazing. I wish we could have more of this high-quality content all the time. I am a close follower of Don's work and always wait for every podcast episode from the photo geek podcasts. Actually, I owe a lot of my motivation and knowledge about photography especially macro to Don. A huge difference it made indeed. Plus me personally coming from a chemistry and spectroscopy background I really appreciate the nerdy stuff and digging deep to stuff and dissecting the science behind them with a bit of tinkering, which unfortunately most other channels fail to provide.
Imagine creating that frozen soap bubble on a rgb led stripe/panel and changing brightness color usw from different angles or lighting the led in sequences😮
As a senior citizen who has difficulty being out in the cold for too long, I'm wondering if anyone knows the approximate time it takes to freeze the average bubble in 20-25 degree temps. Thanks and great video! Love it!
I tried this for 3 days now. We're at 20 degrees.. I had three different recipes I used and I guess because I have a bridge camera I just cannot get the crystals to show..Thank you for this video though!
No macro lens required! A closer focusing distance is helpful but definitely not 1:1 magnification. The average for these bubbles is a few inches across, that might be 70mm or so. With a full-frame sensor being only 36mm across, you can completely fill the frame with roughly half-lifesize. Many lenses are more than capable of this, and if you are using a smaller sensor than even less magnification is required. You can also crop a bit if needed.
Even if I can't utilize all of the information in this video (I live in FL), I was still able to take away a tidbit of information that I (all of us) can use for macro work: Birefringence. I can't lie: I never HEARD of that term before and will have to do more Googling to figure out the details but this should work on ANY macro subject. One which comes to mind is my recently purchased Ferrofluid. :) EDIT: having a hard time finding this polarizing film material... Edit to my edit: it helps to be bright enough to look in the right places. Found it on Amazon. Mea culpa.
they sell them as replacement films for damaged LCD screens on eBay as well - just a cheap one will do when you're using it to create a light filter! Birefringence can be fun to experiment with, and you'll likely see the concept return in a later episode of this series. :)
That lens is from a company called deWijs 3D, which manufactures 3D viewers and at one point in the past made 3D lenses for SLRs. They are out of production now and quite rare to find on the used market. I have four of them at different magnifications that I've purchased on eBay over the years.
Hi Don, Thank you for posting. Great inspiration. May I ask, who makes the tabletop spot light behind the bubbles. Looks like a great tool for a bunch of things. Stay healthy.
Thanks for the compliments Rainer! The platform and arm are from Platypod: platypod.com/tripods/max-macro-bundle I've swapped out the Litra torches for something a bit more directional for this type of imagery. With a "crab clamp", any LED flashlight can be attached to the arm. My current favourite flashlight is the NiteCore TM03 CRI.
You should use glycerin / glycerol instead of the white corn syrup its way easier to find around the world and imho works even better . worst case scenario you just go into the next pharmacy if you cant find it anywhere else
Do you have a recommendation for some sort of clamp that can hold a small flashlight? I am trying to figure out what kind of clamp/stand is holding yours but I am not sure what it is. I have a small flashlight I am using for macro photography and am having a heck of a time figuring out what to use to hold it in place.
They are called "crab clamps" and are so very useful! Here's a link to one: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1478366-REG/camvate_c2056_super_clamp_with_5_8_27.html/BI/8924/KBID/10335/kw/CAC2056/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xCAC2056
Thanks for the video ..I have everything but corn syrup , I can't go out to get it, is there anything i could use instead or can i try skip the corn syrup , Thank you
it's also called "Glucose Syrup" and you can make it at home with sugar and water. There are tutorials online for this - and it really helps with the success rate!
@@DonKomarechka Thanks so much for the quick reply, I will give it a try, Years ago i used your info on snow flake photos on a black mitten outside with not to bad results. Thanks again Don.
The lens is a deWijs 3D lens designed for full frame SLRs in the '90s. They're last production run was in 2007 with some revisions and improvements, but they are always incredibly difficult to find in the second-hand market and the company has no parts to make new ones currently. I've been talking with them to design a more modern version for mirrorless cameras natively.
@@kbqvist agreed! I love my Leica Stemar and modified it to properly fit on my full-frame mirrorless cameras as well, but it's not a macro less nor is it anything resembling "affordable".
@@DragonfireRC I've got that lens too... but it leaves much to be desired. Fixed focus is an issue for close-up work, but thankfully there is a way around that: if you unscrew the lens mount and place thin washers between the lens body and mount, you can shift the fixed focus to a macro level. Consider it a DIY mini extension tube. You'll have less overlap and thereby need to crop more, but at least it's an available solution for a lot of people. Not ideal, though!
I'd love to get something planned in Florida! I don't want to commit to anything with the current pandemic, but feel free to reach out to me to discuss details. :)
That's the Lumix S Pro 24-105 F/4 lens. They label it as a "macro" lens on the barrel, and though it does not get to 1:1 life size magnification, it gets closer than any other 24-105 lens I've used before... perfect for larger scale close-up work like this. I also use, with more static subjects, the same lens with pixel-shift high-res mode and crop in to effectively get beyond macro life size scale with plenty of room to spare.
@@DonKomarechka it actually looked to me like the 24-105 but I was thinking "nah no "Standard-Zoom-Lens" does Macro this well - what a pleasant surprise!
This is great and without you I wouldn't know about this, but why not give credits to the precursors of similar techniques? Here on YT: watch?v=Kil3Pqvs8-U (4yrs ago), watch?v=NT-41Z42tME (2yrs ago), watch?v=44tiJoipRh8, etc... (well you may have found this independently by yourself or can't remember where you saw it first!)
Pro tip for those living in warmer climates. But a high visibility vest for $5 then go to the local butcher and tell they you're the health inspector. Setup your "surveying equipment" in the walk-in freezer and tell them that new regulations require you to work uninterrupted for half and hour.
😂
Then your butchered.
i thought maybe put it in the freezer lol
RUclips needs more Don Komarechka.
Here's another Don Komarechka He's called Mike Shaw ruclips.net/video/NT-41Z42tME/видео.html
Love Don's work! Even though gear videos may drive views, these are the videos that give people real value in their lives and empower them to create rather than just consume. Thank you!
Well said Ben!
What a great vid! Almost makes me wish I still lived in a climate that should support this. Almost …😊
Wow those freezing crystals floating in the soap bubble are amazing! Well done! The combination of light and fractal patterns creates intriguing and beautiful images.
This could also be amazing for a stereoscopic VR video.
Thanks for the video!
I don't know why I'm watching this. I'm from the Philippines
Yeah me too, I live in the Sonoran Desert, -6 C will never ever happen! :)
Just wait, soon there might be a melting ice-cubes vid :)
After watching this, you’ll want to visit me in freezing cold Minnesota. My German ancestors stopped here after getting off the boat and said “Yah, nice and cold like back in the homeland!” Although, I guess I haven’t passed the IQ test if I’m still here 🤔
That was really cool. Thanks. I especially enjoyed the 3D part at the end.
Short, sharp, interesting - well done! Gorgeous effects with that CD case too !
Always inspirational, Don. Fantastic!
Minimal budget .... How do I create -6C?? )
Great Idea and execution, thanks
While just a theory, dry ice might be able to lower the temperature in the area around a freezing bubble to this temperature and colder. You'd have to already be in the vicinity of this temperature range, not hard to do in March through the Northern United States and Canada. Where we are in Ontario - below the 49th Parallel - it is currently -11C this morning.
Thanks for this great video Don! Always know its gonna be great when you come on!
Amazing will be doing this in winters. Thanks Don
very nice !!
ahh...frozen soap bubbles are so magical! thanks for sharing the knowledge Don, generous as always
Always enjoy seeing Don’s work! Truly tremendously talented!
Looking forward to more videos from Don. The 3D segment was pretty cool.
Thank You Thank You Thank You. Especially the tip about wind with sunlight, I love doing frozen bubbles and this HELPED IMMENSELY!!!!
Just perfect !!!!
Gotta love the Dom!
That was awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Really spellbinding photography 😲 definitely going to try this once it snows. ❄❄❄❄
Nice work guys as always. I look forward to seeing more videos with Don.
I have a pair of those red and blue 3D glasses! Loved the 3D bit at the end!
So glad that little segment is appreciated! :D
This was great Don...now I want to try it......need it to cool off a bit now.
Thank you for the great tutorial! I don't live where's there's snow but I used your bubble formula to create great picture using an ipad.
Enjoyed that - hi from Bracebridge.
beautiful!
Super cool! Hoping for a non windy day this week so I can try this now when it's cold outside (live in Sweden). I only have walls on the sides on my verandah and no roof - but as long as it's not too windy it should be manageable I hope, keeping close to one of the walls to avoid the wind :-)
This is right up my alley, used to do all this sort of stuff back in the day of Reversal Slides.
Thanks for the tips!
Soap, water, corn syrup. Check. Snow and freezing cold temperatures? Not so much. I've never seen anything like these frozen bubble photos before... pretty amazing!
Creative and impressive!
very cool thank you!
I love the work, really amazing. I wish we could have more of this high-quality content all the time.
I am a close follower of Don's work and always wait for every podcast episode from the photo geek podcasts. Actually, I owe a lot of my motivation and knowledge about photography especially macro to Don.
A huge difference it made indeed.
Plus me personally coming from a chemistry and spectroscopy background I really appreciate the nerdy stuff and digging deep to stuff and dissecting the science behind them with a bit of tinkering, which unfortunately most other channels fail to provide.
New Don Kom episode is being released shortly!
Imagine creating that frozen soap bubble on a rgb led stripe/panel and changing brightness color usw from different angles or lighting the led in sequences😮
This was awesome! Now let's hope we get a cold winter :)
Nice video
such an inspiring video and the results are just incredibly beautiful!! I will have to try this again when it's cold again.
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing with us!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
As a senior citizen who has difficulty being out in the cold for too long, I'm wondering if anyone knows the approximate time it takes to freeze the average bubble in 20-25 degree temps. Thanks and great video! Love it!
Stunning!
I tried this for 3 days now. We're at 20 degrees.. I had three different recipes I used and I guess because I have a bridge camera I just cannot get the crystals to show..Thank you for this video though!
Beautiful snowflake photography.
I would like to give it a try but sadly, there is no snow here. :(
But your video is too good!! ❤
Photoartography do that in your refrigerator
@@Peter-sm6so Good idea. 😀
Thank you!
Oooo can't wait to watch this.
Vindicated! Gotta go wake up my wife to show her the reason I have had anaglyph glasses in in my desk drawer for the past 15 years...
This comment made my day. Thank you!
Super Cool! Thank You!
Thanks for the inspiration. Terrific creativity. Where do these ideas come from?
This is awesome and nice timing!
do you need a macro lens or just use a lens that have a good macro capability?
No macro lens required! A closer focusing distance is helpful but definitely not 1:1 magnification. The average for these bubbles is a few inches across, that might be 70mm or so. With a full-frame sensor being only 36mm across, you can completely fill the frame with roughly half-lifesize. Many lenses are more than capable of this, and if you are using a smaller sensor than even less magnification is required. You can also crop a bit if needed.
This is so awesome! Thank you
4:03 - 4:05 That is amazingly beautiful and awesome.
Even if I can't utilize all of the information in this video (I live in FL), I was still able to take away a tidbit of information that I (all of us) can use for macro work: Birefringence. I can't lie: I never HEARD of that term before and will have to do more Googling to figure out the details but this should work on ANY macro subject. One which comes to mind is my recently purchased Ferrofluid. :)
EDIT: having a hard time finding this polarizing film material...
Edit to my edit: it helps to be bright enough to look in the right places. Found it on Amazon. Mea culpa.
they sell them as replacement films for damaged LCD screens on eBay as well - just a cheap one will do when you're using it to create a light filter! Birefringence can be fun to experiment with, and you'll likely see the concept return in a later episode of this series. :)
@@DonKomarechka You teaser, you. ;)
(thanks for the heads up on the film)
Great video, very informative, thanks
Cool
What on earth was that 3d lens thing at the end there??? Where do I get one?
That lens is from a company called deWijs 3D, which manufactures 3D viewers and at one point in the past made 3D lenses for SLRs. They are out of production now and quite rare to find on the used market. I have four of them at different magnifications that I've purchased on eBay over the years.
Very creative. Thanks for the video. I am in Australia, how do I do it ...
Great idea! Liquid Dish soap nowadays is often concentrated. Would you use the same quantity of soap then?
really good thanks!
Amazing!
How long does it take in the room for the bubbles to finally freeze????? Thanks. je
Uh, can we get a video on that 3D lens?
Hi Don,
Thank you for posting. Great inspiration.
May I ask, who makes the tabletop spot light behind the bubbles.
Looks like a great tool for a bunch of things.
Stay healthy.
Thanks for the compliments Rainer! The platform and arm are from Platypod: platypod.com/tripods/max-macro-bundle
I've swapped out the Litra torches for something a bit more directional for this type of imagery. With a "crab clamp", any LED flashlight can be attached to the arm. My current favourite flashlight is the NiteCore TM03 CRI.
That's so neat
😍
I tried this in Phoenix, but it takes too long for them to freeze when it's 115F...
You should use glycerin / glycerol instead of the white corn syrup
its way easier to find around the world and imho works even better .
worst case scenario you just go into the next pharmacy if you cant find it anywhere else
WOW.
Do you have a recommendation for some sort of clamp that can hold a small flashlight? I am trying to figure out what kind of clamp/stand is holding yours but I am not sure what it is. I have a small flashlight I am using for macro photography and am having a heck of a time figuring out what to use to hold it in place.
They are called "crab clamps" and are so very useful! Here's a link to one: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1478366-REG/camvate_c2056_super_clamp_with_5_8_27.html/BI/8924/KBID/10335/kw/CAC2056/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xCAC2056
I'd like to try this but I live in Hawaii.
Thanks for the video ..I have everything but corn syrup , I can't go out to get it, is there anything i could use instead
or can i try skip the corn syrup , Thank you
it's also called "Glucose Syrup" and you can make it at home with sugar and water. There are tutorials online for this - and it really helps with the success rate!
@@DonKomarechka Thanks so much for the quick reply, I will give it a try, Years ago i used your
info on snow flake photos on a black mitten outside with not to bad results. Thanks again Don.
Thanks! Curious about the 3D lens - could you give a reference for it?
The lens is a deWijs 3D lens designed for full frame SLRs in the '90s. They're last production run was in 2007 with some revisions and improvements, but they are always incredibly difficult to find in the second-hand market and the company has no parts to make new ones currently. I've been talking with them to design a more modern version for mirrorless cameras natively.
Thanks Don, we could definately use a few more 3D options :-)
@@kbqvist agreed! I love my Leica Stemar and modified it to properly fit on my full-frame mirrorless cameras as well, but it's not a macro less nor is it anything resembling "affordable".
Panasonic made a 3D lens for Micro Four Thirds the Panasonic Lumix G 12.5mm f12 3D Lens. You can usually find them used on E-bay for around $100-$200.
@@DragonfireRC I've got that lens too... but it leaves much to be desired. Fixed focus is an issue for close-up work, but thankfully there is a way around that: if you unscrew the lens mount and place thin washers between the lens body and mount, you can shift the fixed focus to a macro level. Consider it a DIY mini extension tube. You'll have less overlap and thereby need to crop more, but at least it's an available solution for a lot of people. Not ideal, though!
Wow ....
wizardry !!!
Show em how to stack rocks Don and them tell everyone it's not a big deal
snow what is that? not in the south of uk & never -6c
SnowWHATS THAT? :)
Mostly likely because of global warming the temperature here in western Germany almost never dropped below 0 deg C in the last winters. Meeh.
I suppose it's a bit much to ask if you would ever give a class in Florida at all? (any subject, anytime!)
I'd love to get something planned in Florida! I don't want to commit to anything with the current pandemic, but feel free to reach out to me to discuss details. :)
One question: I can't fully see which lens you have on the S1R. Is it a dedicated macro lens or a zoom lens like the 24-105?
That's the Lumix S Pro 24-105 F/4 lens. They label it as a "macro" lens on the barrel, and though it does not get to 1:1 life size magnification, it gets closer than any other 24-105 lens I've used before... perfect for larger scale close-up work like this. I also use, with more static subjects, the same lens with pixel-shift high-res mode and crop in to effectively get beyond macro life size scale with plenty of room to spare.
@@DonKomarechka it actually looked to me like the 24-105 but I was thinking "nah no "Standard-Zoom-Lens" does Macro this well - what a pleasant surprise!
how to do this in southern California
Chest freezer!
I guess go to the store and get some dry ice?
This is great and without you I wouldn't know about this, but why not give credits to the precursors of similar techniques?
Here on YT: watch?v=Kil3Pqvs8-U (4yrs ago), watch?v=NT-41Z42tME (2yrs ago), watch?v=44tiJoipRh8, etc... (well you may have found this independently by yourself or can't remember where you saw it first!)
2:12 🍑
A little late on this content...