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Playing with tiny soapy bubbles on a cd
Finally got around to trying this
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you should change it from macro to abstract coz this is really good example of abstract photography. I did a class on it last year and find this one really interesting...
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I don't know it the macro groups I have it in will like that... don't know really
I usually try to tag most of these types of macros as abstract.
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Beutiful colored bubles
Shining like childrens murbles
In a moment of stunning gazing
Left uncalled memories waving.🍓🌞
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I was beginning to get a little worried 
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In fact I was on vacation (no internet) in my father's farm. Thank you kindly, dear Mark.
Don't worry, I love to see your pics, but still fumbling with the late messages.
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Love how the bubble ended up segmented up like that. So much fancy fine detail
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Soapy water bubbles have such a well defined edge to focus on... Just wish they would last longer than a few seconds
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I've shot water drops and oil drops so it just seemed like the next step. Also I really wanted to see what kind of color spectrum and refraction soapy water would produce.
The down side of soap bubbles is that they have a lifespan of less than 10 seconds so I really had to change how I set up the shots
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Yes, but soap on CD remain an uncommon thing to do, haha ! Or at least for me ! ^^
Oil drops would be interesting to see as well... Did you post any here ?
That's super quick, indeed ! 
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I did a few with oil but as you can see the oil likes to spread out unlike the water drops 
I used a 1cc syringe to create the soap bubbles
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Wow, this is even better than soap
You seem to do a lot of experimentation with drops. That's quite impressive and fascinating. Light diffusion is especially interesting on this one, because it creates a diagonal effect broken by the sphere.
It turned out more than "okay", in my opinion
Did you try other tools before the syringe ? It looks like syringes make very precise and neat drops.
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At first I tried using a micro oiler can but couldn't control the amount really well. I ended up using a toothpick for a time then got a hold of some 1cc syringes. Which also helped putting water drops inside the oil and vice versa.
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Wow... You just ended up doing chemistry to achieve some great works of photography and colours, haha !
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Hahahaha !
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My understanding is that the visual effects are similar to taking hallucinagenic {sp?} drugs
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Without the inconvenience. And without a hide and seek with police officers. Which is quite a good thing, in my opinion
Can you compare with a real "drug experience" in some way ? I am curious about that
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Wha!? Who little ole me? Drug experience!? I don't know anything about LSD or Orange Barrel or yellow Sunshine or purple blotter or... um... nope nothing at all.
I was a saintly child as innocent and pure as the driven.... well slush comes to mind...
And more a spawn of satan than saintly I suppose....
Nope... No idea about any of those nirvana inducing chemicals whatsoever.
Gosh the '70's were great fun!
at least from what I can remember
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We'll never know if oil on CDs is close to drugs, then.... (As I haven't ever taken drugs neither).
Hahahaha ! I couldn't tell, but I don't think "saintly" kids truly exist ^^
Mysteries have their charms as well. And drugs will stay one of them.
What was it like to live in the 70s ? I mean, was it different from nowadays ?
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I wouldn't even know where to begin in describing just how much different things are today from back then. Technology aside most of the things nowadays are not as good as back then. And I'm not one of those types of people who live in their past wishing it would all come back either. People and life was well freer and with a lot less restrictions and somehow we all managed to survive despite what rewrites of history try's to get people to believe it was like.
Muscle cars were definitely better than these small cars we have today. Don't get me wrong though as car companies are beginning to catch on and design cool cars again.
Cops were so very different than they are today and trust me with my misspent youth I knew a lot of cops. They didn't wear body armor and they actually hung out with us at the local places in town where we would cruise in our cars to show them off.
Politicians were just beginning to act like clowns in a circus but nowadays the only difference is a real clown at least knows he's part of a circus but the politicians think their part of reality.
Gasoline was 55cents a gal. and there was no oil shortage. Well only the one Jimmy Carter created when he tried to enact soviet style of central planning with gasoline. Didn't work for the soviets and worked even less here. Never was a shortage of gas just a shortage of common sense in DC.
I met a geological survey engineer in California back in the mid eighties who had just concluded something like an 11 year ground radar survey of the United States. He was mapping out what he claimed had turned out to be the largest underground oil deposit in the world. His job had been to map out the edges of it to determine just how large it was. Showed me and my uncles maps and seismic plots of the whole thing. Kansas sits just off the center of it and it extends outward as far as Canada and down to the Gulf of Mexico. Out to the Rockies and east as far in some spots as Ohio / Western Penn. Largest oil find in the world and yet who nowadays has heard any of this? Or how Kansas can't turn off their oil wells otherwise parts of the state would be under an inch of oil just outside of 8 months. Governor of Kansas wrote a letter to Pres. Carter when Carter tried to get everyone to stop the oil pumps that basicly stated that Kansas would not, could not be part of this ill conceived plan as doing so would kill thousands of acres of wheat fields supplying the world and famine was not something Kansas would be a part of. I believe the letter can still be found with a Google search, it used to be anyway.
Seems I did have a few things to say... Sorry didn't mean to be so long winded
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No need to be sorry. I like talking a lot too !
Sooo, to sum up :
Cars show us that everything looks all the same now, without any originality
Technology and money created a society where you are suspicious of everybody, and contribute to that "all the same" feeling
Politicians are here for money and do/contribute to the "big brother" job, not even caring about their population and country (this is far too true, sadly)
Petroleum prices are an aftermath of money and of the many crisis going on
We do the same mistakes over and over again
This is definitely a nice world to live in...
But what about that geological survey ? I don't understand the link between that and the 70s ?
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What tweaks me a bit is the so called crisis's in regards to just about everything we are told is one. Would be easier to take if they weren't so manufactured or just plain made up. There is no oil crisis and there never has been because unlike what the public is told oil is not really a derivative of fossilized material but the byproduct of tectonic movements and heat. The '70's was the very first mass attempt to declare oil as being a limited resource when all data pointed in the opposite direction. Old tapped out wells around the world after time suddenly have oil again. Sure not as much as the first time but given time there will be that much again. Why because tectonic activity never ceases and oil as a byproduct keeps being produced. Remember that oil line in the gulf of mexico that ruptured? After sealing the breach they were trying to measure the decrease in oil in the surrounding waters. They let slip that it would be difficult as there has always been oil just seaping up from the sea bed. Just like Anwar, just like Kansas and so many other places. Yet in an age of instant information why is it so hard to find the truth with out scrolling through 3000 google search pages?
Why? Theres no money in the truth or power to be gained or a way to hang on to either with a truth. The age of reasoned though seems to have faded from the human race as we now rely on someone elses "truth" to take its place.
in a localized sense the world is and can be a nice place in which to live. Maybe there is no way humans can ever have the whole world like that as there will always be those who want power and wealth above all else.
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Sorry it took so long to reply to you ! I was unable to log in earlier !
"There is no oil crisis and there never has been"
I was told that middle earth countries raised the oil price to protest against the "alliance" (I don't know how to say that) between Western Countries and Israel, in the 1980's. Wasn't that true ?
"Yet in an age of instant information why is it so hard to find the truth with out scrolling through 3000 google search pages?"
I can't even tell if the truth is something reachable anymore. You see a whole ocean of information, and sometimes it is hard to tell what is true and what is not because everything became "oriented". We are not told the truth, we are told what is "correct" and should be told. It looks more like politics than information, when you look at it.
"Theres no money in the truth or power to be gained or a way to hang on to either with a truth."
Money comes from the fact people cannot or don't want to shake their society with REAL questions. Therefore, they just tell us the things that aren't dangerous for the society's stability. If it was a productive thing for them to tell us that Communist is the solution for example, they would do. But in a capitalist society they need to get money, and you get money by orienting the population's beliefs and needs. We are consumers before being humans.
I can't tell about that. I am still learning about all these questions, and I shall be able to decide whether or not humans can be kind to one another when I am 80 or so. ^^
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Ah but sometimes they tell us things that tear apart an existing society so they can create the one that they want and provides them the power.
Thay have been telling us that communism is the answer but forget to mention that it's failed every single time it has been tried in one various form or another. But what communism does is set up a two tier system those in power have the money and everyone else is now equal in poverty and a form of indentured servitude. It is remarkable how no one seems to connect the old world feudalism with modern day communism
Sadly as is normal when an elite try's to take all the power and money the first thing they do is reverse the meaning of truthful words. Capitolism is in truth a free market system allowing everyone to take part in. How well you do is up to your personal drive and abilities. It's like art as there are folks that are very good at traditional art, digital art etc. their drive and talent determines how far they will get. There are folks like me who can't draw to save my life but I seem to do well with a camera. So my drive and determination to succeed at it are limited only by myself. And if DA limits my ability I am free to find or for that matter create my own way of getting it out there. The communist approach denies that anyone has any talent above anyone else unless they in power has a need for it. Over my 50 some odd years I have spoken to many folks that had lived under the Soviet Union... Even those that thought it should work never want to live under it ever again. But oddly no one ever talks to these folks or as I have personally witnessed never allowing them to tell what living under communism was actually like.
I wished we lived under a barter system as then I would be eternally busy fixing stuff and living quite well with the goods I received in trade. Money makes it simpler in a way but apparently those who are greedy tend to collect money and power to fill their cravings. That has nothing to do with what the word capitalism meant in truth. But we have been told it does for so long no one remembers what it truly means only what they decided it meant.
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Sorry I am late again !
You know, psychologists (I can't find their names, but if I do, I'll let you know) showed that TV was altering our vision of life. And what I mean by TV isn't necessary the movies and fictions we may watch, but the news. News are meant to translate of reality, and what is really happening. But they often (always ?) create oriented information, filled with entertainement and emotions, to catch the eye of the audience. This is why people receive the informations as threatening and frightening, and do not create the necessary distance to analyse and to decode the information.
In the end, they have shown that people often watching TV are much more worried by real world than people who don't/occasionally watch TV. Moreover, they showed that people witnessing a terrorist attack would be less shocked than people watching it from behind their TV screen because of how the TV channels use the frames, the sounds, etc.
So, maybe it explains why our vision of things is quite never accurate to reality.
People think communism is the solution because it would end the inequalities. But the fact is that we won't be equally rich, we will be equally poor, as you said it. That's what people don't understand.
"he communist approach denies that anyone has any talent above anyone else unless they in power has a need for it."
That is a lot more scarier that what I thought...
"Even those that thought it should work never want to live under it ever again."
How is that possible, if they fought it would work ?
Maybe we should find another word then ? To restaure the neutrality of the system ?
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First off don't be sorry as this conversation takes time and thought
Ah the news folks...
Here in the US almost everyone I know sees the news as a joke pushing whatever agenda they are told to push. Most often by the left spectrum of the political parties. News used to be a report of factual events and left up to the viewer to decide what it all meant. Nowadays we don't have news we have opinions of the news networks and the folks who run them claiming to be the facts. Then with the advent of a 24 hour news cycle they have to over dramatize every silly thing to get viewers and keep their ratings up. So silly crap is money and ratings driven and the heavily framed news is politically driven. The news over here is simply garbage no matter which one you can stomach enough to watch. Most of my news is from the web blogs and from of all things foreign news sights. Funny after growing up and living through the Cold War I am finding that Pravda has more factual truth about the US than the US news has... The irony here is phenomenal to say the least
When folks first get brought into communist ideals it all sounds so to good to be true and that's the problem it is to good to be true. You find yourself giving up so much because you are told that's what it takes to make it work. Then you find yourself in a world where unless it benefits the state you lose creativity, self worth and so many things that make you, well you. Worse yet when you realize as you look up from the impoverished world you live in that the great leaders are doing very well for themselves and though you were taught that no one will have anymore than any other it's hard to reconcile why the leaders and the watchers have 2 or 3 houses, some in other countries you will never be allowed to visit. There is so much more to this but I don't want it to get too long.
The concept of communism is as old as mankind but just called different names over time. And with one minor exception it has never been successful because at its roots it can't allow or recognize human nature as being real, must get rid of any religious beliefs that gives hope for the relief of suffering above the government. The government must be your only source of hope, but governments in the end serve only one purpose internally and that is self preservation at the expense of everything else.
Quick political joke we have over here though it's probably known the world over...
whats the difference between socialism and communism?
Socialism: allows you to believe your vote counts when it really doesn't
communism: you have no vote
moral... In the end you have the same results but in communism they skip the lie
though to be honest there are so many shades of what is called socialism that I am sure that it sort of maybe might kinda work for short decades at a time I guess... But in the end when you really examine socialism it's just communism light.
Okay that is way more politics and personal view of such than I usually say to anyone so if I have said anything that's offended you or your political beliefs I am truly sorry and will in the future keep my opinions in these areas to myself
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I don't like being late, it makes me ill-at-ease.. That's why I keep being sorry
News are totally ruled by ratings and audiences. They should make money, this is why everything is shown at spectacular and threatening. Moreover, our primitive behaviour meant to keep us alive pushes us to make sure we have everything we need if we face a threatening situation. This is why ads after threatening news are always more efficient : they create a need in our instinct. "The world is moved by terrorist attacks ?? Okay, let me buy this car or this TV to feel secure and safe !". The worst part is that ads don't even have to be related to the threat to work. We just compulsively consume and buy to feed our need of security. And TV plays with that in a viscous way.
This is why Internet is WAY better to get more "factual" info on what is happening on Earth. Because, even if it can be written by anyone and thus contain mistakes, it isn't using any frightening strategy to make us buy anything, and isn't built on the emotional reactions of the audience. We can have a better view of what is happening, and we can think of it. And you can even find some info on what TV doesn't speak about. What an irony, indeed !
"The concept of communism is as old as mankind but just called different names over time."
Could you give some examples ? I am a bit lost on that 
"must get rid of any religious beliefs that gives hope for the relief of suffering above the government."
So, is the biggest problem of Communism the fact it doesn't allow any kind of religion ? Why is it a problem in your opinion ? Do you think it could have worked if religion had been enabled ?
"governments in the end serve only one purpose internally and that is self preservation at the expense of everything else."
I think it isn't only the case with Communism. Every gouvernement is based on that principle. Self-preservation is more important than the preservation of population, or anything else. I would say even democracies are based on that. We could almost rewrite your joke like this (to a certain point !) :
"whats the difference between democracy and monarchy?
Democracy : allows you to believe your life and health count when they really don't
Monarchy : your life and health don't count
In the end : same results but in monarchy they skip the lie."
Do you see what I mean ? Of course democracies are less violent with their populations, but for the only reason that there is no need to control population when it believes in you by itself. If people are so dumb to think democracy = liberty, then why should the gouvernement bother to create a military police ? It would only trigger the UN and the Human Rights Convention.
"I have said anything that's offended you or your political beliefs I am truly sorry"
No worries, you didn't often me !
I just hope my opinions didn't offend you neither !
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The Israelites have a form of communism in there central store house idea. Where everyone gives a percentage of there produce, manufacturing and money from their efforts into a central warehouse. This is intended to help folks in time of need or pay for public works. There's more to it than that but it's been a while and my memory is slow to start this morning.
Read the Greek book Utopia as that is the first written iteration of the idea or principles of communism. It's main premise was how bad an idea it was and if you translate the word Utopia it means something along the lines as no place, nonexistent or made up. Yet it has been turned into a word somehow meaning somewhere or paradise. Ancient Greeks are rolling in their graves about this I am sure
When the pilgrims first landed at Plymouth Rock they used the principles of communism for the first year of the colony. Again the concept of equal owner ship was used except bumped up in its practice. The practice was wood cutters spent all day and brought their wood into a central store house, basket weavers and farmers all did the same. Everything belonged equally to the colony. Each family was then given an equal percentage from the central store house no matter if you worked your butt off producing your particular goods or didn't produce anything. If you were caught, say cutting extra wood for yourself and family you were berated and punished for it as that was considered hoarding or greed even though that had nothing to do with it. This is the basic precepts of communist doctrine in that no one owns what they produce it all belongs to the people.
Now this is what happens in that kind of setting... You have people working there asses off in the fields farming, cutting wood or blacksmiths working long hours under very hot conditions producing but having to turn everything over to the central store house. See you don't get to use what you produce until it's doled out to everyone in that way everyone is sure that you didn't keep any for yourself. Thus is formed quite naturally neighbors suspicious of neighbors and a new group of folks who produce nothing but are assigned to watch the producers to insure everything is going the way it's suppose to. Now human nature can't be excluded as we are after all humans and our natural state cannot not be gotten rid of as that is impossible to do. If it were possible then we would become mere machines and no longer human.
The first winter was devastating for everyone as wood cutters homes were cold because they were only allowed an equal share of wood and if they tried to cut more for them selves they were punished. No one ate very well as the percentage of farmers to everyone else was smaller than the rest of the colony... Everyone gets naturally angry at the farmer or the wood cutter because they aren't producing enough. Whereas the farmers and woodcutters are angry about all the folks in the colony that do not have to work as hard to produce or produce nothing at all. So now its neighbor against neighbor. The watchers have a great time running around looking important meting out "justice" and forcing the starving woodcutter back out into the snowy countryside to cut wood for everyone even though he will not receive anymore food to sustain the effort as he was already given his share of the food. It's called central planning.
One of the things I heard most often when talking to folks who lived under soviet rule was that you worked in a factory and you worked your ass off to produce but a coworker sat around doing nothing because of one reason or another. No matter what the outcome he/she got the same pay as you and that is the way it will be. So production starts to fall because the one producing gets tired of working their ass off for the same pay as the one who doesn't work anywhere near as hard. There is no incentive to work hard if the end results are going to be the same no matter what.
After that disastrous winter the leader of the pilgrims died and the new leader immediately stopped this form of governance and went to a barter/money system. In that what ever you produced was yours to trade for goods that others made or farmed. The more you produced the better your families lives became. The watchers were no longer necessary and were told that if they wanted to survive then they had better find a skill that would help them do so. Interestingly more folks became farmers as now the original farmers weren't forced to grow for everyone they had time to teach others how to farm and so on and so forth.
Carl Marx was the son of a Jewish Doctor so Marx was well aware of the central storehouse principle of the Israelites. Marx was also a self loathing Jew and hated how well the family practice had them fairly well off. Why, cause the folks he wanted to hang with were not so well off and would often castigate him for not understanding their pain. There is more to this but it would take to long to go into. Marx took the Jewish principles and put them on steroids so to speak and borrowing from the book utopia wrote his manifesto. Problem here is that either he misunderstood the book or he decided that even if it was about a very flawed way of governance he could make it work. By the way communism comes from the Jewish concepts of commune where small communities shared the burdens of living. And keep in mind this has nothing to do with their religious belief system, it was just their chosen way of government. The two are not so much related to each other. It's no wonder that when Lenin started up communism that Jewish folks semi flocked to Russia thinking it was just a larger form of their own style but since the Jewish state was scattered across the world they felt they now had a home again. It sadly didn't quite turn out as they had hoped. In the early beginnings of the Soviet Union they above all others thought it would work.
By the way the US form of government is not a democracy despite what the news folks and others keep saying. It is a Democratic Republic, a representative government so as to guard against the democratic mob rule problem. There is a very big difference between the two systems. That's not to say your analogy between a monarchy and a democracy isn't accurate
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Hey Phenix !
Well, I think you've noticed that eeeeh.... It just took my 1 month and a half to answer you. 
I am totally lost, and can't even remember why and how the whole conversation started, so if you don't mind, I would like to end it today. Is it okay for you, or would you like to keep talking about something special mentioned here ?
Again, I am sorry it took so long.
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I'm with you in that I don't remember what got this all started so yup let's pack this one away
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Sorry about that ! I think we just went too far on this one !
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Wow, what a creative idea! This is so visually intriguing I could stare at it for hours. The bubbles remind me of an alien jellyfish/spider-like creature rising from the depths of the sea.
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Thank you and what a really cool visual image you just created with my bubbles!!! Yes!, alien jellyspider 
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Amazing creation
with such vivid
chosen colors-nice⭐️☕️
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Ah the powerful colors of the lowly cd
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