Bubble eruption of frozen flowers

• Prize
  Silver in Nature/Macro
• Photographer
  Chu-Hsuan Kuo, Taiwan
• Date of Photograph
  July 5-12 2025.

As a self-taught macro photography learner my shooting experience during this week was amazing. Eventually I found the bubbles squeezed out from frozen petals and leaves were as fascinating as romantic flowers. In -20 degree Celsius freezer, those tiny warm air molecules burst out from flowers and they looked like flying bullets with dramatic strong power. The shapes of the bubbles kept changing during the process of shooting. The random compositions were even more bizarre. I created backlight with only two simple flashlights and some recycled find glass beads which were made by myself.

Amateur photographer retired from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.

Awards 2026 IPA, 2nd Place/Nature/Flowers, 3rd Place/Special/Macro
2026 The 31st Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition of Taichung City, Short-listed, (Taiwan)
2025 PX3, Silver/Nature/Macro
2025 BIFA, Silver/Special/Macro
2024 TIFA, Honorable mention/Collage/Fine art
2023 TIFA, Honorable mention/Architecture
2023 TIFA, Honorable mention/Smart photography
2025,2022,2020 China Steel Company Photo Competition, 1st place (Taiwan)
2024 China Steel Company Photo Competition, 2nd place (Taiwan)
2023, 2021 China Steel Company Photo Competition, 3rd place
2019 Kaohsiung Ocean Photo Competition, 3rd place (Taiwan)