It’s still funny. Every time I see this prank I laugh. You’re young, you’re bored. Go get some soap and watch the fun. It’s better than setting something on fire or tagging a building. Yes, this picture was not taken today, it’s from this summer. I said I would post a picture everyday, not necessarily take one everyday.

This fountain on the North West corner of Lake of the Isles is a drinking fountain for horses — but not today. If you manage to dart through traffic to this little fountain in the middle of the road, you’ll see a plaque on it stating that it’s a horse drinking fountain dedicated to the horses of a specific artillery regiment in World War One. Now there are no horses pulling the rich and powerful around the lake on Sunday morning, but there are still mischievous whipper-snappers running around it at night. My how times have changed and stayed the same.

I composed this image to include the lake and surrounding elements to show that it is in a park with an idyllic setting to contrast the sudsy subject. The angle to the sun was used to give dimension to the fountain and the soap bubbles. The bubbles were really hard to get a shadow on, they came out as just white blobs until I got the exposure down far enough. I really don’t like dead-centered subjects (just ask my dad). But I centered this one intentionally. A centered subject is very static, which can be boring. Having the subject off-center, ideally on a third line, gives the image a dynamic quality, moving the viewer’s eye around and adding interest. By centering the fountain, I was contrasting a calming composition with the humorous subject matter of the soap bubbles.

So grab that camera! Get out there and have some fun taking some pictures! If that doesn’t do it for you, bring a box of soap.