England - York Bubbles

In spite of the weather, which was cold, windy and drizzly, there was a festive atmosphere along Petergate and Stonegate Streets as we made our way through town, and it was crowded. (If you hadn't noticed, most of the street scenes in previous posts of York are tilted up to avoid all those people.)

At one point we saw a bubble machine churning away, offering opportunities for some unique images.  Wasn't easy, though - because of the wind they whipped by pretty fast so it was next to impossible to grab a focus on just the orbs.  Because the clouds in the background didn't offer as much traction for the autofocus system, the shot above was easier to capture the bubbles than the one below, which grabbed the brick or wall texture instead: