my take on smoke

[marmots]

ok i decided to try smoke last night and here is my best

which one is better?

1

2

 

[StevePPhoto]

aren't these the same pics?

 

[marmots]

different versions of the same one as i asked which one is better?
read the op!

 

[Photos_N_Coffee]

im relatively new to photography. i've never photographed smoke like this before. id LOVE to learn. do you just photograph smoke with light emanating from below + a black background?

 

[lyonsroar]

different versions of the same one as i asked which one is better?
read the op!

Your OP says nothing about being the same photo...

That being said:
Neither. They are too busy.

 

[lyonsroar]

im relatively new to photography. i've never photographed smoke like this before. id LOVE to learn. do you just photograph smoke with light emanating from below + a black background?

Below, above, across, from the side, etc.
Yes.

 

[marmots]

yeah... i couldn't quite get the right result, i now realize that it is because i was using a blown out candle instead of a constant source like incense

 

[lyonsroar]

yeah... i couldn't quite get the right result, i now realize that it is because i was using a blown out candle instead of a constant source like incense

Well now you know.

That must have been annoying, lighting, blowing out, lighting, blowing out...

 

[marmots]

yeah especially when the light ran out of fuel, and i couldn't even push the gas button on the new one

 

[stroker]

Before the magazine article came out I tried to do smoke photography with a big box of wooden matches. Now THAT was annoying!
OP, I like the purple as it gives the most contrast.