Smoke Photography. C&C if you'd like. (:

[Markw]

Hi all! I dont really know if this is 'beyond basics' worthy, but I figured Id post it here and it would be moved if it wasnt.

I decided to try my hand at photographing smoke. The setup:

Kitchen table, cereal boxes and an incense holder to hold the incense up.
Black T-shirt hung about 4' behind stick.
Monolight (continuous) camera left
SB-600 camera right (1/4-1/8 power)
Nikon D90
Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX DG Macro
Handheld

Like I said, C&C if you do so please. I know its picture heavy, but I just didnt know which I liked better, so I put them all. All the ones that I liked, anyway. There were over 180 shots taken. :mrgreen:

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- There's a rainbow in this one. Thats why I put it in.

12

Hope you enjoyed.
Mark

 

[Derrel]

You know, 12-image posts often suck....but not THIS ONE!!!!!!!

Good job Mark. #2 reminds me of a martini glass....Me likes!!!! Out of all the incense smoke pics I have seen, yours are the very FIRST ones that I have seen that include the incense stick in the image!

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Amazing shots! They turned out really good. This makes me want to try this

 

[Arkanjel Imaging]

Nice and sharp, good contrast. I like the negative image ones a lot. I think it makes the detail pop more.

Love the simple/organic shape on the last shot too. Dark works better on this one for sure. :thumbup:

 

[Markw]

Thanks everyone!
@Derrel: It was going to be a 17-shot post, but I knew that was waay off the table

@Arkanjel: Thanks alot! The last one is my favorite out of them all. I wil experiment with changing some of them into negatives like the white ones and see which ones work. After I did it to the two pictured, I liked it..but I kind of felt a little wrong for doing it since the rest were black and I didnt want to change them all, ya know?

Thanks again all of you!
Mark

 

[SwissJ]

You know, 12-image posts often suck....but not THIS ONE!!!!!!!

+1

These are great. They conjure images of dancers... I see rib cages, spinal columns, and hinged joints. #2 really drew me in.

 

[Lunchbox]

awesome

 

[Bram]

Yeah I totally agree with everyone here, great shots I am definately going to try this out.

 

[DanFinePhotography]

these are really cool. Good job

 

[Markw]

Thanks again everyone!


Mark

 

[786soul]

Great shots. I now have something more to compare to and see if I can get the same sort of results. My first try was very noisy.

 

[SageMark]

Simply awesome. The negative ones turned spectacular. I think you are going to have alot of trolls shooting smoke. <3 them.

 

[dirtnapper]

Great job; like the inverted ones!

 

[Mustlovedragons]

All are awesome (always been a huge fan of smoke photography). I love the blue-hued ones the best and my overall faves are 5, which reminds me of a depressed man or woman and 12, which is simply elegant.

 

[LaFoto]

I moved them to the General Gallery, Mark, OK? "Beyond the Basics" is text-only... though these do show that you have taken your photography beyond the basics all right!!!