Stu Smokes Up - This Time He Inhales

[astrostu]

And it smelled pretty gross. Need to find better-smelling incense. I took 59 photos, kept 17, processed 11, and from those, I had 70 variations. First pass to post got down to 25, next 17, next 14. I've decided to post them all, though they are somewhat delineated: First 6 are "original" color, next 4 are playing with gradient overlays, and the final 4 are variations on the same photo that I think, when inverted, looks like a stylized illustration of paint pouring from a magic paint bucket.

If for some reason you are interested in all of them, you can view the directory listing and browse.

#1 - Original Color, Slight Saturation Enhancement

#2 - Inverted Colors

#3 - Inverted Colors, Saturation Enhanced

#4 - Inverted, B&W, Rotated 180°

#5 - Hue Rotated 60°

#6 - Inverted, Hue Rotated 180°, Saturation Enhanced

#7 - Inverted, Gradient Overlay

#8 - Inverted, Rotated 180°, Gradient Overlay

#9 - Gradient Overlay

#10 - Gradient Overlay, Rotated 90°

#11 - Gradient Overlay

#12 - Rotated 180°, Gradient Overlay

#13 - Inverted, Rotated 180°, Gradient Overlay

#14 - Inverted, Rotated 180°, Gradient Overlay

 

[pbelarge]

Astrostu

I like the color with the black backround and the swirling drift upwards is captivating.

 

[Derrel]

Wow! #11 is one of my favorites. I really like how you've demonstrated how much variation in post processing can be applied to this subject matter. This incense smoke stuff is just too cool for school...

 

[The Historian]

Very nice. I love the colors in 3 and 7.

 

[K8-90]

Very awesome! How did you get the smoke to curl in on itself? And great job with the variates of pp!