Smoke (no mirrors)
Comments: 16
Smoke is hard to get in focus, especially at f2.8 (which is all this very overcast day was going to give).
Something to try when time permits: setting up a flash behind the smoke to better backlight it.
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Posted to Photographs • 2004.05.16 (Sun) • 12:44
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Posted by ACJ 2004.05.16, 12:58
Very elegant.
Posted by Tom Werner 2004.05.16, 14:56
I’ve always loved photos of smoke. There’s something so ephemeral about them…
If you want to get rid of some of that annoying digital noise, you can try this very simple method in Photoshop.
Duplicate the layer with the image on it Set the layer to “Multiply” mode Fiddle with the opacity of this newly created layer That’s it! It’ll darken the image a little overall, but lighter areas will remain more so than darker ones.
Posted by Kristen 2004.05.16, 20:52
Such beautiful forms and color.
Posted by Milf 2004.05.17, 00:05
Amazing..and beautiful.
Posted by alis 2004.05.17, 01:05
Gorgeous. The best I’ve ever managed are here and here… yours are much better!
Posted by cartman_ms 2004.05.17, 08:27
Simply but beautiful.
Greetings from Poland!
Posted by prem 2004.05.17, 08:28
you can’t point that pic to a smoke unless your caption declares it as smoke.
Posted by jh 2004.05.17, 15:53
Tom —- I’d forgotten that trick: thanks for the reminder. You made me go back and redo those shots and I like them better now.
alis —- the picture with the smoke curling up in front of the face is well done. Reminds me somehow of Man Ray.
Posted by lenny 2004.05.18, 17:45
what, by the way, do you use as smoke source?
Posted by alis 2004.05.18, 20:31
jh: oh my!! I am fully in love with Man Ray. Or at least some of his work. The Primacy of Matter over Thought is one of my favourite images ever… so thankyou for that.
Posted by Hester 2004.05.18, 21:20
In Opera 7, right-click and Open image. Then choose High contrast (W/B) from the user styles menu. A black screen background makes them even better.
Posted by jh 2004.05.18, 22:18
lenny —- it was a stick of cedar incense.
Posted by SangYeonKim 2004.05.19, 16:34
It looks like a light;disappear as suddenly as one appears
:)
Posted by Dave 2004.05.29, 13:00
Very nice. Great photgraph. I wish I could do that!
Dave
Posted by deliz 2004.05.29, 19:00
Very Impressive.
Posted by Netmann 2004.08.05, 18:22
Greets
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