Smoke Art

[karls-images]

I think i first saw these here....??

So i decided to try these myself and so far i'm very happy with the results. A word of warning though, once you have the right set up it's very easy to get carried away and before you know it you've shot 20+ shots......but it also gives you a good choice.

[cedric_r]

These look great! For me the white background works best, but it's just personal taste. Out of curiosity, what's your setup?

[karls-images]

Originally Posted by cedric_r

These look great! For me the white background works best, but it's just personal taste. Out of curiosity, what's your setup?

Thnx Cedric...

I used my Uniloc 1700 pod, a sigma 105mm macro lens, a cheap crappy jessops flash gun, i used that because i can use the long sync cables i have, but would prefer to use the Canon 430EX but the can't get a cable long enough.

For the background, i use a black mount board and insense sticks for the smoke.

I only started taking these yesterday and the first lot were awfull, i could hardly see the smoke, so i moved the flashgun a little closer and slightly behind the smoke and that gave me the best light catchment.

To make the background go white all you do is invert the image after getting the RAW settings right, then use the gradient tools to add the colour.

I can add a link to where i learnt from and to give more ideas of colour....??

[Lee4145]

Very nice Karl. Looks like you got it figured out.

[cedric_r]

Thanks for the explanation Karl. It's very temptng to try if I find time. They look good.

[JACKCAT]

I would guess you would have to be patient when doing this type of stuff but you pulled it off! Very well done. I would like to see the link if you could.

[karls-images]

Originally Posted by JACKCAT

I would guess you would have to be patient when doing this type of stuff but you pulled it off! Very well done. I would like to see the link if you could.

Thnx Jackcat....

Here is the link and i hop other will have a try at this.....

Sensitive Light: Coloured Smoke

[JACKCAT]

Wow Karl, thanks for the great link. I'll have to give this a try sometime.

[UBSeng]

Hi Karl,

I stumbled across these on my way to my dark bathroom for taking some more of these myself (had to stop at the computer to check which settings I used last time).

Great job, #3 and #5 are my faves, you can see I prefer the black bg.

Off I go, wish me curly smoke

[TLV]

Lovely work..