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Smoke Effects
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Copyright: Dean Ln (deanophotos) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 208 W: 14 N: 393] (2612)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-11-01
Categories: Artwork, Decisive Moment, Experimental, Macro, Abstract
Camera: Canon EOS 30D, Sigma 17-70mm MACRO
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-01 10:44
Viewed: 420
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi all

Something completly different from me today.
It's been the usual drab weekend, raining, kids going mental etc, etc, so I decided to enlist my eldest in being a B/G stand, the background being my black dressing gown. I used one of my Elinchrom heads with a makeshift barn door (which nearly caught fire)and backlit the smoke from 2 incense sticks, the camera was set to manual mode and I also focused manual on the general area where the smoke would rise before begining to shoot. For this technique you must use a very dark room and a heavy black background which will not reflect any light back.

PP generally just playing around with various colours, hue sat, channels, etc, I used invert to turn the B/G white, resized and thats about it.

This is completly new to me so all comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thankyou.
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To lawbert: Hi Pauldeanophotos 3 11-01 16:31
To rewshearer: Cheers Rewdeanophotos 1 11-01 16:26
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Merhaba Dean,soyut bir çalışma olarak nefis bir kare.Sanki başka bir boyuta geçiş var gibi,ellerine sağlık :)

Hello Dean
Its good to try something new and this is great..Im no expert and have never tried this but I would say you have lighting spot on but maybe the focus is a little soft..This might how you planned it?
Could do with a frame though..LOL
Right im gonna light me a roll up and give it a go myself!!
All the Best
Paul

Hi Dean,
it's excellent, I love it.
I also like to make such an experiment - and when I see your result - I'm sure - I have to do it!
Thanks, very well done
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Nice. I've often seen smoke captures like this, and never had the patience or inclination to try it for myself. I like the apparent sense of design in this, even though it must be purely random. The colour treatment works well.
Rew

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3270 W: 270 N: 7711] (32868)
  • [2008-11-02 1:20]

Very eye-catching Dean. The inverting of the colours has given it such unusual colours.
I like it
TFS
Janice

PS And thanks for the notes too on how to do it

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1198 W: 0 N: 2344] (19400)
  • [2008-11-02 1:37]

Hello,

quelle image, quel effet, merveilleux, cette fume fait des siprales fantastiques.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

I had to look this one to compare with the number II of this series, and my preference goes to this one, how to explain that a smoke effect is better looking than another ? well maybe this one is more harmonious, and not horizontal, and the colors applied too...
regards
jc

I already had it about experiments today - I'm a fan of such.
Great note :)
Attila

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  • Zeperix Gold Star Critiquer [C: 144 W: 4 N: 116] (1069)
  • [2008-11-21 22:50]

What an excellent idea! I am looking forward to trying it myself - thanks for the notes, they will help a lot.

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  • k-2 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 633 W: 13 N: 491] (3539)
  • [2008-11-23 18:21]

Very creative Dean. Thanks for the note explaining all your efforts. I like the crop with the smoke coming from the corner and ending in a pileup in the other corner. The lighting is interesting too. TFS. Karin

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