Smoke

[Tim Armes]

Hi all,

I'd recently seen a picture of smoke that I found interesting, and thought I'd give it ago myself...

If you have a rainy afternoon to kill, then this can make a great way to pass some time and experiment with lighting and post processing ideas.

Here are a few of my favourites:

Regards,

Tim

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hi Tim

The groundhog woke you up!

I love the folded smoke spirals.

Can you share how you extracted the smoke and do you have the fainer wisps too?

Asher

 

[Tim Armes]

Hello,

I actually took the smoke on a pure black background in my "studio", and then inverted the image in Photoshop.

I coloured the images using the new split tone feature of Lightroom. The highlights and shadows have differing tones. I'd like to have done everything in LR, just for the fun of it, but it's missing the invert function.

There are other photos with the wisps. Here's one:

I prefer the simpler ones, although the above may have use by designers as a knocked-back background.

Tim

 

[Asher Kelman]

Tim,

Thanks for sharing. Is smoke captured differnetly on a white b.g,?

I find both paterns beautiful. The inverted in simpler the original bring spririts to visit, LOL!

We might have a challenge on photographs of smoke?

What do you think of that?

Asher

 

[nicolas claris]

Hi Tim

Did you have to smoke to take these pics? (I love the ones from the 1st post)

Or did you protect your health, asking your assistant to smoke?

 

[Tim Armes]

I used an incense stick for the smoke. I can't abide the smell of tabacco...

Besides, incense lasts longer.

Tim

 

[nicolas claris]

Oh oh, the carpet is not that far (French private joke ;;-)