Smoky Photography

[darakusan]

Always wanted to try this out but recently abit lazy to do the setup. Today finally got some time and get my butt moving. Following are some of the many pics i took. Hope u all like it as much as i do.

Would probably say that the attempt was successful, got what i roughly wanted =)

#1 White series

#2

#3 Black series (i like black better. do you?)

#4

#5 Blur because smoke is actually moving towards the lens.. but kind of like the depth

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[darakusan]

#6 Mirrored series.. it seems that i see alien in all haha

#7

#8

#9 the big mess

Of all my favourite is #3 and #4, which are yours?

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[lamergod]

Awesome pics how did u make the smoke to have colour at first I thought it was ink LOL

 

[Lomographer]

i like 7

 

[jonnodotsg]

absolutely mesmerizing series! darakusan, would you mind sharing how you went about taking the shots? i'd really love to learn.

 

[redmonsoon]

#3 is fav, Pls share ur setup what what did u use for the smoke!!

 

[retrovox]

#6 and #7 are wicked! :thumbsup:

 

[darakusan]

Awesome pics how did u make the smoke to have colour at first I thought it was ink LOL

Thanks! the color was added in Photoshop

i like 7

Glad u like it =)

absolutely mesmerizing series! darakusan, would you mind sharing how you went about taking the shots? i'd really love to learn.

#3 is fav, Pls share ur setup what what did u use for the smoke!!

Glad you all like the series!

Setup is pretty simple, have a black background, smoke was from burning joss stick, and a flash was setup to flash from the rear left of the smoke, reflector (or anything shiny) is placed on the front right of smoke area to create the 3d smoke effect. Trick is not to have any light fall on the background so it looks real black =) Camera was set to manual focus on tripod.

After that would be how you like to add the colors in photoshop =) where you creativity can run wild.

#6 and #7 are wicked! :thumbsup:

Thanks! u liked the alien looking ones

 

[B-setting]

simple technique, but awesome results! :thumbsup:

 

[Numnumball]

Wow!! Nice! Love #7 and 8 esp.. :thumbsup:

 

[darakusan]

simple technique, but awesome results! :thumbsup:

thanks! and glad you like them! =)

Wow!! Nice! Love #7 and 8 esp.. :thumbsup:

Thanks! you love the aliens ;p

 

[darakusan]

went through the rest of the photos and picked another few... haha i just love the randomness in smoke. Sorry for the spamming of pictures!

#10 Brilliant Rose

#11

#12

#13

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[Valjean]

Can't pick a favourite because they are all masterfully done. Couldn't imagine the set-up being as simple as described. I've enjoyed this series.

 

[Jasengoh]

awesome!!! :thumbsup:

 

[coolin]

the rose one and the last one are great!

 

[dev2k8]

Stunning....such simple subject but awesome impact! Thks for sharing the know how...much appreciated

 

[mynameisjizeng]

very very nice!

 

[darakusan]

Can't pick a favourite because they are all masterfully done. Couldn't imagine the set-up being as simple as described. I've enjoyed this series.

Thanks for your kind words! and i am glad you enjoyed the series as much as i do =)

awesome!!! :thumbsup:

Thanks!

the rose one and the last one are great!

I like the rose one too =)

Stunning....such simple subject but awesome impact! Thks for sharing the know how...much appreciated

Yup simple and yet very unpredictable, i just love the randomness in it.

very very nice!

Thanks!

 

[pinkbee]

Cool series! Love #6 & #7 the most!

 

[darakusan]

Cool series! Love #6 & #7 the most!

Thanks! Seems that quite a number of ppl likes the mirrored version