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Posted by vasa (mountain view, United States) on 26 June 2007 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

A few months back, i tried to capture smoke and posted the pic in my blog - i was'nt satisfied as i knew something was not right - this time i think i have got the technique right - still experimenting - flash was fired

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Comments (10)

Daniel & Jessica from Melbourne, Australia

I think you did get the technique right. Love the composition of the shot. It is interesting how simple it looks but difficult to capture. Well done!

26 Jun 2007 6:07am

ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands

Very nice shot, and you see when you keep on trying you will get it right !

26 Jun 2007 7:17am

Babul Bhatt from Bombay, India

very interesting wud love to know how you do this, i have seen other pics where they have different colors of smoke too! wondering how to achieve such results. thanks for sharing :)

26 Jun 2007 7:40am

@Babul Bhatt: Firstly you may wanna achieve the max DOF - hence dont get too close to the smoke- keep your aperture small - fire the flash against a black bkgrnd - you can light the smoke from the side too -pre focussing with self timer set also helps - burst shot can also be used - then process it by inverting the colors - i am still working on the composition to remove the inherent noise that you get, when capturing smoke......the source of smoke also adds a dramatic effect - avoid candle smoke

Re.. from Mumbai, India

wow! amazing results. Would like to try the technique u have mentioned with different sources of smoke. Thanks.

26 Jun 2007 8:19am

kairospix from Singapore, Singapore

wow! bravo!
i think for someone just expereimenting you hit it right!
i've always been amazed at such shots - will try it one day!
your comment to Babul is very useful!
tks for sharing the shot and the info!
curious - what smoke source did you use?

26 Jun 2007 8:28am

@kairospix: Thanks man - i used the smoke from a thick incense stick - dense smoke looks better