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Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:09 pm**

Its been raining for most of the day down here....... so here is one that I think needs posting again.........

inverted smoke........

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:31 pm**

It’s almost like a surreal photo of a naked women :shock:

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:50 pm**

Very creative big pix. Great vision to see this result.

Cheers, Mick

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:44 pm**

This works really well for me and congratulations on the inversion - makes a mundane shot all that much more interesting.

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:07 pm**

Its very cool surreal effect there

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:18 pm**

That is damn sexy smoke, damn sexy... love it!

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:32 pm**

......thanks all...... well just let me say that 5 hours later, over 450 exposures, lots of looking at the computer, there you go...... sometimes you can get great results in 10 minutes......

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:39 pm**

Yeah, the curves in the right places make the shot.

At the right kinda angles too I might add

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:41 pm**

Sweet!!

What do you use to create the smoke?

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:46 pm**

large incense stick....... but small ones work also..... just light your smoke from behind, flash at an angle of 45o and a black background...... invert in photoshop and play with curves or the RAW converter to swing the colors

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:31 pm**

That's the sexiest smoke I have ever seen.

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:09 pm**

Pure ART bp, Pure ART !

Love it.

Can you explain how you acheived this.

Mic :wink:

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:13 pm**

Arrrh, I read above, I see how you do.

Cheers

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:36 pm**

Mic....... see above for how it was done.....

EDIT...... and thanks all

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:50 pm**

big pix wrote:large incense stick....... but small ones work also..... just light your smoke from behind, flash at an angle of 45o and a black background...... invert in photoshop and play with curves or the RAW converter to swing the colors

Thanks for the info Big Pix, so I assume you are using the flash in command mode in order to get the rear lighting?

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:00 am**

tsanglabs wrote:Thanks for the info Big Pix, so I assume you are using the flash in command mode in order to get the rear lighting?

NO....... 2 x Elinchrom 1000 studio heads dialed down to 300 ws, with medium sized reflectors with defusers....... black reflectors either side of camera and a little in front of lens to stop any flash flare

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:01 pm**

sirhc55 wrote:It’s almost like a surreal photo of a naked women

G'day

Psychiatrists invent tests for people like you. Surely you can see that she's clothed?

Cheers
Bob in Bull Creek

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:40 pm**

That is a superb picture! In fact, it is like painting with smoke. Thanks for the background information on how you did it.

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Raining........

Raining........

That is a superb picture!