These are amazing! How do you get the smoke to twirl like that? And appear different colors? Is that editing, or done in the shot itself? You don't have to reveal all your secrets, but a hint in the right direction would rock ;D
These are amazing! How do you get the smoke to twirl like that? And appear different colors? Is that editing, or done in the shot itself? You don't have to reveal all your secrets, but a hint in the right direction would rock ;D
I shot the images in semi-darkness with flash @ a 90 degree angle to the camera and a black background. I put colored saran wrap over my flash unit to give the smoke color. The actual color is not that important so long as there is one to adjust as opposed to just grey. As far as post processing I have done all sort of different styles.
examples Most of the color adjustments are done by fliping or reversing channel curves. For example to get a white background flip the lightness channel or hit "control+I " To do the mirror effect I duplicate the image and then adjust the canvas size to double the width. Then I drag the original onto my new canvas.
One thing I learnt from photographing smoke is not to chimp until after you've blown out the match thats in your hand. Took about 5 times before I learnt that lesson :(
I have a question. I used the same camera settings as MK for her smoke photos but with my shutter at 1/80 my photos are still blurry and when i use a faster speed the photos are way to dark. I bumped up my ISO and the photos were so grainy that even neatimage couldnt help them. Is it my camera?
I have a question. I used the same camera settings as MK for her smoke photos but with my shutter at 1/80 my photos are still blurry and when i use a faster speed the photos are way to dark. I bumped up my ISO and the photos were so grainy that even neatimage couldnt help them. Is it my camera?
It works best with a flash from side or bottom and dark background.
Like in this one:
i cant use a flash from there :( i did have a black background though.
Originally posted by eyewave:
Originally posted by Chinabun:
I have a question. I used the same camera settings as MK for her smoke photos but with my shutter at 1/80 my photos are still blurry and when i use a faster speed the photos are way to dark. I bumped up my ISO and the photos were so grainy that even neatimage couldnt help them. Is it my camera?
It works best with a flash from side or bottom and dark background.
Like in this one:
