Smoke Flakes

[Chris1le]

Playin' with smoke and Photoshop. For larger sizes please visit:
http://cjyphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/2160780

http://cjyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/112336799-S-1.jpg

http://cjyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/112437018-S-1.jpg

http://cjyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/112520688-S-1.jpg

[squashed]

Hey !! I saw that in College:p

[Athena]

Very cool! I've been wanting to do a shoot with smoke. I'm interested in what you used to make the smoke and how you lit it. Share?

[Chris1le]

Very cool! I've been wanting to do a shoot with smoke. I'm interested in what you used to make the smoke and how you lit it. Share?

I just used incense sticks. Tried one to three at a time. I used a second slave 550ex flash that was triggered by my 580ex. It was positioned slightly behind the black background to the side and aimed at the smoke.

[D. Craig Flory]

Those are really cool ! You could next try 4th of July sparklers in the dark.

[marie]

very nice

:cool:

[mrclark321]

Great shots Chris as well as your smugmug site.

Dan

[Miniflash]

nice pics ~

[GTV681]

nice i like no 2,been meaning to play with smoke for a long time now aswell,will have to get off here and try it
cheers well done

[iSpark]

Cool stuff!

[Athena]

Incense - why on earth didn't this occur to me... Thank you Chris! :D

[StarvingArtist]

amazing!!!!

[MikeMcL]

awesome shots, how do you do the mirror/kaliedoscope effect in photoshop, i have some light painting images id like to mess with.

thanks.

[MikeMcL]

double post, sorry...

thanks.

[jlbeattie]

Excellent shots! I love the effect!

[Chris1le]

awesome shots, how do you do the mirror/kaliedoscope effect in photoshop, i have some light painting images id like to mess with.

thanks.

There may be other ways to do it but the way I did it was... I expanded the canvas in the direction I planned to flip the image. I then selected the image pressed Ctrl-J to make a new layer I then went to edit>transform> then select either flip horizontal or flip vertical. Then I used the move tool to drag the now flipped image to where i wanted it. Once you get close you can use the arrow keys to nudge the image perfectly into place.

Hope that makes sense. :D

[sjafari]

I have been trying to do the same for a while now, using my 580EX and Sigma 500 Super in front of a flat black bg. My problem is the smell.. I love incense, but when I am quadruple lighting Nag Champa Super Hit, the scent is so overpowering that I start getting a headache. Any ideas on something that would create a lot of smoke and yet not smell to strong?
Great shots though, i like the use of mirroring the image.. it really adds a new dimension. The coloring of the smoke in your images has inspired me to slap some colored filters over my flashes to see how the smoke turns out.

[Cleo199]

Wondering if I'm reading too much into these. They're beautiful pictures..........but........ I see an animal on the top and bottom of the bottom picture. Almost like a monkey? Anyone else see that too? Or do I need meds..... ;)