Smoke'n Ace | Match Point

Adam Jones wrote in post #9906857
Very cool. I also like the no blur.

Thanks Adam. No blur it is

Well I guess I was wrong, but thanks for posting more pics. Really cool concept!

The Hard Way wrote in post #9916808
Well I guess I was wrong, but thanks for posting more pics. Really cool concept!

don't beat yourself up to bad there Hard Way, there were others liked the blur too. Maybe if my photoshop skills were a bit better the blur shot would have made the cut ?
Thanks again for the comments.

love it!

Great shots. I agree with no blur.

very nice shots. no blur, if you are still undecided.

I have never trid shooting the smoke. wondering how this would turn out with a slight blow to make the smoke move faster ...

reddyroc007 wrote in post #9926267
love it!

Thank you!

ChrisK10 wrote in post #9929198
Great shots. I agree with no blur.

Thanks Chris!

Bhargav wrote in post #9929211
very nice shots. no blur, if you are still undecided.

I have never trid shooting the smoke. wondering how this would turn out with a slight blow to make the smoke move faster ...

Thank you for the comments. I've decided on no blur.

When my A/C unit kicked on, I had to wait for it to shut off because of it blowing the smoke. The effect of blowing the smoke does not work so well.

I'm little late to the thread but here is my vote. I like the blur IF there was a little blur with the smoke. Just looks a little off with the tack sharp smoke and the blurry ball. That being said awesome concept and great shot. Very creative and original. And thanks for sharing your setup.

bucket772 wrote in post #9929854
I'm little late to the thread but here is my vote. I like the blur IF there was a little blur with the smoke. Just looks a little off with the tack sharp smoke and the blurry ball. That being said awesome concept and great shot. Very creative and original. And thanks for sharing your setup.

Did not try applying blur to the whole image, maybe for a rainy day

Thanks for look'n and the comments, very much appreciated.

I think they both look pretty cool.. I think it looks funny when it's still but the smoke is trailing behind it.. With blur landscape and maybe you could have it as a smoking ball portrait? Not sure if that is in line with what you were wanting though? Just an idea.

no blur! Awesome idea.

Very original and creative. Wish I was that creative on rainy days.

FelixDeSouze wrote in post #9943310
I think they both look pretty cool.. I think it looks funny when it's still but the smoke is trailing behind it.. With blur landscape and maybe you could have it as a smoking ball portrait? Not sure if that is in line with what you were wanting though? Just an idea.

The picture was taken in portrait and rotated during post. Rotating back to portrait either shows the ball "moving" down or up and just doesn't look right. The image was created to show a "serve".
Not sure if this is what your referring to do? Thanks for the comments.

ratempa wrote in post #9967771
no blur! Awesome idea.

Thanks for the comments, very much appreciated.

heder78 wrote in post #9981696
Very original and creative. Wish I was that creative on rainy days.

Thank you for the comments! Next rainy day you have build or take away from the idea, just keep play'n and shoot'n!

HAHA, great idea. Now a hardball.

Very cool shot!!! I do not like this version of a blur. But the problem is that without it, it looks like a ball on a stick. Possibly put the blur on its own layer and at about 15-20%opacity. Enough to hint at the blur but not enough to lose any detail.