Beginner Smoke
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Very nice indeed,that deserves a frame and being on a wall on a gallery
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If you do a search for smoke in the creative photography forum section on here there is a chap with a you tube video on smoke photography which includes a section on editing,well worth watching
Its called incense stick photography by cardiff gareth
Its called incense stick photography by cardiff gareth
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I will go and have a look. I did enjoy it but also found if frustrating
Thanks for pointing me to his videos. Me and IT just don’t get along I managed to edit this one on my phone. I’m not a fan of editing I was always well what u get is what u get. ( maybe it’s because I struggle with it. But now after trying it and seeing the outcome it’s worth the effort
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I was the same when I started it almost seemed like "cheating", but I soon learned that the picture is the cameras interpretation of the scene and it has it's limitations.
I played with the levels and sharpened it a little with Affinity and here is the result, hope you don't mind @Cobra did it to one of my pics and it has made a big difference to the finished image.
_smoke3 by John, on Flickr
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This thread has opened up a whole new area for me, I am off out to try and buy some incense sticks and have a go.
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Me to, I have some Patchouli ones some where ....
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Now this is smoke! Two big forest fire's in the state and smoke every where! 
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Mrs Nod has literally hundreds (if not thousands!) of the things - she stocks them at her (yoga) studio. FWIW, I find Nag Champa the least objectionable of the flavours.
Don’t mind I love it. Thank you. I have photoshop and canon one. I open them up it’s like where the hell do I start.I was the same when I started it almost seemed like "cheating", but I soon learned that the picture is the cameras interpretation of the scene and it has it's limitations.
I played with the levels and sharpened it a little with Affinity and here is the result, hope you don't mind @Cobra did it to one of my pics and it has made a big difference to the finished image.
I’ve started to find it relaxing now. Still finding my way. For every 20 pictures I take I one I’m sort of happy with. I’ve been using lavender cones. Two from last night. The house smells nice as well
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i did quite a bit of this stuff, back 10 years or more ago now - but they weren't really intended as "stand alone" pieces...
for example this one
was intended for compositing into one of my still life shots...
Sands of Time by The Big Yin, on Flickr
for example this one
was intended for compositing into one of my still life shots...
Sands of Time by The Big Yin, on Flickr
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Now this is smoke! Two big forest fire's in the state and smoke every where!
We've seen it on TV, and in pictures. Incredible!