Smoke trails

rgrebby

rgrebby

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Does anyone know of some tutorials that show me how to do something similar to the photograph below? With only one speedlight.

Thanks in advance.

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I cant either,ok who stole it,put it back please.:):lol:
 
I've done some, instead of a joss stick, Maplins/RS sell smoke pens for airflow throughput testing which produce a really fat smoke trail, which helps with the focussing.

Some hints,
Use a decent depth of field to get sharp images.
Shoot quite a few shots because of the focussing issue and the room filling with smoke!
Vent the room to the outdoors, not somewhere with a smoke alarm!

I was using an off camera flash with a wireless trigger. Best results were with the flash to one side and slightly pointing forward to minimise the flash hitting the black background.

Works well in a darker room, rather than in bright sunlight - I was shooting in my conservatory.

A few of my efforts
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=125595
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=125688
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=125977
 
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