CobbydaleInCanada
Lady In The Smoke
I was inspired by a friend's recent photo to try my hand at some smoke pictures. I went to the dollar store and bought a packet of the least offensive smelling joss sticks. In fact they were little cones. Purportedly "French Linen". Smelt a bit like old matches and spent fireworks to my mind, but who am I to say?
I set up my fancy new flash gun on my son's tripod and my 100mm on my camera on my own tripod. I used a second slave flash hand-held at different positions whilst I steadily took over 100 shots. Some were quite pleasing, but on balance I think the smoke was too close to the black felt I was using as a background. The lens was crisp enough to pick up texture in the felt, even with side lighting.
This shot caught my eye because I fancied I saw the outline of a pregnant woman in a scooped-neck satin gown. Her hair is blown forward over her face, but her voluptuous curves are clear through the gown.
Can you see her too, or should I stop sniffing the incense sticks so much?
Lady In The Smoke
I was inspired by a friend's recent photo to try my hand at some smoke pictures. I went to the dollar store and bought a packet of the least offensive smelling joss sticks. In fact they were little cones. Purportedly "French Linen". Smelt a bit like old matches and spent fireworks to my mind, but who am I to say?
I set up my fancy new flash gun on my son's tripod and my 100mm on my camera on my own tripod. I used a second slave flash hand-held at different positions whilst I steadily took over 100 shots. Some were quite pleasing, but on balance I think the smoke was too close to the black felt I was using as a background. The lens was crisp enough to pick up texture in the felt, even with side lighting.
This shot caught my eye because I fancied I saw the outline of a pregnant woman in a scooped-neck satin gown. Her hair is blown forward over her face, but her voluptuous curves are clear through the gown.
Can you see her too, or should I stop sniffing the incense sticks so much?