Smoke - Interstellar Wormhole (aka: Spinal Tap)

Took some time today to expand on my challenge of photographing smoke. I ended up with 11 interesting photo's that show how amazing a single trail of smoke can appear when captured in a photograph and "colorized" to enhance some of the details. Like flames in a fire or clouds in the sky, these smoke trails can - with a little imagination - become nearly anything!

 

I've had some folks tell me I should rename this photo "Spinal Tap" since it reminded them of a skeletons backbone; so I added it to the title. What do you think and what else do you see?

 

Photographs were taken of smoke rising from a single incense stick, using two (2) off camera strobes set at varying power levels ranging from 1/2 power to 1/8 power. One flash was set at just over 90 degrees to the camera (to reduce lens glare). The second strobe was set in front of the smoke and below the incense stick facing upwards.

 

Smoke-Interstellar Wormhole (4590)

 

Comments and constructive feedback are always appreciated!

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