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Deconstruct
Incense stick, fire and a camera. Single Smoke Plum Mirrored, tiled and rotated. I had been using my Milvus Macro lens for most of my smoke shots but read somewhere that 70-200mm zoom works well, so I had to try.
Depending on the angle and frequency of repetition the variations from a single smoke plume, variations are endless.
Spots and blemishes were removed, Hue was adjusted and copy and paste were used in photoshop.
At first I tried to control a few of the variables like draft, light bleed through, lens flare and Smoke build up from poor ventilation. What I found is my more interesting shot have occurred by embracing what I thought were defects. Kinda like how distortion changed the characteristics of electric guitar. Instead of "why", "why not".
Deconstruct
Incense stick, fire and a camera. Single Smoke Plum Mirrored, tiled and rotated. I had been using my Milvus Macro lens for most of my smoke shots but read somewhere that 70-200mm zoom works well, so I had to try.
Depending on the angle and frequency of repetition the variations from a single smoke plume, variations are endless.
Spots and blemishes were removed, Hue was adjusted and copy and paste were used in photoshop.
At first I tried to control a few of the variables like draft, light bleed through, lens flare and Smoke build up from poor ventilation. What I found is my more interesting shot have occurred by embracing what I thought were defects. Kinda like how distortion changed the characteristics of electric guitar. Instead of "why", "why not".