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Postby big pix on Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:09 pm

Its been raining for most of the day down here....... so here is one that I think needs posting again.........

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inverted smoke........
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:31 pm

It’s almost like a surreal photo of a naked women :shock:
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Postby Oscar on Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:50 pm

Very creative big pix. Great vision to see this result.

Cheers, Mick :) :) :)
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Postby Big V on Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:44 pm

This works really well for me and congratulations on the inversion - makes a mundane shot all that much more interesting.
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Postby Yi-P on Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:07 pm

Its very cool surreal effect there :D
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:18 pm

That is damn sexy smoke, damn sexy... love it!
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Postby big pix on Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:32 pm

......thanks all...... well just let me say that 5 hours later, over 450 exposures, lots of looking at the computer, there you go...... sometimes you can get great results in 10 minutes......
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Postby Trieu on Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:39 pm

Yeah, the curves in the right places make the shot.

At the right kinda angles too I might add :)
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Postby tsanglabs on Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:41 pm

Sweet!!

What do you use to create the smoke?
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Postby big pix on Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:46 pm

large incense stick....... but small ones work also..... just light your smoke from behind, flash at an angle of 45o and a black background...... invert in photoshop and play with curves or the RAW converter to swing the colors
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Postby Matt. K on Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:31 pm

That's the sexiest smoke I have ever seen. :D :D :D
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Postby mic on Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:09 pm

Pure ART bp, Pure ART !

Love it.

Can you explain how you acheived this.

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Postby mic on Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:13 pm

Arrrh, I read above, I see how you do.

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Postby big pix on Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:36 pm

Mic....... see above for how it was done.....

EDIT...... and thanks all
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Postby tsanglabs on Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:50 pm

big pix wrote:large incense stick....... but small ones work also..... just light your smoke from behind, flash at an angle of 45o and a black background...... invert in photoshop and play with curves or the RAW converter to swing the colors


Thanks for the info Big Pix, so I assume you are using the flash in command mode in order to get the rear lighting?
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Postby big pix on Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:00 am

tsanglabs wrote:Thanks for the info Big Pix, so I assume you are using the flash in command mode in order to get the rear lighting?


NO....... 2 x Elinchrom 1000 studio heads dialed down to 300 ws, with medium sized reflectors with defusers....... black reflectors either side of camera and a little in front of lens to stop any flash flare
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Postby BullcreekBob on Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:01 pm

sirhc55 wrote:It’s almost like a surreal photo of a naked women :shock:

G'day

Psychiatrists invent tests for people like you. Surely you can see that she's clothed?

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That is a superb picture!

Postby zafra52 on Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:40 pm

That is a superb picture! In fact, it is like painting with smoke. Thanks for the background information on how you did it.
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