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I haven't posted an image here in a long while so these are probably overdue. Looking for C&C.

Long time no see John, but WOW, these are some amazing shots. I particularly like #3 and #2, but they are all good. These have a... I'm not sure X-Ray / Sci-fi feel to them something a little different from the usual smoke pics.. I think because these are low key and usually they are posted as high key images ?

Pro’s

The first three shots are amazing - well executed and mesmerising

Con’s

The fourth shot does not hold up to the first three

EDIT: Thanks Macka

 BTW John, please post some information on the setup and or post processing you used, I'd love to know! Thanks!

Very impressive John. I agree with Chris

Did you say 'smoke' or 'wrought iron'? These look amazingly solid. I too would love to know how these were done, practically and (I'm guessing) in photoshop afterwards!

The fourth isn't bad - but it doesn't in fit with the style/tone of the prior three.

this is really cool. reminds me of spiderman

Craig the setup was quite simple. An absolutely draft free room (towels stuffed under the doors etc), a black background with a single plume of smoke (insense) about a metre in front of it. A single large white reflector on one side and three flashes on the other (I discovered that I needed heaps of light). I then used a Giotto Air Rocket to agitate the smoke in a fairly controlled manner.

PP was limited to sharpening and a backed off solarization filter.

Such a simple setup but spectaculr results.

looks like chrome... or silk! absolutely stunning shots. very well done. thanks for sharing your set up too

Lovely abstracts. I agree with NJ, almost looks like silk. The first one is the best IMO.

Did you use the same sharpening settings in all of them? #3 looks a little overdone compared to the others for some reason.

sirhc55 wrote:Con’s
The first three shots are amazing - well executed and mesmerising

If these are the Con's, the Pro's must be pretty good.

The same settings on them all Macka. I very rarely alter my normal settings (cos I forget to reset them ).

Simply AWESOME

Absolutely fascinating .. if you had not said it was smoke I would not have guessed it .. If you got it printed and put on a wall for viewing I'm sure you'll have lots of people guessing what it was.

All stunning. Brilliant idea and sensational execution!

#1,2 and 3 are absolutely terrific John and certainly in the fine art category.
cheers
marco

Thanks Marco and thanks everyone else for such nice comments.