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A third photo in the project series of Shifting Light [link]Strange to think that the colours produced are as the camera sees them.
If you ever try this type of art then you will experience this effect for your self. When using very close range flash on maxium power and within a few inchs of the smoke the colour balance goes a bit wierd this was shot at 5200K but obviosly the electronic flash is a lot cooler so produces a cool tone, however as the light passes through the smoke and the shadows are cast in the smoke from the smoke the colour temp warms slightly and so produces a purple/magenta colour. This image required no adjustment to the saturation or hue but I did increase the contrast curve in the raw converter to a stronger curve.
Shapes can be made in the smoke by either blowing gently, or a more controlled method, by a small low speed motor spinning an object, for this I call upon my lego!
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Comments: 48
it's absolutely great! I love it
I wanna try this for myself
thank you for sharing the informations
Can i ask you still where did you get the smoke from?
and how you did the black background
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This beautiful artwork has been featured in this article [link]
If you would rather not be featured just let me know. Thanks! 
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Lovely! Now I am going to have to try something like that.
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Hmm... What did you use as the background (and how far away was it) to get it to come out entirely black despite the flash?
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hey
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Beautiful work! I've never seen anything quite like it before.
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good cos its really fun and interesting!
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This is my favourite in the series.
Decarabia69 sent me looking, and I must say, I'm impressed.
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thank you! Im really glad you like this one. This is one of the few that is actually ment to represent something
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amazing!i want to try this in one day but i think i will need some good lighting gear.verry nice work!keep it up!
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you only need a powerfull flash and a few off camera flash leads and a bit of forward thinking and planning and you'll be amazed what you can come up with 
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Amazing, the smoke seems to have been frozen in time and the composition of the colors are like of those seen with deep water animals which dont need light to survive under water. Indeed your experiments and over all results are fascinating!
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thank you for your kind comments!
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So you need a flash for this, the built-in camera flash is not enough??
I'd really like to try this
Awesome shot
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yeah you need flash. You would have to use a flash gun not a built in flash and also you would need a TTL flahs extension cord so that you can position the flash to the side or behind the smoke.
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While devart was rad only I came across your shifting light series. I must say that you have taken some amazing shots. I have read through your journal entry on the matter and was most interested to find that you dont use really fast shutter speeds. Gives me more hope
I have been experimenting with some light painting though nothing as flash as your smoke shots. Keep it up
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Hi! Thank you for your kind comments! Yes you don't need fast shutter speeds at all, infact I have a few shots where they are taken at 2 seconds.
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I relly like this one. Its so linear and precise at the base, then seems to begin transforming into some kind of creature!
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Yeah rock on mate !!!
Keep on experimenting
This is some cooooool stuff !!!
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thanks mate, I really appreciate your support.
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Thank you, can I ask why you like this one the best?
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the color and the shape I think.
First one was too blue for me
I like the second one too but I think that this has a better shape...
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yeah I have to to say your right there. I prefer this one to the first one. Its clearer and simpler.
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