Smoke and Heat

[Stagecoach]

Had to get away from processing landscapes tonight so here's one just for fun.

Not straightforward but easy

Exif removed so you have to guess how it was achieved



Edited : forgot to say there has been no PP apart from levels, sharpening and re-sizing in other words no doctoring.

Grahame

[deetheturk]

Hi Grahame,
I hope thats not your Mantis your burning lol,joking aside,i like it,well done.P.S dont know how its done?

Cheers David

[rpcrowe]

When I lived in tropical areas, I was very used to burning mosquito coils. They stink but do a fairly effective job in keeping mosquitoes away from a very limited area...

[Stagecoach]

David, Richard

These mosquito coils do smell a bit but an essential bit of kit to have burning at night while I'm working at the computer to save being zapped by the little b*****s.

Right, to achieve the red glowing end I experimented to find out that a 2" (second) exposure was required at the aperture I wanted of f22. The flash with diffuser was placed at the right of the setup between two pieces of card that ensured no light was in the direction of the lens or black background.

One shot was taken at 2" with the flash freezing the smoke. Various smoke patterns were created by blowing on the lit end but I liked this one best due to the intensity at the top.

Grahame

[deetheturk]

Hi Grahame,

Tricky stuff,so is this two shots blended together? P.S never managed into town over the weekend for the materials for the diffuser,ended up doing a house move for a friend,feel as if iv'e been run over with a truck lol

Cheers David

[AndrewMcD]

Very clever stuff; neat image. Very useful to find out the details of how an image like this is accomplished. With winter weather and short days upon us I'm thinking about trying some indoor table top studio stuff. I am absolutely clueless regarding the use of flash and artificial lighting so there is much to learn.
Andrew

[Downrigger]

Ingenious and instructive. Thanks for putting this up and explaining it.