Alien

[Shadowman]

Trying my hand at smoke photography (thanks Chauncey).

[IzzieK]

William can be intimidating at times, John... I am glad you are trying a different genre. Although I like the bottom one that looks like an eye with a neck, the top one is really a good one with its hand reaching out, really alien-ist weird with its big head and smallist face, I cannot make out the middle one much though I see something there. Good start...be careful, you might enjoy this very much, you will forget how good you are a architecture and street photography.

[deetheturk]

Cool capture John

[ST1]

It's good to experiment John but...please don't inhale whilst making this type of image

[chauncey]

William can be intimidating at times

Moi...intimidating...another stake through the heart...let's get the torches and pitchforks folks.

John, what lens are you using?...there's a lot of clutter in that...are you close enough?

[Shadowman]

William can be intimidating at times, John... I am glad you are trying a different genre. Although I like the bottom one that looks like an eye with a neck, the top one is really a good one with its hand reaching out, really alien-ist weird with its big head and smallist face, I cannot make out the middle one much though I see something there. Good start...be careful, you might enjoy this very much, you will forget how good you are a architecture and street photography.

Hi Izzie,

Thanks for the comments. It's more difficult than I thought, the camera setup is no where near what the tutorials suggest, I used f/8, ISO 200, 0.4sec for this shot.

[Shadowman]

Cool capture John

Thanks David.

[Shadowman]

It's good to experiment John but...please don't inhale whilst making this type of image

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the comments and warning.

[Shadowman]

Moi...intimidating...another stake through the heart...let's get the torches and pitchforks folks.

John, what lens are you using?...there's a lot of clutter in that...are you close enough?

Hi Chauncey,

I used the 55-200mm Nikkor, I was setup about 4 feet from the smoke and the incense was about ten inches in front of the black board. I had an LED lamp with a makeshift snoot about a foot to the left and an external flash about 4 feet to the right, set at 1/2 power.

[John 2]

Well titled. Definitely recognisable. I was only talking to him the other night when they brought me back.

Never know whether these images are a question of suck it and see or whether the shapes can be manipulated. You do see some interesting examples.

[Shadowman]

Well titled. Definitely recognisable. I was only talking to him the other night when they brought me back.

Never know whether these images are a question of suck it and see or whether the shapes can be manipulated. You do see some interesting examples.

Hi John,

Thanks for commenting. The shapes can be manipulated digitally, however this one was done with just a blast of canned air and for me it's a bit of wait and see. Glad to have you back