Yesterday, as it got dark outside my window, I continued my smoke experiments. At the very least, it's a fun and rewarding way to pass the time. You have a non-trivial task ahead of you.
Firstly you have to shoot in the dark (you don't want to have a picture of your walls ... unless of course you have your own studio ... unless, of course, you have your own studio with a set of backgrounds, I certainly do not have such a studio).
In this darkness you need to catch the smoke in the focus area. At the same time the smoke does not want to obey you, it has a stroppy character. It can veer off in any direction. It doesn't give a damn about you.
Now, in this darkness, you need light. What you need is a side bright light. A flash is the best way to do that. I can tell you from experience that the more powerful the flash, the better chance you have of getting a decent photo.
The smoke is constantly moving, it is close to your camera .... which means the shutter speed should be quite short (no slower than 1/100).
And you don't want the smoke to be grainy. That means you need to keep ISO100 (very desirable) and still get a reasonably bright shot.
As you can see, you need a powerful light. And it needs to be narrowly focused ...
I'm not talking about a tripod, a remote control and lots and lots of patience.
But it's all very interesting, at least for me.
Wow. Awesome photography. Upvoted and reblogged.
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