{"id":600,"date":"2011-02-07T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T00:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/?p=600"},"modified":"2011-02-07T17:31:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T00:31:34","slug":"smoke-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/07\/smoke-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke-Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have seen and read a lot about pictures capturing smoke and have tried capturing it a couple of times. But those shots never made it beyond my backup Hard-disk(!). Last week i got one of my dream lenses delivered.. Canon EF 100mm f\/2.8L Macro IS USM<\/a>. And it was time to take this little guy for a ride. Chicago’s roads are back to normal after the recent snowmageddon we had but the sidewalks aren’t. So decided to do a little setup in my apartment and try it.<\/p>\n

I used Incense sticks to create smoke. Capturing smoke was all fun. There is a different shape every second, you get to see a Ballet dancer shape and the very next second it turns into a Jelly fish. The shapes you get to see are limited only by your imagination.<\/p>\n

About the lens, I could write another 2000 words to tell how it performs but to keep it short….The Lens is awesome. The auto-focus speed & Hybrid stabilization helps a lot while on handheld shots are just amazing.<\/p>\n

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Setup Info<\/span>: Here is a BTS shot of \u00a0my setup. Setup Shot<\/a>. I used a Canon 580 EX II with a snoot which was focussed to the Incense Stick from left of the Camera. I used a Flash-zebra sync-cord to connect the flash to my camera. I pretty much dimmed all the lights in the room and used a little LED flash light to help me get focus on the Subject(Incense Stick).<\/p>\n

Post-Processing Info<\/span>: I inverted the image color using CS5 and then applied filters to get these colors. I also used Hue\/Saturation to add magic.<\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping by.<\/p>\n\t

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