When to quit

[wmchauncey]

Another smoke creation...wondering if I went too far with the faux reflections and inverted colors.

[francois]

Superb! My first thought was that you photographed swans made in Murano…

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Splendid!
I think you have invented a new art form.
And given new life to the expression "smoke and mirrors." 

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Splendid!
I think you have invented a new art form.
And given new life to the expression "smoke and mirrors." 

+1

[Bob_B]

Do we call it "chaunceyotype" or "smokography"? lol Truly beautiful. I hope you keep exploring.

[Arlen]

Very nice indeed. With these last two, you've really hit your your stride on this path. Now just try to hang on to that mojo. 

[Iluvmycam]

Fantastic!

[Ed B]

I've been watching you put these up and have been mesmerized by them. Maybe I missed it but did you share how you are making these? Or is that something you'd rather keep to yourself?

[Peter McLennan]

+2 !  Wonderful images.  Truly creative.  Some of the most inventive works seen here. And BEAUTIFUL.  Definitely not "over the top".  Right on the money. Whatever you do, don't quit!

"Smoke and Mirrors"  LOL!

[wmchauncey]

share how you are making these

There's a ton of videos on youtube on making incense smoke images...there is an associated learning curve.

Then take several hundred pictures and cull then to find what you consider the best...purely subjective mind you>
basic work in LR then on to PS CC>make selections of smoke (I use the color range command)>import chosen selections
onto a new "canvas" and manipulate those chosen selections using the myriad of PS methods into whatever you want them to resemble.

Best to have chosen a subject with which you are familiar.       

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Best to have chosen a subject with which you are familiar.       

So you must keep winged lions and swans in your back yard.   

[Peter McLennan]

So, uh...  What kind of smoke? 

[Ed B]

There's a ton of videos on youtube on making incense smoke images...there is an associated learning curve.

Then take several hundred pictures and cull then to find what you consider the best...purely subjective mind you>
basic work in LR then on to PS CC>make selections of smoke (I use the color range command)>import chosen selections
onto a new "canvas" and manipulate those chosen selections using the myriad of PS methods into whatever you want them to resemble.

Best to have chosen a subject with which you are familiar.       

I'll have to check the vids out, thanks. How much time do you spend on these? It seems like it takes quite a bit of time to create.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... It seems like it takes quite a bit of time to create.

When you are having fun, time disappears in a puff of smoke

[wmchauncey]

How much time do you spend on these

Time is a relative term...would you suggest to a fisherman that it's more economically feasible to capture that fish at the supermarket?