More smoke (previous smoke here). I should probably crack a window. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Derek Zoolander (after being in a mine for only one day): *cough cough* “I think I’m getting the Black Lung, Pop. It’s not very well ventilated down there.”
Larry Zoolander: “For Christ’s sake, Derek, you’ve been down there one day. Talk to me in thirty years.”
– Ben Stiller & Jon Voight – Zoolander
About this image: digital photograph (Canon 300D) lightly modified in Adobe Photoshop
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Oh, I love it, Robert. It reminds me of lava lamps and chiffon dresses, magic spells and potions. 🙂
Now I’m thinking ‘sinuous’. Excellent! You pleased my eyes and got my imagination going too.
I’m so happy to hear you liked this one, S.E! Initially I was trying something else… I had a little laser-pointer that I was trying to bounce off the smoke as well… which did NOT work for me… at all… so in the end I wound up just shooting the smoke (which is always kind of fun… even though you never know exactly what you’ll get)!
My imagination is going thinking about what you could do with all those subjects! I know it would be awesome!!!
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Let me see…
Mid sixties discotheque…
go go dancers
psychedelic lights on the walls, you know those oil ones that do lava lamp type stuff but better
cigarettes in long and elegant holders
cigarette smoke in the lights.
Ta dah!
Oh and some music…
something psychedelic, maybe Pink Floyd when Syd Barrett was about and Jefferson Airplane, and The Velvet Underground…
Hmmm, it’s starting to remind me of “Midnight Cowboy”. 🙂
Also some opening movie credits from the 60’s, especially James Bond. Half expect the smoke to form into one of those brightly coloured female figures that were typical of the Bond movies. Ah, my memories of youth up in smoke . 🙂
OOooo! Hey! I like the sound of that! Double-o-bonus points, sir!
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Talk about setting the scene, S.E! I should have asked you to write this post for me! Sounds absolutely fascinating!!!
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love the texture! and i had a pop over to #1 – that one is very cool as well.
thanks for sharing!
Why thank you, P&K! It’s kind of fun… not knowing what you are going to get. Of course that can be a bit stressful at the same time, but…
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The lighting on these pics is awesome, but what exactly is “smoking”? Both images are fantastic, Love them!
I’m so happy to hear that (especially since it was a pretty crude set-up… at best)!
It’s just a bit of incense… which normally I’m not big on… other than as a prop, of course!
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LOVE the image Bob. Hell, I’m bring bad and smoking a ciggie right now. Damned Commit is not the same at this hour.. especially with a PBR. Here’s a little something that has always cracked me up:
He lit the cigarette and smoked it down to the filter in one breath. He silently thanked the cigarette company for being thoughtful enough about his health to include a filter to protect him. So he lit up another. This time he didn’t exhale the squeaky-clean filtered smoke, but just let it nestle in his lungs, filing his body with that good menthol flavor Some more smokers knocked on his door and they came in and all started smoking along with him.
“How wonderful it is that we’re all smoking,” he thought.
Everyone smoked and smoked and after they smoked they all talked about smoking and how nice it was that they were all smokers and then they smoked some more.
Smoke, smoke, smoke. They all sang “Smoke That Cigarette” and “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” Then the smokers smoked one more cigarette and left him alone in his easy chair, about to relax and enjoy a nice quiet smoke. And then his lips fell off.
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~Steve Martin -Cruel Shoes
HA! That is so funny! I wouldn’t have seen that last line coming in a MILLION years!
Steve Martin never fails to make me laugh! (Even if he is kind of a ‘Jerk’)!
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Zoolander quote just made my day 🙂
Hahaha… awesome!
I do what I can, you know!
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What a cool photo I remembered the outer space
It does almost look like a nebula in a way!
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It is intriguing that the two different colours seem to give the smoke two different textures.
I spent SO much time playing with the color(s)… one of those times where there seem to be almost too many options!
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Well, it worked for me. The teal looks like liquid and the purple looks like a gauzy fabric that you can see through.
I can see that! These things are so much fun to play with! Until it comes time to make some kind of final decision!
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You pick the best quotes to go with your fabulous photos. Love the colors in this one.
You know what’s sad… I usually have under 100 words on a post (including a quote)… and it’s usually more stressful than putting together the image! On a few occasions it’s even taken longer, too! YIKES! Needless to say, that’s a very nice thing for you to say, H.C… and to hear!
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So cool!
Thank you very, very much!
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That’s the prettiest smoke I’ve ever seen, Sig…Looks like colorful, sheer ribbons. 🙂
Have a happy weekend! 🙂
My best to Annabelle! 🙂
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It’s interesting… the different things people see in these! And after they mention them I can always see them, too! Kind of fun!
Thank you, Deb! Very, very much! I hope you have a wonderful weekend as well, my friend!
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I love the sharply defined edges of the smoke – you only get that with slowly drifting smoke produced by embers, cigarettes of incesnse sticks. Steam engine and diesel smoke are soo different! Love the illuminating colors too:-)
Looking forward to your next work of art – assuming that you are out on parole. That mention of Crack in the description must have every Fed in the neighborhood excited. That black shadow outside your window is the SWAT team 😉
Have a good weekend Bob and ingore my wild ideas 😉
Great eye, Martin! You nailed it… this was some slowly burning incense… and an even slower moving photographer! 😉
HAHAHA! As you know I am a big fan of Coke, Martin… but only the legal kind, I swear it! Hahaha… off to hide-out under my couch, now!
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Nice shot! 🙂
Why thank you, sir!
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I love the colors and how they blend into each other. It also reminds me of if you drop food coloring into a glass of water, how the colored liquid swirls around in the clear water.
It’s so wild you say that, Madame… because I tried this very thing with food coloring & water a while back! I seemed to have a bit better luck with the smoke, though (photographically, anyway)… not really sure why… might just have been the day.
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Ultra cool, SIG! I love the color combination. It looks like they’re kind of interacting with each other, in some kind of battle, or maybe they’re blending together. I like the black edges in the purple. This is splendid!
I’m so happy to hear you liked this, B.F! I always have a lot of fun shooting these… well, once I get everything set-up and I’ve finished hacking all the incense smoke out of my lungs, anyway!
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I am always fascinated by the patterns made by smoke
It’s almost hypnotic the way it’s constantly changing…
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Nice smoke Robert. Did you move to one of those states that legalized mind altering drugs. I ain’t never seen no smoke like that. 🙂
Hahaha… not yet, anyway, Bo!
For this one I only had to move to the kitchen and light a stick of incense.
Oh, and take down the smoke detectors! Those things are LOUD!
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This is effin beautiful. Great work.
You are ridiculously kind, M.M!
Thank you!!!
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Fantastically beautiful, Robert.
Lyrical meandering smoke – I love how it changes colour at the “knot”
Thank you so very much!
I wish I could take credit for ‘thinking that out’…
it just kind of happened that way…
but it sounds so nice the way you’ve said it!
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Do I need to call the fire dept? All the colors are good, but I love that teal.
Hahaha… all clear, Patti! A relatively minor… um… ‘incident’!
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Love this SIG!
It also reminds me a bit of ribbons of dye in a pool of water.
Or is that just me? Probably just me. 🙂
I think someone else might have said ribbon… and another person food coloring in water… so it’s definitely something folks are seeing, Ms. C! It’s interesting to hear what different people see… and I can almost always see those things afterward, too! Including ribbons and dye… absolutely!
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Gorgeous.
Thank you! Very, very much!
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Put out the Christmas tree!
Hahaha… Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the handle and Sweep from side to side! *WOOSH*
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Wow! That just takes my breath away!!! It fills the air with magic! 😀
I love the sound of that! You are always so kind, Cristina! Thank you very, very much!
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Derek would be so smitten with this beautiful swirl of silk chiffon SiG!
I’m always smitten with your incredibly generous comments, Ms. K!
Thank you again! Very, very much!
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Gorgeous image . . . very delicate. 😀
Thanks so much, Nancy! I can’t take much credit for that… just the smoke ‘doing its thing’… but I was pretty happy with how it turned out in the end.
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Hello Inky….I don’t know nuttin’ about digital…but this is lovely, soothing. Have a great weekend! 🙂
Well, I know that you are spoiling me with all the kind comments you always leave, Mary!
I thank you! And I hope you had a wonderful weekend as well!
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Looks like ink in water. Nice colours
It really does, doesn’t it?!
Many thanks, Tony! I kept going back and fourth on the color pallate…
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Maybe you should get your lungs checked already! Just kidding…
Nice image… Not kidding. Really.
Hahaha…
*cough hack wheeze*
What would make you think that?! 😉
Thank you very much!
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Dude, tie dyed photography.
WHOA!
Like… far-out! Thanks, Loon!
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Man, I love that shot… I keep meaning to try this myself. Awesome!
You never quite know what you’re going to get, but I guess that’s part of the fun, too! I think you’d enjoy it, Nigel… and I know you would come up with some amazing images!
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This one is crisp and clear
SIG and wondrously fine on
the colouring too 🙂
If I don’t see you much over
the coming week then do have
a most exquisite Christmas my
wickedly great friend 🙂
Androgoth
Thanks so much, Andro! It seems like I’m able to get a sharper image out of the smoke than I was able to with the water and food coloring. I don’t mind a bit of blur in these, but I also really like there to be some ‘crispness’ in areas as well.
Thank you so very much, my friend!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas as well, A.G! And the very happiest of new years!!!
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Thank you SIG
A Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year 2013 to
you and of course all of
your family 🙂
Androgoth
Why thank you, sir!
Very, very much!
And the same to you and yours too, of course, my friend!!!
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Intend to try this in the New Year!! Can’t wait, your results have inspired me to make it happen!!
Oh, yes! I hope you do… because I think you’d enjoy it! And I know you would create some amazing images!
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So pretty I’m almost tempted to take up smoking again. Almost.
This was just an incense stick… so you’re safe, Peg!
And thank you! Very, very much!
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Very cool.
Why, thank you, sir! Very much!
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Ooo… smoky! It does look like tie-dye!
It kind of does, doesn’t it?!
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really love this photo… I did buy a lot of ink, and a fish tank (with no fish), just need to find the time to take the shot now!
Thank you very much, sir! Hahaha… I wouldn’t mind having a fish-less fish tank myself!
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