Smoke

Another issue I had with taking the smoky photos, other than the technical photography bits (focus, DoF, flashgun, pressing shutter/firing shutter release/ using the remote shutter) I struggled with blowing out the blooming flame!!

Natalie Imbruglia has a song called Smoke

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow that is quite stunning!

[Susan Wakely]

You have a list of frustrations but with great results.

[Jacqueline]

Beautiful shot and you’ve practiced for one of the Darkroom themes later on.

[Kathy]

Fabulous close up!

[summerfield]

very nice, aces!

[Annie-Sue]

lovely twirl and placement in the frame

[haskar]

Great composition and processing.

[4rky]

Now that is very nice indeed - lovely viewed on black

[Granny7(Denise)]

Well it all worked out really well

[wendy frost]

Great for smoke well done.

[katy]

LOve it in B&W the composition is terrific and the clarity and definition awesome!FAV

[LManning (Laura)]

Stunning! So sharp and bright.

[Graeme Stevens]

nicely done

[amyK]

Wow!

[Valerie Chesney]

Great detail & the swirl of the smoke is wonderful. Fav
I have tried Jackie but always seem to get a blur. 😞

[Kathy A]

This is fabulous, love it!

[Delwyn Barnett]

This is wonderful! I have tried doing smoke but not anywhere near as good as this.

[Merrelyn]

Well, for all those issues, you managed this beautifully.

[JackieR]

@merrelyn @dkbarnett @kjarn @happysnaps @amyk @graemestevens @ljmanning @grammyn @wendyfrost @denful @4rky @anniesue @summerfield @randystreat @jacqbb @wakelys @koalagardens @joansmor

Thank you all so very much, I was undecided about ANOTHER posting of a candle, but you fabulous comments made me feel better about it.

[Ingrid]

Love it! Had trouble by multitasking (focusing, clicking and blowing) too. An assistant would have been very helpful :)

[JackieR]

@ingrid01 it would