get pushed #26 - the harris shutter effect - again by summerfield

get pushed #26 - the harris shutter effect - again

second and last attempt at the push. my living room smells like a temple now, i can feel all the ancient gods and goddesses sending their blessings. i better go buy a lottery ticket.

since the end product is not as great, i decided i'd make a collage showing the three photographs that are actually nice captures of smoke. i think my problem is that the blue is too blue but the red is not red enough. whatever! i'm happier with this one though.

thank you for your kind visits and comments; much appreciated.
Green and purple are my favorite colors! I really like that you chose the collage and to show us the progression. I really like the end result - lot. Fav for me. On my bucket list . . .
January 18th, 2013  
@tara11 - why, double thank you, tara. the smoke is the easy part. the post processing bit is the tooth-pulling task! :-D
January 18th, 2013  
@tulsapackerbacker - my last attempt. thank you for the push.
January 18th, 2013  
Excellent smoke captures! I like taking these photos!
January 18th, 2013  
Sue
smokin! Well done...looks like a flag =)
January 18th, 2013  
Very nice. Love the bright colours
January 18th, 2013  
I knew you could do it!! Great collage!
January 18th, 2013  
It may not be what you are aiming for but that does not detract from the result, it is lovely; nice to see the shots making the shot too
January 18th, 2013  
Lovely result! Thanks for sharing the individual shots as well. I had a go using water but my merge didn't give desired result, end result stayed blue! I will have to have another go.
January 18th, 2013  
Interesting project. How did you get the different colors to begin with. Was that post processing too?
January 18th, 2013  
This one looks great!
January 18th, 2013  
Love it!
January 18th, 2013  
@mikegifford - thank you, mike. might have to visit our friend in the spring. if you're around, let's have a photo shoot!

@roth - the republic of summerfield and roth? tee-hee! thank you, sue.

@bkbinthecity - thank you, brian.

@olivetreeann - not happy with it still, my friend. but i'm high from the vanilla-chocolate flavoured smoke, that's probably why it still didn't get to the result i wanted. thank you, ann. i might try this again in the future when i'm not pressed for a result.
January 18th, 2013  
@claireuk - thank you, claire. you're always very kind to me.

@salza - thank you, sally. i meant to use a flag but it was so cold outside so i had to use smoke shots again. but in the future, i will try it again.

@jannkc - jann, all photos are almost black and white because you need a black background to get the smoke. entirely different set up. then you process each individual shot to get the 3 different colours, then using layer in pixlr, you put them together. the result should be that the background and the incense stick would retain their original colours but the smoke will be in red, green and blue. for some reasons, the dark or black surface had a tinge of green even though the green shot was in the middle of the layers. there's a link in yesterday's shot for the 'how to'. if you have photoshop maybe you can make a go of it, too.

@helixconcepts - thank you, laura.

@bmnorthernlight - hey, where have you been? :-) thank you.
January 18th, 2013  
@summerfield Sounds good. I wonder if we could organize a meet-up with any other bay area 365ers. Might be fun. When you get closer to knowing the dates let me know and we can do a post.
January 18th, 2013  
@summerfield lol, taking a too long sabbatical ;-) busy catching up now!
January 18th, 2013  
@mikegifford - sure will. thanks, mike.
January 18th, 2013  
@bmnorthernlight - good. i'll stalk your albums tonight or on the weekend. :-)
January 18th, 2013  
@summerfield Thanks :-) Happy stalking ;-)
January 18th, 2013  
@summerfield I hear you on the incense. I cannot burn it because I have such a reaction to it. But I do think you got some excellent pictures of the smoke here. I like it that the red and blue have combined to make purple rather than staying distinct. It gives it an edge of not looking like everyone else's.
January 18th, 2013  
@olivetreeann - that's a good way to look at it. now i feel good about this shot. thank you, ann. you are so wise beyond your years, my dear friend. i'm thankful you're my friend.
January 18th, 2013  
@summerfield You are welcome- although I'm not sure about the wise beyond my years part!
January 18th, 2013  
aren't we our own harshest critics?! this is fabulous, in my opinion
January 18th, 2013  
Great colorful smoke shots. Very pretty.
January 19th, 2013  
I think you did brilliantly! GREAT JOB!!!!!!
January 19th, 2013  
this is really cool! i have to try this one of these days!
January 21st, 2013  
love it!!
January 21st, 2013  
I prefer this one too.
January 24th, 2015  
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