Smoke on the Water

...a fire in the sky. Can't help it, that song keeps going through my head! If I had a clue how to add music to my blog, I would have put up that song from Deep Purple. But I don't, so I didn't.

Here's my little creativity play this week. This was something that I've been wanting to try for quite a while now. It was definitely harder than I anticipated! I never was able to get the exposure correct - you have to shoot an almost transparent subject at a high shutter speed with a narrow aperture on a dark background and my light sources just weren't bright enough. And the post processing in Photoshop...yuck! No matter what I do I struggle with that program. But all in all it was enjoyable trying it out...I can see why so many people love this art form. It really was almost meditative watching the smoke rise and following the intricate forms it creates. This is one challenge that I think I'll keep trying over and over again until I get it right.