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ForenSeil
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 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:46 pm Post subject: Indoor fun with smoke, flash and Helios 44-2 |
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ForenSeil wrote:
Helios 44-2, F16, 1/160s, ISO200, 1 external flash, some charcoal and stuff that smokes when heated
I made about 200 photos  don't know which to show...
I's like lead pouring (an old German tradition)
I had a lot of mushrooms
Some Aliens
Kermit the Frog who eats something? 
Some Playstation 3 Themes
Tornados
And mainly stuff where it's hard to decide. Maybe this is a knee?
I also had some very nice women pics which I currently can't find in the 240 others
The Helios 44-2 lens isn't the best because the contrast and flaring issues could be better.
It should be even more fun with an good wide angle lens.
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Schnauzer
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:07 am Post subject: |
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Schnauzer wrote:
I always enjoy these. A lot of fun.
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IAZA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:39 am Post subject: |
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IAZA wrote:
great series. thanks for share
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:10 am Post subject: |
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BRunner wrote:
| IAZA wrote: |
| great series. thanks for share |
+1
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peterbald
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:16 am Post subject: |
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peterbald wrote:
Very nice photos, you cheer me up this cloudy morning.
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my_photography wrote:
Nice. The exciting part with smoke is you never get the same shots twice.
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dragom
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:22 am Post subject: |
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dragom wrote:
Nice photos. #3 is excellent. |
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fuzzywuzzy
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:52 am Post subject: |
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fuzzywuzzy wrote:
Nice.
I've done similar series of shots with fire, the flames are never the same twice and you could shoot for days on end and fill up your hard drive with keepers.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Sven wrote:
Nice series!
Kermit was a good one.
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David
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David wrote:
So how do you capture these? Where is the flash positioned and how do you train the smoke into different shapes?
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ForenSeil
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:50 am Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
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| So how do you capture these? Where is the flash positioned...? |
I used a tripod, opened a window and used the more or less dark midnight sky as black background in a nearly completly darkened room.
The flash (old 5€ minolta flash) was connected with a cable to camera and handheld very close to the smoke source. You can see the flash in picture #1, #2 and #4 Some of the pics are crops and rotated.
As said lens was Helios 44-2 58mm F2 @ F16, ISO200 (lowest ISO on may camera) and 1/160s exposure (fastest time with working flash sync)
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| ...and how do you train the smoke into different shapes? |
You can't train it, you have to see it and then press the trigger.
It's nearly impossible to train the smoke into different shapes, especially with an opened window so all shapes were taken simply when they were seen
A good black background (velvet etc.) which absorbes a lot of light might be a good substitute for the sky and a big helper to have more artificial influence.
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My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
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David
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David wrote:
Hmm. Thank you! Sounds like a good experiment for this weekend.
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poilu
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:39 am Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
| BRunner wrote: |
| IAZA wrote: |
| great series. thanks for share |
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+1 great results
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:13 am Post subject: |
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yinyangbt wrote:
Well done !
Congrats !
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ForenSeil
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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ForenSeil wrote:
For everyone who also want's to play with it, here some pics of the set
Smoke source; shisha charcoal tab and wood chips etc; tobacco should also work as well.
For shooting the windows was opened
When the flash wasn't positioned close enough it looked more like this
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My camera: Sony A7+Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8
Current favourite lenses (I have many more):
A few macro-Tominons, Samyang 12/2.8, Noritsu 50.7/9.5, Rodagon 105/5.6 on bellows, Samyang 135/2, Nikon ED 180/2.8, Leitz Elmar-R 250/4, Celestron C8 2000mm F10
Most wanted: Samyang 24/1.4, Samyang 35/1.4, Nikon 200/2 ED
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pich900 wrote:
Good idea and well done! ...I like them all but the frog one's is also my fav
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Nordentro wrote:
Good setup & nice results 
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