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©2007-2009 ~leesaf
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A frail duality
destroyed by the slightest kiss of your breath

Yet it springs eternal

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Emphemeral Flower by ~leesaf: the suggester said, "I have seen a lot of smoke shots while browsing through DA. However, I find the similarity of this smoke formation to a lilly quite eye-catching. Plus, the composition of the shot balances the main topic and enhances the illusion of the flower. Quite impressive work!" (Suggested by ~madilar and Featured by ^opioid)

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:icongalenanderson:
Lovely, i love smoke photos. this one is fantastic.

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:iconjilllenad:
Nice. :D

I love the way you do these smoke pictures (you should show me how sometime).

There seems to be a white speck on the right side, did you mean to do that?
:iconleesaf:
No, and I didn't even notice it will all the dust on my screen, I will have to go clone that out now. Thanks for the prod.

As for the smoke pictures, all you have to do is remind me when I am there this summer or something, it is not really all that hard. You just have to have a black background, some backlighting, and some incense.

Oh yeah, and patience.

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:icongryffenclaw:
Very neat. :D
Godd lighting!

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:iconplbeaulieu:
very great !!

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:iconjayjay1975:
You got the 50mm f1.8, you'll love it.

Great shot, I really like it.
:iconlwcldylan:
wow it really does kind of look like a flower.

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:icontibaird:
Really nice capture--the shape is beautiful.

Since you're after advanced critique, I'd add that the highlights on the left are blown out; if that was intentional, it's abstract anyway... but if I were to take it, it'd push the shutter speed up a stop to get a smoother, less harsh tone in those areas.
:iconleesaf:
Yeah, I picked it up a few months ago but I have not really had the chance to use it a whole lot.

It is one thing to know that a fixed lens is better and faster, but it quite another to force yourself to put down the zoom, because the zoom lets you be lazy.

I pulled it out for this because I had need of the larger aperature because smoke is always very dark and it becomes hard to freeze the motion with the other lens I was using. I do like this lens though, it is very cheap but for the price is a a very good tool.

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:iconleesaf:
A little bit, yeah. It is always interesting to see what shapes come out of the smoke.

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April 9, 2007
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Canon
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
1/250 second
F/2.0
50 mm
400
Apr 7, 2007, 2:47:16 PM

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