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by Kate Silvia

Gallery: EPA 2015Posted February 20, 2015700 views13 comments
Smoke Eagle

I'm not terribly fond of the cold so when temperatures dropped dramatically this week, I decided to do some indoor work.
This image was created from smoke coming from an incense burner. I placed a black background behind the smoke and lit it with flash from underneath the smoke stream. I then took several of the smoky photos and spent a good deal of time with selecting small segments of the smoke, free-transforming, warping and liquifying the pieces to create this image of a bird. I also brought it into NIK Color Efex Pro, and Viveza for some color, contrast and overall finishing touches. I have a full writeup of the method on my Blog.

http://www.katesilviaphotography.com/i-got-bored-this-winter-and-took-up-smoking/

Comments

13 comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 20, 2015 at 12:39 PM
This turned out beautifully - very creative and I love how you saw this through from conception to this finished work
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 20, 2015 at 1:29 PM
That is some smoking work Kate, very creative !
Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Zimic on February 20, 2015 at 5:44 PM
Simply beautiful. :toast:
Registered on November 23, 2003, 176 Posts, 727 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 20, 2015 at 5:55 PM
Awesome imagination and implementation!
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
Comment posted by Kate Silvia on February 21, 2015 at 8:22 PM
Thanks for the comments folks!
Registered on January 12, 2009, 56 Posts, 158 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on February 24, 2015 at 11:36 AM
Very creative and very beautiful.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Yun Gao on February 27, 2015 at 11:56 PM
Very imaginative and unique. Beautiful work!
Registered on September 11, 2012, 267 Posts, 1621 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 7, 2015 at 12:21 PM
Hi Silvia :wavey: This image is very special :eek: :jump: :eek: I love how you created the form of the eagle with images of smoke.. very creatively and artfully done :toast: :toast: ... Congrats on the well deserved WP :toast: :toast: :toast:


Albert Darmo
Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by Kate Silvia on March 9, 2015 at 8:38 PM
I appreciate that Albert! It was really fun!
Registered on January 12, 2009, 56 Posts, 158 Comments
Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on September 1, 2015 at 6:36 PM

Smoke art at it finest.devil

Registered on May 1, 2009, 652 Posts, 762 Comments
Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on September 3, 2015 at 2:50 PM

Beautiful work !

Registered on November 12, 2010, 254 Posts, 3083 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 10, 2016 at 5:05 PM
Kate: Your efforts have been well rewarded with your very well deserved EPA. Fantastic concept superbly carried off. >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
Comment posted by Kate Silvia on January 11, 2016 at 9:20 AM
Thank you all so much for your kind words and for the award. Totally unexpected. I enjoyed this process as it was quite a challenge. Never stop learning! 
Registered on January 12, 2009, 56 Posts, 158 Comments