Smoke #2

More smoke tonight and a very late blip for me. I work late on a Monday, and when I got home we decided impulsively to drive to Ennerdale to check out a route for a big 2 day walk we've got planned next week if health and weather permit. Camera and tripod were in the car, but by the time we arrived the light had gone - gutted!

Anyway recipe for the above shot as I don't have a studio or any high tech equipment is as follows:

An endless supply of incense sticks
A holder for incense stick (cutlery holder out of dishwasher)
Black material
A chair to hang material
Hama 75 tripod
A small bathroom mirror
Box of washing powder to get mirror to required height
A cardboard poster tube
3 black diamond head torches attached to poster tube
A spoon to alter the direction of the smoke

It needs more work as ideally I want the shutter speed to be 1/250 to freeze the motion of the smoke, and with the lighting power used this evening I couldn't get close to that. I think this was 1/50. I also think I've over edited it in photoshop. However I'm tired now and I want to get to bed at some point, and I think after my long day I need to unwind first too.