The smoke art collection by Hinckley photographer Graham Jeffery

sensitive light: the smoke art thumbnails

Coloured smoke art : River deep		The smoke art collection These are pictures of smoke from a burning incense stick. Most smoke appears grey to the naked eye but there is more in a plume of smoke than we see at first glance. For this type of smoke art photo it is necessary to make adjustments in the digital darkroom to allow the natural beauty of the smoke to be revealed. By post processing the image and adjusting such variables as saturation, contrast and any other setting that seems fitting to the artist, a richer vision of smoke can be created. This is a reflection of over 7 years photographing smoke. I started experimenting with coloured smoke in 2003. By early 2007 my smoke art collection received a lot of interest in the blogging world to the extent that now one could say that smoke art is a small but growing photographic genre.

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Smoke art : This picture reminds me of molten chocolate	Smoke photography : Torchlight	Smoke art : Here's looking at you kid	Colored smoke : Free radical
To me it's a lady wearing a silk scarf driving an open top sports car. What do you see?	Smoke art : Fire down below	Smoke art : This is one of the earliest coloured smoke pictures I took.	Smoke art : This makes me think of an organ, a body part, removed post-mortem
Smoke art : Smoke grass	Smoke art : To me this looks like a big bunch of wild flowers	Smoke art : The four ages of man	Smoke art : The parting of the seas
Smoke art : Landscape	Smoke art : Romance	Smoke art : Silk in the breeze	Smoke art : Wave after wave after wave
Smoke art : Smoke is quite flexible	Smoke art : Carnival of the animals	Almost monochrome smoke art	Smoke art: classic ripple shape coloured smoke
Smoke art : The three gargoyles	Smoke wheels : Smoke art through a kaleidoscope	Smoke art : Fireside glow