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Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art

Sometimes "going up in smoke" can be a good thing

Natural smoke (and its Photoshop variety) seem to become more and more a media of choice for artistic expression. Today, we'll feature some examples of "smoke art", and marvel at how such an elusive substance can be possibly herded into fascinating shapes.

Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art

Artists inherently like smoke for its flux and dynamic properties, and the public seem to enjoy asking the perennial question "What were they smoking?" when seeing a radical and challenging piece of art. 


(original unknown)

Abstract, natural smoke meets electricity

First, lets see how a NATURAL smoke can be made to look so wonderful - without any Photoshop manipulations. Sometimes all it takes is a good high-speed strobe flash and a correct exposure to capture ambient light.

Irene Muller examines the inner wisps and curls of colored smoke, producing photographs worthy to be framed in the process. See the whole series on her site.


(image credit: Irene Muller)

Or the smoke that's produced in explosive interaction with electricity:


(image credit: Irene Muller)

More awesome electricity at play here:


(image credit: Luiz Santos, Ohio University)

See the rest of "high-speed photography of explosions" in our previous article.


Lighting Matches - simple act, enhanced by artistic flair

The most basic combination of elements: fire and air (smoke) - make for an endlessly mesmerizing and enchanting dance of evolving forms:


(image credit: Mike Brook)

"Fire and smoke" set from Brent:


(image credit: Brent)

"One Strobe coming from the left and to the rear of the match. Shutter was set to capture ambient flame" -


(image credit: Josh Beeman)


Unintentional Shapes

Unintentional... and all the more surprising for it. Seems like nature can best any our effort to conjure unusual lovely shapes (even if it's milk drops descending into the water... with smoky textures)


(image credit: Maximilian Jaenicke)

Magical combination of smoke and sunrays in this photo, taken in a rice cracker bakery at Inle Lake in Myanmar:
(click to enlarge)


(image credit: Bas Uterwijk)

Burning incense sticks makes groovy "colored smoke" - a series by Graham Jeffery:


(images credit: Graham Jeffery)

Thomas Herbrich has an excellent series "Smoke" on his site:


(images credit: Thomas Herbrich)

Putting an egg in the middle of the smoke action, makes it even more interesting:
(just make sure that no dazed chicken is about to stagger out of it)


(image credit: Sharlene Shappart)

Can't get enough of this? Check out the "Artsmoke" Flickr pool for daily updates.


Photoshop Smoke Nirvana

What were they smoking? Maybe they inhaled a highly-potent concentration of Photoshop tips, tricks, skills and effects, mixed it with a heady brew of creativity - and produced these wisps (for the benefit and enjoyment of the paying client) -




And for the sheer luminous sensuality of smoke (can't touch it, a moment - and it's gone), here are a few retouched smoke dreams from one of the Russian Photoshop forums (where they also discuss steps of how to make such art) -












(images credit: demiart.ru)
 
 


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+1 #1 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artrohit55kaushik 2008-09-01 15:16
:-) :-) :-) :-)
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0 #2 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artabhi31570 2008-09-02 09:34
AWESOME Freinds......
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+1 #3 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artdollanizer 2008-09-02 12:56
niceeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeee :-) :-) :-) :-)
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0 #4 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artdollanizer 2008-09-02 12:57
niceeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeee :-) :-) :-) :-)
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0 #5 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artnoble k thomas 2008-09-02 13:16
very good matter :D :D :D
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0 #6 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artkaurani 2008-09-02 14:40
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) marvales shapes and very good artic way to present the smoke.Every minuatly obseveredby the person.well done.should be awarded
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0 #7 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artpooja_484 2008-09-02 15:09
just Unbelievable :zzz :zzz :zzz :zzz
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0 #8 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artlalitks143 2008-09-02 18:48
beautfull pic, but any way no smoking please/
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-1 #9 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtNibedita 2008-09-03 10:00
good one :eek:
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-2 #10 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artpurushothaman_m 2008-09-04 13:08
nice that's all
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0 #11 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Arttennetivsdmurty 2008-09-04 17:41
photography has come a long way as modern art. keep it up
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+1 #12 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artkirti m mehta d.o 2008-09-04 23:13
:-) :-x
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0 #13 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art9985592953 2008-09-15 21:43
:eek:
thats call professionals.....keep up
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0 #14 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art9985592953 2008-09-15 21:45
thats call professionlism ......keepup :eek:
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0 #15 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artmillisun 2008-10-24 10:42
:-x :-x :-x :-x :-x :-x
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0 #16 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artgkrishna1956 2009-03-24 20:52
GREAT.
WE HAVE A OLD SAYING THAT 'NOTHING IS A DISQUALIFICATIO N FOR POETRY'. THE SAYING ACTUALLY MEANS THAT A CREATIVE PERSON KNOWS BEST HOW TO TURN A SIMPLE THING IN TO A WONDERFUL MASTER PIECE OF ART. I AM AMAZED AT THE SMOKE FORMATIONS AND THE THE CREATIVE EYE WHICH CAPTURED THEM.
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0 #17 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtSanjiban Acharya 2009-04-02 12:51
I like this :D
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0 #18 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Arttmanoharantr 2009-08-11 02:07
OH! Lovely and worth viewing. Thank you.
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0 #19 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtMansoorK 2009-08-19 10:22
:roll: :eek: :roll: That’s a nice piece of art, its very true that only an artist can visualize unusual things out of all common things. :roll: :eek: :roll:

Hats off to the person who designed this...

Mansoor Khan
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0 #20 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art2020 2009-08-19 15:22
:-? ok
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0 #21 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtTheLostKid 2009-08-20 06:38
This art is really nice! :P
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0 #22 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Arttambat.kalyani 2009-08-29 15:02
:-) :-) VERY GOOD
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0 #23 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artvaidya.mohan 2010-03-02 13:21
nice art : :-) :-x
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0 #24 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtYedla 2010-03-07 17:02
excellent collections.
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-1 #25 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artgulnaz 2010-03-12 11:14
ITS REALLY WONDERFULLLLLLL LL :-)
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0 #26 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artlubs 2010-03-27 09:46
beautifulllllll lll
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0 #27 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artaatfon 2010-04-07 12:06
good
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0 #28 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artmonaswarnakar 2010-05-08 14:12
nice pic.really unpredictable ....... :zzz :eek:
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0 #29 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artteens4fun 2010-08-15 02:25
cool :-*
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0 #30 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artwazim 2010-10-19 13:48
:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Nice one
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0 #31 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artkavyashree s l 2010-10-20 21:44
wow its really mind blowing. hank you very much i m impressed :lol: 8) :roll:
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0 #32 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artvijgh 2010-10-22 16:19
exclent
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0 #33 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artlacoast 2010-10-23 13:32
goooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo d
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0 #34 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artshafi123456 2010-10-23 20:34
:eek: :eek: :eek: :lol: :lol: :lol:
nice one..like it
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0 #35 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artbrian maguire 2010-10-24 09:48
Quoting rohit55kaushik:
:-) :-) :-) :-)

they are good photo's but may i remind you that ":smoking kills people" it's bad and with messages going around like this you are subliminally sending us a message about smoking. This from a former smoker who generally lets people make up there own minds.b
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0 #36 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtSourav Khanra 2010-10-26 16:44
Wow! Very Wellllllll.
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-1 #37 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtAhmed 2011-01-22 00:40
Really Nice art.... :-?
How do people think like this?
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0 #38 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtTushar1dhumal 2011-06-07 01:02
superb!!!
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0 #39 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtFilbert Resurreccion 2011-06-07 08:06
very fantastic!!!
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0 #40 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artv.impressive result 2011-06-07 09:40
:lol:
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0 #41 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artsadakath 2011-06-07 11:24
its good
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0 #42 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtPriyanshu 2011-06-07 16:53
Nice

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0 #43 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtPriyanshu 2011-06-07 16:56
ASP.net
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0 #44 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtPriyanshu 2011-06-07 17:25
hi
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0 #45 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtKHAN HAVERI 2011-06-08 19:12
I LIKE SO MUCH ART...........
KHAN HAVERI
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+1 #46 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtSankar Mukherjee 2011-06-14 18:25
An exceptional way of thinking and creating fantastic arts.
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0 #47 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtSourav Khanra 2011-06-15 15:06
Awesome!
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0 #48 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtParimal Chandwadkar 2011-06-22 12:07
:-) :P :roll: :D ;-)
This is the ART Of Creativity.......
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0 #49 Sublime & Sensual Smoke ArtParimal Chandwadkar 2011-06-22 12:09
This is the ART Of Creativity..... :lol: :P
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0 #50 Sublime & Sensual Smoke Artanita 2011-10-03 03:20
Photo-shop is one of the best application to use... nice work!!
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