Incredible shot. Nice Duotone.

really great shot. i love how basic the composition is.

Very cool, but then, your stuff generally is. I haven't put it together yet, but it seems like the longer time spent getting it right was worth it.

I know this style very well and have seen great compositions using this technique. But to be honest, none of the similar shots that I saw can match this one. Every detail is amazing and in perfect balance. Great choice of cropping.

What is it David?

Is this what you do, leave us in suspense?!

So it is.

Come on Tyrone.

Interesting capture! I really like it!

It is impressive in its use of color and shape.

This is a very beautiful shot, really impressive. How could you do such a job? I confess I love spiral, its kinda mysterious to me.

I've tried shooting smoke myself and have seen other peoples' smoke shots too, but I've not seen a spiral like this before, so I have to admit, I'm impressed by this shot!! Nice work

What is that? Its awesome is what it is.

Please inform us on how to produce such a lovely image. Good choice of colors (if you photoshoped them of course).

WOAH. That's amazing.

This is a very beautiful shot, really impressive. How could you do such a job? I confess I love spiral, its kinda mysterious to me.

Beautiful. Is it done like these (don't click the link if you don't want a spoiler!)? I agree that this is perhaps the most amazing of those pictures, if indeed it is one.

This image stayed up on the screen for about 5 minutes.
A wonderful study!!

Robert: no, it's done like these, following the instructions on this page. Again, don't click if you don't want a spoiler ;-)

Stunning.

Magnificient! Is this smoke? What is this?

- from Korea

ouuu, very easy on the eyes and sort of relaxing too. Nice job.

Amazing shot! I look forward to finding out how on earth its done.

Hello David,
your site has finally propagated to Naperville, Illinois, just in time to catch this great shot. I just learned how to do this w/ black background, now I know how to do it with white:)

djn -- fantastically sharp and yet ethereal! or whatever. It's a beautiful image, and that color is wonderful. I can usually figure out how shots are made but this one has me stumped. I'm going to click on the links above and find out.

I checked out the links: very, very cool. So how was the spiral effect achieved? You have remarkable control over your smoke, as odd of a compliment as that might be.

This is amazing. Looks a lot like the icon for Adobe Bridge.

Your chromosomes? ;-)

amazing photo!
as David said it "Again, don't click if you don't want a spoiler" but here, if you want to learn something cool :) http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs8/f/2005/272/f/9/Smoke_shooting_copy.jpg

Absolutely jaw dropping.

Beautiful... words are not needed.

Very soothing. I am not able to figure out what this is .

Lovely shot, but wondering what it is? :-)

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Thanks for the links too--I think I'll try this out, once I'm allowed to play with matches...

smokasia - very nice David

Very nice shot.
Reminds me of this guys shots here

OK, now you're showing how good you are ;) I think this has to be the best ones of these I've seen - are there are a few about.

Wow ! great pix !

Cool shot... love the colours. I get the feeling of motion

Now that is cool, i love the simplicity and the colours, it all makes for quite a relaxing image. Nice one.

Another one. Nice work!

Yes I have seen some of this technic some where else, never here. Is nice to see the first of this kind of image in Chromasia. I kind of know how it is done but I haven't try my self, More information would be appreciated so we can give it a try :) Love the color you choose for this one. ;)

Brilliant Shot.

The explaination on the site you linked us to is rather vauge! Any chance you could fully enlighten us (n.p.i) DJN?

Yours in smoking bonds,

BDA

Excellent shot! I really like these smoke images but am yet to give it a try. I like this a lot for the colour and the composition, but most of all because the shape the smoke has created is not as random as some of the others i have seen. It still looks very delicate but there is a definite, spiral- like shape formed by the smoke, which i think is really special. There must be some sort of method to caox the smoke into creating more interesting patterns, or is it all down to trial and error. All the same, i do like this a lot. - [Chuks]

wat sharpness and clarity.. a very refreshing shot.. u have such creativity, super impressed..

That is a really stunning shot. Quite amazing.

oh wow!!!

hey please explain!

This is simply mesmerizing! I couldn't get my eyes off it for the longest time.

Wow, David! Amazing!

oooo its gorgeous!

it's a straw isn't it!!!! maybe not? i can't stand the suspense!

comment by Rob at 03:59 AM on 12 January, 2006
Your chromosomes? ;-)

Did you mean 'Your chromasiomes? ;-)'?

Chaos Theory never looked this beautiful. :)

djn1, you might be interested in looking at these yours is so like them, I thought it was made the same way - but no!

I peeked! This shot reminds me of thin (blown) glass photographed up close.

Great work.

Thank you.

RustyJ

I visited the site that you had linked in your comment, and I'm afraid to say, felt those photos were better executed than this post. With this post, you were able to capture the inherently graceful (but obscure) behavior of smoke. And although, this photo was beautiful, it was boring nonetheless. Perhaps because, I did not perceive the supposed "chaos."

However, I mainly commented to thank you for opening my eyes to yet another interesting niche and to continue to inspire new techniques to practice. So thanks

Thanks everyone, and I'll explain a bit more about this shot on tomorrow's entry.

Absolutely stunning. I've been meaning to try something like this before but after experiencing the frustration of trying to capture a water drop, I'm sure this would be equally difficult! Love your work. Keep it up!

Looks like some CG arts. wonderful!

Very impressive shot! :-) Greetings from Sweden.

That's amazing.

I've seen many smoke pictures over the last year, but the spirals on this one are simply incredible.

Hi, your smoke photos are great, I made my own (see url), but yours are better.. Smoother and bigger. Grrr:-)

amazing photo! love the spirals! great composition!

Hi Dave
Found this image lifted here:
http://www.thesimplegallery.com/RCT3/chaos_theory_b.jpg
Did you know about this?

Byoo-teeh-full.

I love this one. =D

gorgeous picture!

looks so beautiful. therefore the format is just right!

you and your camera and nothing else matters.you're a great artist...

So Pretty . . . . I love your photography.

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I believe it couldn`t be more beautiful... PERFECT.. !!

What did you use as a background? And did you use flash? I always find that when I try to shoot this, I light up the background and it doesnt look as good.