12/12/2005: Cigarette smoke art

Undertoad · 12-12-2005, 08:10 AM

Photographer Thomas Herbrich uses nothing but cigarette smoke to produce these interesting forms.

How he does it, I have no idea...

capnhowdy · 12-12-2005, 08:59 AM

great looking photos and I must say a pretty origional concept.
Seems to me he would have tried different colors, tho..... Maybe He's just getting this one off the ground.
good find, UT!

Trilby · 12-12-2005, 09:39 AM

reminds me of the ship that Gandalf the Grey made out of the Halfling's leaf smoke...cool.

lawman · 12-12-2005, 11:58 AM

I can't wait until someone sees the Virgin Mary in one and everyone starts making pilgrimages to his house, leaving hundreds of pounds of flowers and decorating his fence with ribbons and shiat.

Now if only Golden Palace could buy it....

Elspode · 12-12-2005, 12:49 PM

I want to know how he's controlling the airflow to be able to do such things with smoke.

Troubleshooter · 12-12-2005, 01:49 PM

The anti-anti-smoking poeple need to hire that guy.

capnhowdy · 12-12-2005, 02:08 PM

someone will try to sue him for second-hand smoke.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-12-2005, 07:58 PM

Looking at all the images, most have jagged edges. They seem to be pieced together from bits of photographed smoke.
Color would ruin the illusion because it would show it's obviously manipulated.
His other galleries are great, too.

Trilby · 12-12-2005, 08:08 PM

I'm not naughty, I'm just smoked that way!

milkfish · 12-12-2005, 09:27 PM

Graham has similar images of smoke. Don't know if they're tobacco-based, however.

Undertoad · 12-12-2005, 09:31 PM

Outstanding! Thanks milkfish, and welcome.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2005, 03:45 AM

Yeah, thanks Milkfish......good find.

Quote:

These are pictures are of ordinary smoke that have been post processed on the computer.

The smoke comes from burning incense sticks and was photographed in a studio using off camera flash lighting to the side or rear of the subject. It is important to have a black background and well lit smoke, to produce a high contrast frozen image.

In post processing the pictures with a black background have been edited to change the colour of the smoke. The pictures with a white background were inverted before any colour adjustments were applies.

Wormfood · 12-13-2005, 11:57 AM

I didn't know that smoke could be this beautiful.
And maybe I need a shrink too.. I see ladys in some of them..

*edit: didn't see xoB pic until I logged in.*

12-12-2005, 08:10 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/12/2005: Cigarette smoke art Photographer Thomas Herbrich uses nothing but cigarette smoke to produce these interesting forms. How he does it, I have no idea...

12-12-2005, 08:59 AM	#2
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	great looking photos and I must say a pretty origional concept. Seems to me he would have tried different colors, tho..... Maybe He's just getting this one off the ground. good find, UT! __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

12-12-2005, 09:39 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	reminds me of the ship that Gandalf the Grey made out of the Halfling's leaf smoke...cool. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-12-2005, 12:49 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I want to know how he's controlling the airflow to be able to do such things with smoke. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-12-2005, 01:49 PM	#6
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	The anti-anti-smoking poeple need to hire that guy. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

12-12-2005, 11:58 AM	#4
lawman unerringly questioning Join Date: May 2002 Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Posts: 100	I can't wait until someone sees the Virgin Mary in one and everyone starts making pilgrimages to his house, leaving hundreds of pounds of flowers and decorating his fence with ribbons and shiat. Now if only Golden Palace could buy it....

12-12-2005, 02:08 PM	#7
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	someone will try to sue him for second-hand smoke. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

12-12-2005, 07:58 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looking at all the images, most have jagged edges. They seem to be pieced together from bits of photographed smoke. Color would ruin the illusion because it would show it's obviously manipulated. His other galleries are great, too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:54 PM.

12-12-2005, 08:08 PM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I'm not naughty, I'm just smoked that way! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-12-2005, 09:27 PM	#10
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Graham has similar images of smoke. Don't know if they're tobacco-based, however.

12-12-2005, 09:31 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Outstanding! Thanks milkfish, and welcome.

12-13-2005, 11:57 AM	#13
Wormfood Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 73	I didn't know that smoke could be this beautiful. And maybe I need a shrink too.. I see ladys in some of them.. edit: didn't see xoB pic until I logged in. Last edited by Wormfood; 12-13-2005 at 12:01 PM.

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