1st : 5 Smoke Trails by Vikas by Canon DSLR Challenge

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September 3, 2006	Vikas

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Guest		08-Nov-2006 01:46
really good idea and photo

Petros Labrakos		09-Oct-2006 14:56
masterly performed! (V)

Guest		08-Sep-2006 21:07
Wow! You 'blow' me away! Debbi

Guest		06-Sep-2006 05:20
From the time I have spent in this group what I have learned is that Vikas will always come up with soemthing special - a true artist!

Guest		05-Sep-2006 20:17
Outstanding!!! -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		05-Sep-2006 17:54
Really! The edge is so abrupt, and disconnected from the rest. The one under the opposite nostril is so broad. It actually made me wonder if it were, perhaps, artificial smoke, added in post. Apparently not. Still a fantastic image! What is the source of the smoke? ~ Lonnit

Leo Charette		05-Sep-2006 14:36
The veil of smoke...I like the originality and exposure of the image. Interesting how the model's head and the smoke emerges from darkness.

Vikas Malhotra		05-Sep-2006 11:37
Thank you everyone; really really appreciate your extremely kind comments. Lonnit, as Victor correctly explained, the smoke is curling around his nostrils and then wafting upwards; in all there are only 5 smoke trails from 5 origins. Thanks Victor for the explanation which is of course, completely accurate. Nico... :-D Yes indeed he was quite gone from the smoke..... gone to a land far far away. ;-) Cheers, Vikas.

Canon DSLR Challenge		05-Sep-2006 07:00
Fantastic Shot, I don't know if it conveys the theme of the challenge, but I find it one of the best photographs submmited regardless :)

jnconradie		05-Sep-2006 06:41
... that far-off gaze in his eyes works fabulously, Vikas. Whatever the smoke might have contained, it looks like he inhaled too much and is now far, far, gone! :-) Splendidly done. Regards ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		05-Sep-2006 01:41
It leaps off the screen. Well done. theFly

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Sep-2006 19:18
Five for me starts at the bottom and finishes with whatever results from the freedom of smoke. Outstanding. A sure winner, IMO. shu

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Sep-2006 18:31
Lonnit, That is just a continuation of the plume that wafts over the model's lip, then under his nose, then, emerging from the shadow of his nose, turns into the plume you're describing. It's not a 6th plume, it's just one of the 5 crossing from lightness, to shadow and back again. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Sep-2006 16:33
Phenom, Vikas! One glitch for me, though; what's with the one that starts out as a drop of milk below his nose and then trails upwards and expands? Alas, but, technically, that would be the sixth stream of smoke. ;) But that's not why it bugs me, it bugs me because it originates from nowhere. Other than that, this is a flawless and outstanding image! ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Sep-2006 14:11
Wonderful portrait Vikas - strange, moody, seductive and mesmerising! I wish the smoke was only around the contours of the face and eyes though! CJ

Guest		04-Sep-2006 12:20
WOW THATS INCREDIBLE MASTERED

blademeister		04-Sep-2006 04:14
What great imagination you have. This is art for sure.

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Sep-2006 01:34
Fabuolous image. Moody and evocative. Well done - Najinsky

Carole Stevens		03-Sep-2006 21:58
Absolutely stunning Vikas your an inspiration! Love the light and comp as well as the smoke trails!VVV!

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Sep-2006 19:28
Awesome photo, Vikas. I don't know how you did this, but I love the way the smoke curls around the contours of his face, which seems to be just floating there. --Mary Anne