Twin wick candle smoke rising while backlit by a color projector. Image captures moments after the flame on the wicks had been temporarily smothered by a lid and the smoke that is produced from the wicks.
Image taken in a dark, open room, close up looking at the candle with the projector up and behind beaming down. Shot with an 18-55mm variable zoom lens at 1/100″, F/5.0, ISO 800.
Post-processing in darktable. Image is cropped horizontally and has increased contrast.
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I love how your image has a central focus point, I think it really helps to catch the eye of the viewer.
My comment from critique: I like the contrast brought out by the black background and the vivid colors. I think it would also be cool to have shown the wicks on the bottom to show how the smoke pattern changes as it rises.
The light emitted by the projector hits the branches of smoke coming out of the center very well. Great focus and composition.
I really like how the dark space really draws the eyes to the center of the image where the fine detail is.
I really liked that you used multiple colors to light the smoke, it adds depth and contrast which makes the flow more visually interesting. The lighting set up was a great idea.