Smoke & Mirrors (Post one - Award two)

About Smoke & Mirrors (Post one - Award two)

Smoke & Mirrors (Level 1 - Light Up!) - Post 1, Award 2

Welcome!

This group is about the art of smoke photography and digital manipulation of smoke photos. Our goal is to promote the development, understanding and appreciation of smoke photography.

All submissions must be based on photos of actual smoke, not digital art. Photos of smoke can be manipulated in any fashion, such as smoke rings, symmetrical designs, colored smoke, etc. Although other objects may be present in the photo, smoke must be featured prominently in the photo. Please DO NOT post pictures of people smoking.

THIS IS AN AWARD GROUP
You must Award 2 photos for every one you post in the pool.
Please see AWARD/COMMENT and INVITE Codes Below

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This is a three step group:

Smoke & Mirrors (Level 1 - Light Up!)
Smoke & Mirrors (Level 2 - Smoketastic!)
Smoke & Mirrors (Level 3 - Smokin'credible!)
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PHOTOS THAT CATCH OUR EYES - PICK OF THE WEEK - 05/27/2012

As we approach mid-year, I decided to pick several older contributions to the group from this year that I felt were overlooked. Congratulations all!

#21 Metamorphosis Three" by sara_therese_photography


#22 "Portrait of an artist" by NafLeNaf


#23 "Smoke Sphere Surfing (dude)" by ecce signum

Please see Discussion Thread
2012 Archive of all the Picks of the Week
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Here are your winners for Pick of the Year 2011. CONGRATULATIONS ALL!

FIRST PLACE:

"Praying Mantis" by sara_therese_photography



SECOND PLACE:

"Smoke!!!!" by Tracy Rondeau



THIRD PLACE:

"Foxglove" by lolav2010



HONORABLE MENTION:

"Vegas Show" by tfactoryg


"Smoke Insect" by Arpho

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Please check out Discussion threads for:
Tutorials:
Photographing Smoke with dSLR and External Flash
Photographing Smoke with Point & Shoot
Smoke Wheel Tutorial
Challenges:
Admin Challenge
Make Something New Challenge
Fun and Games:
A-Z Game
Make Something with the Admins' Smoke
When They Look Like Something Else
Admins Creative Threads
Psycho_Babble's Creative Corner
Psycho_Babble's Creative Corner Part 2 (Smokin' Objects)
Jane in Colour's Smoke Manipulations

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Many thanks to my Co-Admins:
Jane in Colour
Durga Parmar
NafLeNaf
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AWARD/COMMENT CODE

Please award 2 pictures in the group pool for every one you post.

Copy and paste the following after your comment:

From below this line_____________________________________________

<b>This Photo is Smokin'! <b>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/smoke_and_mirrors"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/5160475631_e06283b41c_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="smoke star" /></a>
Seen in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1675600@N22">Smoke & Mirrors</a></b></b>

To above this line_______________________________________________

It should appear as:

This Photo is Smokin'!

Seen in Smoke & Mirrors

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INVITES

Feel free to invite people to post their pictures to this group!

Copy and paste the following after your comment:

From below this line_____________________________________________

<b>This Photo is Smokin'! <b>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/smoke_and_mirrors"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5173/5511129656_03a785edb4_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Bejeweled" /></a>
Please post it to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1675600@N22">Smoke & Mirrors</a></b></b>

To above this line_______________________________________________


It should appear as:

This Photo is Smokin'!

Please post it to Smoke & Mirrors