Smoke Images, Photography And Art
Photography is constantly reminding us how wondrous and beautiful the world we live in truly is. It often urges us to take another look at the ordinary things around us in a new light, revealing a quiet beauty in even the most mundane of objects. More specifically, smoke photography, with its alluring images of ghostly wisps of smoke, shows us that we don’t have to look very far to find this beauty.
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We present 60 examples of beautiful smoke photography and smoke art: a round-up of some of the best examples of photos and artworks where smoke dominates. At the bottom of this post are some links to tutorials on creating your own smoke photographs, as well as other resources on the subject.
35 Elegant Smoke Images And Photographs
Magicnikon
Dry ice was put in the bottle to get this great image.

Hughes Léglise-Bataille

Selva Morales

Ibai Acevedo Larrañaga

Alberich Mathews
Wonderful fantasy image.

italian.meatball

Frances Dre

icewomanfirst

moczkos

Corica
No HDR in use.

Wolfgang Schlegl

olvwu

Greg Cope

brents pix

Howya

cubanito

ubierno


lapebo

Mohammad Moniruzzaman

Stephan Bollinger

Lumendipity

Alfredo M. Montesdeoca

Terry McCormick

Kalamakia

G. Chorus

Alicia en Sheffield

Stuck in Customs

e20ci

Tony Hopkinson

The smoke that’s produced in explosive interaction with electricity

Mehmet Ozgur

Josh Beeman

puma100

Lamont Hardy
Experiment with a lightbulb’s filament.

Dubi Feiner

25 × Smoke Art
Eddie Mayda
Roll-Up by Eddie Mayda. “Fluid and aerodynamics are technical interests of mine. It is so entertaining to be able to combine my technical side with a little bit of art. The forms that result from a simple stick of burning incense defy the imagination… and catching them is a sport!”

Jay PH


Will Cook


Steve Wampler

dxsibo

Mehmet Ozgur
Stunning image of smoke shaped in Photoshop to resemble a woman. This technique is often referred to as “smoke sculpture.”

J.Auchinleck
Great image made by layering pictures of smoke and mirroring them to make it symmetrical.


Kalamakia

G. Chorus

Alicia en Sheffield

Stuck in Customs

e20ci

Tony Hopkinson

The smoke that’s produced in explosive interaction with electricity

Mehmet Ozgur

Josh Beeman

puma100

Lamont Hardy
Experiment with a lightbulb’s filament.

Dubi Feiner

25 × Smoke Art
Eddie Mayda
Roll-Up by Eddie Mayda. “Fluid and aerodynamics are technical interests of mine. It is so entertaining to be able to combine my technical side with a little bit of art. The forms that result from a simple stick of burning incense defy the imagination… and catching them is a sport!”

Jay PH


Will Cook


Steve Wampler

dxsibo

Mehmet Ozgur
Stunning image of smoke shaped in Photoshop to resemble a woman. This technique is often referred to as “smoke sculpture.”

J.Auchinleck
Great image made by layering pictures of smoke and mirroring them to make it symmetrical.

Ceekybikerboy
Blue waves of smoke.

Paul C Anderson

Larry Grace
Beautifully symmetrical smoke photograph.

Sdx76

Per Zangenberg
This natural smoke wisp looks like a torso.

CowGummy

Greypaw

Mehmet Ozgur

Lumendipity

