I am so addicted to doing the Sky Watch Friday posts that if I do not have sky pictures I try to create pictures of the backyard sky. There is one balcony in my home from where I can see the evening sky. It was a weekend and I had some time to spare. There was a nice glow in the evening sky but on it own it was too flat to be of any interest.
Then I stumbled upon this old lamp that Chhavi had taken to the balcony. Now if she could play with it, so could I. Started by clicking the lamp against the sky and the effect was pleasing. But then I wanted to play more and I lit the lamp. To do so, I had to make a wick from an old cloth and I poured some coconut hair oil over it so it would burn easily.
Then when the flame went out, out came the smoke. I was now interested in clicking the swirling smoke instead of the burning lamp. So, down I went again to bring more old cloth and the hair oil bottle, so that I could play some more! All this while Chhavi was busy with her friends and I was left in peace to do all these experiments.
It was not that easy for me to click the smoke. After many trials and errors I realized I got the best pictures immediately after the flame went out as there was a lot of smoke then. As it thinned out, I could not capture it as well! I was using my SLR with a 50mm prime lens to capture the backyard sky. I so wanted to click more pictures the next evening but I never got time!
PS. This post is part of Sky Watch Friday, a great community of sky watchers across the globe!
I really like your amazing pictures that you put on your blog. I even get surprised that the pages of your blog even load very fast even after using so many images. I think you first compress a raw picture and then upload it to your image gallery of blog? It really take a lot of perseverance to maintain such a wonderful blog.
Suman thank you so much. I do use pictures at 600X400 size so they are not heavy.
But the only issue with using image of size of 600×400 pixels is that when you share your post url, its thumbnail does not appear in facebook, 🙁
I don’t think I face the issue. Anyway I upload one picture on FB and then give the link.
Awesome captured
Thank you Rupam.
Uau! Fantástica! Mesmo que tenha tentando várias vezes a foto da fumaça, ficou ótima! Parabéns!
Eliane thank you so much for the comment, I used google translate to make sense of it 😀
Nicely composed shot
Thank you Thomas.
This post along with photos was a journey. Thanks for writing.
Thank you Tushar 😀
WHat gorgeous shots! That lamp adds depth and interest to the sky.
Thank you so much lady Fi, without the lamp the scene was so flat!
This is really beautiful ! I love the smoke effect !
Thank you so much.
Very creative post! Nicely done! Aloha
Thank you Vicki.
These are your best Mridula!! Till now those construction site shots were my favourite…but these clicks have dethroned them… 🙂
Thank you so much Maniparna and thank you for remembering the previous shots!
Beautiful pictures. Nice post.
Thank you Arun.
Really nicely improvised shots for Skywatch Friday! The sky colors are warm and glowing.
Thank you Peter.
Beautiful shots Mridula. My favourite is the first one since I love clicking lamps too.
Thank you Anu.
Good results of the experiment. 🙂
Yes Indrani and more to come!
The crimson sky in the background looks so enthralling!
Thank you Neha.
Good results of the experiment . looking old fashioned but beautiful
Thank you Yogi!
Beautiful oil lamp at dusk, with a lovely background. There is no smoke without fire – true!
Have a Beautiful Day!
Peace 🙂
Thank you so much Chandra and peace to you too!
Great experiments bring rewards in the end 🙂 … superb shots!
Thank you Moon.
Great captures! So divine and creates deep thoughts if looked for long! But, your narration of the background happenings keep it very light 🙂
Sindhu 😀 very true I did click it just for fun and my narration is all about it!
Stunning!
…very creative!
Smart idea for the Skywatch meme.
And what awesome images you have there. You PLAYED well. 😀
beautiful captures.
what a creative mind,, nicely clicked, keep up the good work
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