Thank you all so much for all the wonderful compliments!! My spouse said I should find an art gallery that would hang them. I told him I don’t have a clue of even where to start.

Now for the questions of how I achieved this. I start with lots of patience going into this project as I am never sure what the outcome is going to be. This time, this shoot, was in my kitchen during the day with the dogs running around causing air disruption at times. My setup is simple. I use a set of lights placed at 9:00 of a vase which has the incense sticks taped too. I use a black backdrop about 6-12” away depending on air movement that I want. I’m careful to make sure the light does not hit the backdrop. I place the camera in front and focus on the top of the incense. Once I light the incense I focus on it and throw it into manual. I shoot in manual mode. However I do put in auto focus and see what I can get with that too. Iso I try and keep low 200 or lower, Aperture 3.5-8 and Shutter speed around 250. I don’t use a flash and sometimes use a flashlight at 3:00 at the same time. I play around with white balance and use different settings for different results. It all depends really on how the smoke is trailing. I have the exhaust fan on too for the smoke. I do use natural incense that make me feel better about that exposure that is. It’s not bad though as it rises and goes up and outside. If I’m doing a longer shoot I will move my pups up to another room but again the large area I am in, it hasn’t been an issue. I crop a little and don’t do much post processing as I’m super pleased mostly with the few that I choose out of the batch! I am going to play around more with them and experiment, LOL! Again thank you so much for all the love ❤️!