Photographs Of Smoke From Burnt Light Bulbs Hitting Glass

Photographer Anick Morel takes a new twist on the old burning lightbulb photograph. Instead of photographing the bulb in profile, she places a glass above the broken bulb and photographs the smoke formations caused from hitting the glass.

To illustrate the process, here is a diagram that explains the setup:

and here are the resulting photographs, all done in camera, with the ones displaying super heroes have a printed transparency over the glass.

To read more on process behind those shoots, head over to a full post explaining the concept and ideas behind those photographs.

[Anick Morel (gallery) via Von Wong]