Monomad: Cigarette butt

Tonight I took the theme of cigarette butts. I tried to give a few shots of a cigarette after it had burned out. This photo shows the remaining cigarette ash and some of it is still upright like a cigarette. By using a dark background I think the remaining cigarette dust will be more visible.

In some other photos, the cigarette dust has fallen off and only a little remains on the butt. When I took this photo, the sun was out with bright rays. At first I chatted a little with the bright sunlight, then I got around it by giving a dark curtain. Thus I felt it was enough, adjusting the light, background and position.

I also took several shots, sometimes I readjusted the focus, speed and wiped the lens because it looked like cigarette smoke. Actually I used two cigarettes, one was still smoking and the other was extinguished. On the extinguished cigarette butt I had to wait a few minutes until the remaining cigarette dust was completely upright!