Other times, things just kinda happen by accident. You can snap several pics, and you can get one or two that are at least as good as, or better than you were hoping for.
That’s what happened here...
I wanted to make it look like a Stuart tank was hit with a Panzerfaust. I didn’t have any smoke bombs, and it was after July 4, so no Texas fireworks sellers were open. I decided to improvise.
I took a piece of paper towel that was about 2 inches by 3 inches. I put around 50 grains of FFFg black powder into it, rolled it into a pouch, and rolled a small streamer off of the front of the wrap. I placed the tank, put my powder pouch about a foot away from it, got down in the grass to tank level, lit the streamer, and snapped away with my iPhone.
I ended up taking close to 50 photos. I was lucky. I got 2 that were excellent. I was willing to keep trying, but the first attempt was a success.
Check out the smoke detail in the second photo! By the way, there was no damage, even though in the photo, it looks like a devastating hit!
