Used a 10-second self-timer to give me time to blow out the candle just before capture. Unfortunately the smoke didn't come out quite as I imagined. Perhaps I should've used a darker background. I had to rotate the image a little and cropped it to the final result.
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Great idea ... perhaps more empasis on the smoke, with a tighter crop and having the top of the candle in better focus would have really made for a ribbon contender