Incense Pillows

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Smoke from a burning incense stick creates a myriad of wonderful patterns when you look at it closely enough and are able to freeze the action with flash photography. This close up photograph had the colours adjusted in Photoshop with the use of a gradient map.

Whether you're warding off evil spirits or flavoring a soup, there really is no better herb than sage. SUPER indeed.

A depiction of a girl protecting her pet cat from the strong wind... But the cat doesn't seem to need it!

Whether you're warding off evil spirits or flavoring a soup, there really is no better herb than sage. SUPER indeed.

Chinese Temple Hong Kong This is typical of a Chinese Temple with the red pillars, paper lanterns, memorial archways, Taoist drawings, and carvings of mythic creatures. The burning of joss sticks or incense sticks leaving a heady scent and an exotic atmosphere. Devotees often burn paper houses, servants, cars and other luxuries for deceased relatives (in the belief that the items can be used in the afterlife). Available on over 90 products here at Redbubble Drop me a message if you would prefer a different background or a slight change in some way to enhance the product :-) I have set a grey background on most items that needed a colour adding, I can soon change this for you By Paul Thompson Photography

Do you ever feel so fed up with everyone you are just incensed?

This song has been part of my life soundtrack since I first heard it on the Petra Praise 2 album, it is one of those songs that somehow gives words when no words come to mind. Like a Taizé tune the melody carries our deepest prayers higher and further; the words from the ancient Psalm leads us gently into a deeper relationship and conversation with God. Linda Whitmer-Bell kindly gave me permission to use her interpretation of the Psalm, please do listen to the Petra version of the song. Linda wrote "What an awesome picture of worship in the heavenly throne room! To think that my prayers might play a part in the drama portrayed in John's Revelation - yet the Psalmist too asks that his prayers be "counted as incense",

Nikon D3 with 24-70mm f2.8G ED Lens at 70mm 1/200s at f8 Matrix Metering ISO 1600 --- You can see more of my images on my website ---