Smoke photography - Crystalizing Smoke

I see lots of photographers taking photos of smoke or digitally creating smoking. It intrigued me enough to set me off the same path. A hasty attempt to create the smoke effect led me to create the image below.


I liked my first smoke image but I was not completely satisfied. So, I decided to take it up a notch and edit the first image further. It took me under 45 minutes to complete the image below. So now we have a crytalized effect of the smoke!