First i took the contest image and removed the plane and smoke from the photo using Photoshop.
step 2 of 4
I then chose a photo of myself and applied the plane...flipping it to meet the same light source. I smudged the smoke and realized that i could wrap it around my head.
step 3 of 4
I copied and pasted sections of the smoke trail to the photo to get the desired look.
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After getting the smoke completed...I used an additional program called Photomatix and produced the HDR image that I submitted.