My first serious attempt at ICM. I decided to give it a try since the weekly challenge for my blog was to show pictures composed in-camera (Intentional Camera Movement). Since all the trees around our house in Maine were recently showing their gorgeous colors, I decided to try making a series of shots using ICM. This picture is facing the tee boxes on the 17th hole. The course is surrounded by maple, oak, pine and White Birch trees; the white lines seen throughout are the birch trees scattered about. For this shot, I focused on the lower left near the base of the birch tree and moved the camera quickly horizontally to the right and then up vertically.
Nikon D7000, Nikon Lens 18-105.0 mm, Focal Length 52.0 mm, Exposure 1/25 sec, f/11, ISO 125, Shutter priority, Pattern metering
Edited in Bridge/ basic sliders, PS/ cropped, dodge and burn.
4 comments posted
Art Jacoby
I like the paintery effect from the ICM. Reminds me of the impressionists. I removed the tree and flipped the image horizonbtally so the path is more apparant and did some dodging and burning.
Posted: 11/05/2024 22:29:50
Sylvia Bacon
Wow Art, you made such a dramatic improvement with this picture just by removing the tree and flipping the image. I love your version so much better, thank you for showing this! Posted: 11/19/2024 17:56:35
Marge Barham
Sylvia Art is always mentioning that he finishes lots of his ICM work on the computer. Now I really see the difference, as you kept it mostly ICM, Art created a whole new piece of art. I love what you did. Of course I love the beautiful fall colors and I even like the birch tree but when I blew up Arts art the feeling is calming and soothing and peaceful art. And taking out the eye catching birch tree was the game changer. Posted: 11/09/2024 02:06:45
Sylvia Bacon
Marge I agree with you, what a difference it makes when the birch tree is removed, Art's version so much better! You should give ICM in camera a try. I had not done it before and didn't know what to expect but it turned out to be easier than I thought. The key is the camera settings, Shutter Priority is most important plus having a slow shutter speed. The other settings can be adjusted as you experiment with different looks. The settings used for this picture and in my post were: Shutter Priority; Exposure around 1/25 sec; f/5.0 - f/12; Lens 18 - 105 mm; Focal length 52 mm; Pattern metering. If interested in seeing a few different types of camera movement you can click the link in my Bio, the post is dated Oct 26, 2024 (click on each image to enlarge it). Posted: 11/19/2024 18:24:14
