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.
This round’s discussion is now closed! 8 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
Marge Barham
Hi Sylvia, I have done some ICM but no where near what Art is able to do. I love playing with slow shutter speeds especially near water. I did take a look in your Bio and you created a great presentation and lots to learn. Kudos to you Sylvia.
Posted: 11/25/2024 00:25:02
Sylvia Bacon
Thanks Marge, it was surprisingly easy to create the images you saw. And it took very little editing except for a little dodge and burn here and there. Have fun trying it out! Posted: 11/26/2024 20:39:38
Gabriele Dellanave
Although my expertise in ICM is pretty basic I like your realization. I'm from the old school of photography. As a matter of fact, instead of suggesting changes to your file, I was fantasizing about how could look like a regular p.p. image. Nice job, indeed. Posted: 11/29/2024 15:30:36
Sylvia Bacon
Thank you, Gabriele, for your kind words. The interesting thing I discovered when experimenting with in camera ICM was how easy it was to achieve various results and what little p.p. was needed. Glad you enjoyed seeing this image. Posted: 11/30/2024 20:24:50
