DEERSCAPE

Dear OOTB Members ,

Greetings from India :S3:

This is my 1’st image in this section and as an ICM .

I was always fascinated by those image taking techniques which reveal some artistic elements from simple scenes. My this quest lead to an distinctive but challenging form imagery commonly known as ICM.

Initially my impression about this technique was of just moving the camera in any direction . But after trying time and again I understood that after taking 50 to 60 shots ( Atleast for me ) you get 1 decent image or a keeper .

ICM demands patience like other forms of Nature Photography and there is so much to conceive and learn in this .

I hope I will continue my journey in futre to learn it from core of my heart.


Does this qualify as an ICM category ?



Would love to have feedback on this Image .
Thank you for taking the time out to look ,and for your valuable comments/critiques.


Processing : CS5 + NIK Viveza 2

Species : Spotted Deer ( Axis axis )
Location : Corbett National Park ( Uttrakhand )
Date : 22 / 12 /2013
Equipment : Nikon D4, Nikkor 200-400mm f/4g ED VR II + 1.4x T.C at 450mm
EXIF : ISO 80, f/ 32 ,1/8s , -0.3 Exp. Comp , Matrix – Metering mode , Cropped for Comp , Bean bag on Vehicle


Regards
Saurabh Singh

Welcome to OOTB. This is the right place for an ICM image.

I have comparatively little experience in moving my camera -- intentionally, that is -- while taking a photo, but I expect it's not easy to produce consistently good results. Many people don't care for blurred images. While I do, I think taking the photo needs to be approached carefully. If the deer were running, and you moved the camera in that direction, I think the result would have wider acceptance than a blurred deer standing still. That said, I very much like what the camera movement did to the background. I'd like to see the deer masked from a conventional photo (with no camera movement) composited onto a background like this.

I hope you continue with your exploration of ICM and that you'll continue to post here.

Saurabh, a big welcome to OOTB!! And this is definitely the place for ICM's! I do a lot of them and there definitely is a low keeper rate but they are so fun to do. I like this one a lot - I like the composition - having the deer small in the frame gives them a kind of secretive feel to me, like they are shyly emerging from the forest. I like the painterly look that you've achieved by the camera movement and the lighting on the deer. I think you could give it a slight rotation (very slight) counter clockwise to level the ground they are standing on - it looks like it's slanting just a bit to the right. I'm looking forward to your participation in OOTB:S3:

I really like the composition, with the deer in the lower right corner looking into the image, and the beautiful foliage surrounding them. The deer stand out nicely against the darker bg. I hope you post more images to this forum.

There is something very pleasing about this. I like the light on the deer, the vibrant greens of the foliage, and the thin strip on the bottom. I also like the darker area in the BG that leads away from the deer and out of the frame. ICM stands for Intentional Camera Motion? I have never been able to master blurs.

Saurabh, welcome to OOTB! This is a very pleasing painter-like effect. I've experimented with great frustration with both long-exposure motion blur and multiple exposures of shorter exposures that have only a little blur, with camera movement in between each one. Both are fun and difficult, but when they work they are wonderful!

What would youthink about darkening the light area at the bottom? It is very interesting but the eye goes to the lightest area and it competes a bit with the main subject.

I look forward to seeing more!

Thanks Dennis , Cheryl , Anita , Dianne for giving suggestions and your feedback :)
And Jackie ICM stands for INTENTIONAL CAMERA MOVEMENT .