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Gion-Andri Derungs's picture

Ponte del Passo (ICM)

A try of ICM, when I was in Italy.

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Ouch...............my eyes keep trying to bring this into focus. It's interesting but a little tough to look at......

That bad? Is it the bridge, that is that distracting?

The image as a whole throws me off.............maybe if it was blurrier? I tend to try for a pattern...........or capturing color(s)....... or lights at night to see if I can create something interesting.

I'm not trying to highjack your post, so please forgive my impertinence. This is not a good image as it was poorly executed(sense 1). I just wanted to give you idea what the hell I was talking.............

Most importantly...........keep exploring........

Thank you. Appreciate your honesty. I'm getting your point. Don't worry you don't hijack the post. I'm okay with that.

It is only my second attempt to this technique. So I will try it again. ;)

I think I would've tried horizontal motion instead of vertical, to emphasize the line of the bridge.
just my 2c

Thank you Ian. I tried that, but it did not work out for me. Maybe I should have tried a slower shutter speed. ;)

A good attempt at ICM, Gion-Andri. I can definitely understand where some of the feedback to your image is coming from, but I do hope it isn't a discouragement for you. ICM done well really does take a lot of practice, so I hope you will keep trying different things with it to find what works for you and what doesn't.

I generally tend to shoot my ICMs in the landscape and the natural world, but I have done some urban ICM work, and I do think perhaps more blur would make this more pleasing...rather than just give the feeling of an out of focus image.

You asked in one of your responses if perhaps you should have used a longer shutter speed, and I tend to think the most important element of ICM is the camera movement, more so than the shutter speed.

I shoot about 99% of my ICMs at 1/13" shutter speed, but I create different effects by using different kinds of camera movement.

Here's one I did of Blackfriar's Bridge in London last year, just to give you an ICM bridge comparison of what is possible.

Thank you Stephanie for your great feedback. I'm not discouraged at all. It was my second attempt, so I don't expect any wonders. ;)

I think, I just have to try again and again and.... ;)

I like your picture of the Blackfriars Bridge. It's not really a beauty. Your version is more pleasing than the original. ;)

Yes, keeping at it, and shooting ICMs over and over and over really is key, in my opinion. I've taken more than 70K frames of ICM, at this point, and my early work is certainly much different than the work I produce now. So, it definitely is a process and an evolution that takes time. :)

I look forward to seeing you evolve with the technique and how you grow your creative vision with it! :)

I'll try, but I don't think it will be around 70k ;)

Lol! I'm perhaps a bit obsessed! :)

Doesn't one need to be at least a bit obsessed with something in order to excel in it ?

I suppose that is true, Ian! :)