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Experimental challenge

Something a little different to my shooting of late, but perhaps not straying from my experimental journey into the concepts of ICM.

Feedback is always welcomed, but in this instance, I'm wondering if anyone can figure out how this was achieved.

Just a little challenge to hopefully generate discussion and raise group activity.

6/11/20
I have added a second shot taken around the same time using the same technique. All will be revealed in good time......

Game's up.......
OK, as Matthew's on to me it's time to fess up. An opportunity to shoot from the passenger seat of a recent road trip allowed me to experiment. Images were taken primarily while traveling down the Interstate at 65 MPH.

For the tree images, I shot at .4 sec, trying to identify suitable subjects as they quickly arrived and panning out of the passenger window. Given the car speed and shutter length, I'm surprised the trees are discernable.

The other images were shot out the front of the car, with a 1-second shutter speed, apart from the last, which was 2 seconds. In these, I tried moving the camera to capture different registrations on the sensor. Of course, handholding in a moving car added to the movement somewhat.

All in all a fun way to pass a long journey, and interesting results that will hopefully be built on.

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I'm imagining a type of less smooth ICM, where you start going down and to the right, then make a few squiggles while going down, then you moved the camera up and to the left. This might be two exposures of the same scene, coming from you, but they would both have to share the same basic movement pattern, so I think I'm pretty close.

Good guess Matthew. I can say that this is single exposure, but you are indeed correct that this a less-than-smooth ICM attempt.
All will be revealed as I prepare others.....

My guess is that you started a long exposure with the camera on a tripod, Alan, and then wrenched it off, causing the blur and squiggles. Mind you, I'm no ICM expert, although I've created more than my share of UICM.

I hadn't thought of that.

Ha Chris, I'm surprised you didn't suggest the tripod had fallen over (and the image spoiled because of that....). you are right in the fact that I DID have tripod with me, but sadly it played no part in this image.
More to come...….

Like I said Chris, I did have my tripod with me,sat in the back of the car for times of need......

Now haw about taking pictures from a moving car with the camera on the tripod? anyone up for that?

I'm thinking along the same lines as Matthew and Chris... Either...

- A double exposure where one frame is a still shot of the scene, then the second frame is the "whoosh" frame.

or

- A single long exposure frame were you left the camera alone for half the shot then quickly moved the camera/tripod for the "Whoosh" effect.

Either way, it has a nice effect, reminds me of wind rushing thru the scene.

Now that's hedging your bets Joe, a single exposure or a multiple exposure.

You are close with your rushing wind comment, but perhaps not in the way you think...….

Alan, are you the rushing wind in the image? :)

Meaning you're starting the shot, and at half shutter, you start running?

Very creative thinking Joe, definitely worth half a point there.

Hold on. I think I may know. You mentioned on one of my posts that you've been meaning to take shots from a car. Is this that? That would work for the rushing wind. Perhaps the squiggles were from some sort of uneven road, a pothole maybe?

OK, Sherlock, you got me. See my edit.

I can't say the squiggles were intentional (or at least not visualized), more the result of UCM (Unstable camera movement).

I'm actually a little surprised I got it right. Still, I think that they turned out pretty well. I especially like the abstract, painted, feel of the last one. It is a great image by itself, even without the story.

Very interesting and unexpected indeed. Sadly due to motion sickness, I'm the one always driving. But I love this, very creative. :)

You're taking Alan at his word that he was in the passenger seat, Joe?

Funny you should say that Chris. I have considered driving VERY slowly on a straight, quiet road to see what I can capture.......
Has anyone tried that?

Not so brave/foolish to attempt at speed, happy to finally have someone else driving in this case.

Love the fourth and the last ones, Alan. The final one is like a wet-into-wet watercolour - a good one, at that.

Thanks Chris, I always look forward to hearing your viewpoint.