This was processed similarly to #2 yesterday. After some pixel peeping, I find that part of the problem with these images is that at 6fps my Nikon D810's autofocus did not keep up with the distance changes as I walked toward the tree, i.e. the later images are slightly out of focus. So, the color and contrast are slightly more muddled than might otherwise have been the case. I suspect that the only answer is to shoot a series of single images more than 1/6 second apart, and this can only happen if Harry is not dragging me along. He's bummed.
I like the effect the overlapping frames create here against the white background, Andrew.
So you walked towards the tree rather than walking around the tree, right? If that's the case, it's an interesting idea. I tried letting the breeze blow some tree blossoms on a branch, but there weren't enough blossoms so it didn't do so well. Will be trying again on a fuller branch.
Oops, I think I misunderstood - I thought this was walking towards the tree using In the Round technique, but I just noticed you were using ICM.
No, you had it right. I walked toward the tree and gradually tilted the camera to try and keep the same blossoms in-frame. The distance changed. The angle of the camera changed. There was very little breeze, but I suppose what there was might have changed the branches' positions. Perhaps we might call this "Vertical ICM."
Ooookay, I got it now. Thanks Andrew.
Like Chris I do feel the overlapping frames ad an interesting element to these.
Similar to this technique here are a couple of shots I took a couple of years ago. In this case I wanted to experiment with taking a number of individual images as I moved toward a subject, zooming at each step to keep the subject the same size & position in the frame.
Images were layered & processed in PS - just another option to play about with.