I went back into past work to find reflections. None of these images necessarily thrilled me much.
#1 and #3 were my first ICM experiments back when I got on this forum and started reading the posts about ICM photography which I had not known about until then. These were the result of seeing what would happen if I tried ICM on a reflection in a river. Two things I learned is how berries on a bush and tall grass that I had not taken notice of in the foreground appeared in the image. Not sure if I like it or not.
#2 was the result of a week-long project of photographing interesting garden decor around the neighborhood this past summer.
#4 was probably my first experience years ago with abstract photography. While walking along a wooded path with my camera, I looked down at the stream and noticed the lovely colors that reminded me of a water color painting. Up until then, my brain was focused on concrete photography only. Not thrilled with this one, but it was a beginning of thinking differently.
Thanks for posting Jennifer.
I really like #1 - while maintaining a sense of subject it creates (for me) an impressionistic view looking at trees across a body of water. I think the grasses (?) in the foreground add a sense of depth and elevate the image.
This also provides new ideas - I haven't considered trying ICM on reflections in the past, but certainly will do now!
#3, although similar lacks the interest of the trees in #1, and is not compositionally strong enough to work solely as an abstract.
#4 is pretty, I'm left wondering how if might have looked had either a long exposure or ICM been employed (can be simulated adding a motion blur filter layer in Photoshop).
I read your post and blog post on how you used PS path blur to create an authentic ICM image; then came here and read your comment on image #4; so gave PS's ICM a try ... #1 is a path blur as you showed on your blog, #2 just a motion blur, and #3 is a radial blur. I never really tried PS's blurring until now; so thanks for the ideas!
I love the second one!
Me too. Thanks for being the cause for getting this topic started in February!
I'm just not into ICM so I have to prompt other suggestions! :-)