"Zen is not concerned with the superficial. It leads you into the depth of your soul and shapes your view of the world from raw, honest places. [It] leads you to a photographic view of the world that is inspired directly from the silence and impartiality of your mind, leaving behind preconceived concepts of how the world should be." ~ Torsten Andreas Hoffmann, from Photography as Meditation
ICM photography for me is a meditative practice where I am able to free myself from automatic thought patterns and to see the natural world in a way that enables me to connect with it more deeply through essence.
This is a handheld, in-camera, single-exposure ICM, with minimal post-processing edits in Lightroom and spot removal in Photoshop.
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon f/4L 70-200mm Lens
ISO 100, 160mm, f/20, 1/2 second
3-stop ND Filter