# Hazelnut Orchard (ICM)

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/hazelnut-orchard-icm/20672>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** abstract\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/hazelnut-orchard-icm/20672 "2021-03-16T14:36:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/hazelnut-orchard-icm/20672/1 "2021-03-16T14:36:30Z")

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![Hazelnut Orchard (ICM)](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/a/9af622515506776b17337547443b4bacb93def5b.jpeg)

The Hazelnut Orchards still have blooms on them. I did another go at ICM with them a few weeks ago. I made sure to get trees behind them to cover the sky…

### Specific Feedback Requested

Anything

### Technical Details

Is this a composite: No  
Nikon D3400  
ISO 100  
75mm  
f/18  
1/10

###### naturenessie

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/hazelnut-orchard-icm/20672/2 "2021-03-16T21:09:37Z")

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I love ICM images in general including this one. The symmetries of the orchard trees and what I assume are shadows on the ground are really interesting. I do think the trees at the top are distracting from these elements. I wonder how cropping them out would isolate the core of the ICM better, just a thought.

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**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/hazelnut-orchard-icm/20672/3 "2021-03-18T15:33:36Z")

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Hi @Mario_Cornacchione! Thanks for looking and sharing your thoughts. I tried doing a crop but I didn’t like that it cut out the foreground tree branches. Yes, those are shadows and some water from irrigation hoses. I think ICM is fun. Just trying to get good at it! Glad for digital! I would not be doing this without it! I would go broke! 😃

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/hazelnut-orchard-icm/20672/4 "2021-03-18T17:01:48Z")

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Agree about ICM. Not sure it is well received here on the network however based primarily on the sheer paucity of comments when an ICM is posted. I think it is a valid artistic form of expression of a scene especially after editing to bring it to your vision and aesthetics.

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**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/hazelnut-orchard-icm/20672/5 "2021-03-18T20:51:51Z")

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@Mario_Cornacchione my camera has limits and I don’t have a tripod, so I’m not always happy with different landscape shots I try for. I feel like ICM in some instances conveys a scene closer to how I see it. Like it makes the world a more magical and wonderful place!