The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
It is poppy season again! Beautiful, coloured, fragile, translucent and always in motion. Giving them a twirl seemed a good idea.
Specific Feedback
Does this ICM effect work for you? I worked in full sunlight and had to close my lens completely in order to get a long enough shutter speed to create the spiral. I like that you still see some structure in the blur, but smooth lines with a longer shutter speed might work as well.
Technical Details
Canon EOS R6 with FD 70-200mm f/2.8
ƒ/32
1/10
195 mm
100 ISO
Xavier: The ICM does work for me. I find the twirling kind difficult since lens collars don’t often rotate perfectly smoothly but you did great here. I would be tempted to crop this a bit tighter from the sides, more on the left to something like 4:3. I also think I would crop/clone away the light orange blur on the upper right edge of the frame as it does pull my eye a bit. Nicely conceived and executed. >=))>
Kudos to you on this ICM - and for a few reasons. First, it’s quite a challenge to even consider ICM’s in bright, open light and I think you did well to even get this captured! And the poppy as a central subject is also working nicely in the direct light.
While the suject is easily recognized, you have plenty of motion (direction and swirl) to give this a pleasing abstract look. Speaking of the swirl, I’d say a fantastic job on the camera movement. I’ve zoomed and rotateted, but this has a very distinct movement and it works wonderfully! I’m trying to envision in my mind the movement (so I can try on my own!!!) And lastly, the colors combine and compliment each other nicely.
The only suggestion I have and it’s not a nit at all, but I’m wondering if adding some vignetting might be a nice touch. Just a thought.
Thank you for the nice feedback, Lon and Bill.
About the ICM movement itself, it helps to have a lens collar, since this centers the movement. If you hold the zoom ring fixed and turn with the camera body, you can create this spiral movement. I tried it also without a tripod, but the misses increase tremendously.
I will try later to incorporate Bill’s nice suggestions.
Xavier
Xavier, I have never been very successful with ICM so I am really impressed with this shot. I can’t think of anything to add to suggestions to improve. Well done!
