More experimentation, this time with ICM. The shoot-through options weren’t so good when we finally got out last weekend, so I figured why not try ICM. After almost 350 frames in just a couple hours, this is one of the better attempts.
Any comments welcome - have at it.
Is this a composite: No
a7r3, 100mm, f/22, 1/13s, ISO 100, hand held.
I like it very much Bonnie. The only part I don’t get is which is the water and which is the trees. Lol. I guess it doesn’t matter. Yes, the repetition of arcs is very beautiful, especially in the upper section.
This is a true abstract (in the sense It is hard to understand what it is),
I love the composition, the colors and forms (especially those lovelly arcs)
I woud try to clone out those “distractions” both on the ULC and LRC.
Bonnie, this is pretty wonderful. You haven’t seen me comment on your other ICM abstracts because I don’t know what to say. My brain doesn’t handle abstracts well. It needs something to latch onto other than technique. I’m too literal a thinker sometimes, but this catches my brain in a different way. I know what I’m seeing and that it isn’t reality, but it still works. The greens are lovely and varied and the shapes pleasing and rhythmic. I might tone down the sunlit branches in the middle of the bottom, but other than that all I can do is applaud.
350 shots!? Wow, these are not accidental or easy as many people think abstract images of any kind are and I think you’ve put that point across well.
Love this, Bonnie! I also love experimenting with ICM . . . for me my goal is to control the motion . . so I have to ask. . . how did you get the arching movement?? Great technique. The colors and rhythm work very well together. Very nicely done.
Wow, this is one of the coolest looking ICM’s that I have see an NPN, very creative. The patterns have a texture that has a very “quilted” look, with deep indentations. Very neat looking.
From the white patches (water I assume), it looks like you used a shallow upside down U-shape motion with your camera. But what I would like to ask is about what created the “quilting” indentations. Are there like terraces or steps in the waterfall? Or maybe this isn’t even a waterfall at all 
Thank you, @Igor_Doncov, @João_Ferrão, @Kris_Smith, @linda_mellor, and @Ed_McGuirk for your thoughts.
Ed - this is not a waterfall at all, it’s a tree and sky. The way the sky looked to be flowing over the tree branches looked like a waterfall to me.
Kris - to be clear, I didn’t make 350 shots of just this scene; that was the morning’s effort as we hiked about.
Linda - to get the arcs, I was moving the camera in a circle. I’ve found it works best to start the motion you want before clicking the shutter. I’m not sure how well I control the motion. It really is a matter of experimentation, on a case-by-case basis. My approach is to just see what happens when I do something. If I like it, then I try to refine it.
Thanks, Bonnie. I also start the movement before clicking, but typically up to this point have been restricting myself to vertical and horizontal movements. Can’t wait to try this. Thanks again.
@linda_mellor - oh, definitely go for any kind/direction of movement you can think of. Combining them works well, too - straight, then circular, for example. Here’s an example of combining a straight movement at an angle, then finishing with a twirl. Not sure this one works so well composition-wise, but you can see what interesting things you can do. This was looking at a dense conifer tree, with just little bits of sun poking through.
Oh my!!! Super creative. Congrats!
Both are very creative Bonnie. I also like your second post.
This is wonderful, Bonnie. It’s quite lyrical, IMHO, the composition works with the circular sun reflections. Thanks again for sharing this great, and fun, technique.
Very cool fun, leading to a couple of wonderful images!!! (I’m betting more than these two are keepers.)
