[Leica] ICM

[Don Dory]

This can go a long way artistically.   I see variable ND filters as a
prerequisite and possibly tripods to isolate effects to come up with good
craft methods before going out and free hand shooting.

I did like the images posted,  probably need to be put up and looked at
instead of quickly scanned in a phone.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 6:17 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> During the current lockdown from March, our second, I was bereft of ideas
> as far as photography was concerned, chained as I was to the house, so, as
> a diversion, and an attempt to get my photographic juices flowing again,  I
> started experimenting with ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) abstracts
> during my daily walks. ICM involves deliberately moving, zooming or going
> in and out of focus during exposure, to get abstract images. Imagine the
> sensor to be the canvas, the subjects to be the brushes and the light to be
> the paints, and you get the idea. You need long exposures, so ND filters
> would be needed during the day. I overcame this by mainly photographing at
> dusk. I have only processed and cropped a few, and my initial set is here:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/lockdown/ICM/
>
> Please see Large (or as large as you can, some are small jpgs!)
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
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