Come along with me on my journey to discover Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). I’ve never really attempted to do this except for the occasional image. So we’re going down that rabbit hole together! Yes, again. You’ve got to love that rabbit. The rabbit hole was found at Bushnell Gardens and Nursery in Granite Bay. Photo buddy Richard came along.

The first tip came from my friend Laura when I photographed my only other ICM. Move your body and not your camera. That way your lines are straight. This was a gate outside the nursery. I bowed before it.

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I think for this one, I just wiggled my body. Laura would be proud that I didn’t move the camera. Richard liked my dance. I like the burst of color surrounded by soft greens. I’ve found it’s important to have color in ICM. I think the bright floral color help this image.

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Next are four images showing what the plant really was and three more showing various degrees of ICM. The last one being a horizontal move on my part. These pictures were hardly edited. I just cropped and saturated colors. The fun was taking them.

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When I stood under a lattice and saw a sum burst, I just had to try ICM. The sunburst came out at as a super white stripe that dominated the image, so I tried to tone it down. Maybe I did too much cover with the brush. But you can see ICM can be done on more than just foliage.

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I also wanted to try to do a swirl. So I chose a long shutter speed and bent my body to one side until the shutter closed. I’m happy with the way these turned out. The longer the shutter is open the more swirl and softness you get.

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Of course, I had to zoom a bit, moving the lens and not the camera. I forgot to take a good picture, but you can tell what this plant looked like before the zoom.

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For my last set, I chose to photograph two trees. One had leaves turning and the other was green. I enjoyed this experiment. I liked how the colors and light added vibrance to the images.

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For all these images, I didn’t go lower than a shutter speed of 6. I found that the image lost definition. I also learned that the more light you have, the more difficult it is to photograph ICM. Next time, I’ll bring along a neutral density filter and/or choose a different time of day.

I had a lot of fun preparing for this post, and I hope you do too. Maybe you’ve been out already learning and picking up tips. And maybe you’re a pro at ICM. Whatever the case, please share your thoughts and images. I’m in the learning stage also, and every bit helps.

We all had fun picking images from the past as Sofia had us looking back last week. I enjoyed experiencing all your wonderful memories. When you share your post for this challenge, please link back to mine and use the Lens-Artist tag. In the meantime have fun learning and experimenting with ICM.

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  3. I have a few of these but UCM – unintended camera motion.

    These are really beautiful and bring out the beauty of the colors so well. My favorite one of these is the one of geranium in a swirl. The caladium leaf is also lovely. And finally, the last one, a mop with colored strings!

    Good to see you back!

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  8. Joining you in the slide down the rabbit hole Anne 😄! Nice captures. I also went mostly with colors. But I moved the camera mostly, I think, not just the body 🤔. One request to the LAPC team – would be great if the theme for coming week can be announced in advance, like this one was! It gave me the direction in clicking pictures instead of my default mode. Here’s my entry:

    Lens-Artists #321 – Intentional Camera Movement

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  9. Oh, I like these, Anne! You’ve done well as a beginner! My favourite is the long stringy lines from the two trees. And as you say, “the more light you have, the more difficult it is to photograph(using) ICM” I must admit I haven’t taken any recent ICM images, but I can create a post from past efforts

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  10. A fun challenge Anne, hoping our followers will jump in and give it a try! I find ICM is best approached if one is in it for the fun of it and willing to have several failures for every success! Trying a new skill always seems to help generate enthusiasm IMHO, and I think this one will definitely do that! Kudos for going for it! Your images are fun and colorful, the opener and the closer are my two favorites.

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  11. What a unique photo prompt. ICM is something I’ve wanted to play around with but haven’t made it a priority. Now that our weather is cooling, I should head on over to a local park and give this a try. I already have some ND filters to assist in the fun. Great group of images!

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  16. Wonderful lesson on a very fun technique, which I have used very rarely, although now I feel like trying it again.

    I’ll try to find something to participate in, but I’m not sure I’ll find anything worthwhile.

    Love the last image!!!

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  20. Anne, I took the challenge you set, and also first time attempted this style purposely, I think you did so so well as a beginner, these are colorful and it is also a style that need working on I noticed, not as easy to take a shot that is not sharp and has some depth to it. You managed that also in your images.

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  27. These are great Anne, and I’ve learned a lot from reading your advice, especially the tip about moving yourself rather than the camera, and the suggested shutter speeds. But I’m short on time as we’re just back from California and I’m playing catch up and sorting my thousands of photos taken there! Plus we have bad weather this weekend so it’s going to be hard to get outside to experiment. So I’ve bookmarked this for future use – thank you 🙂

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  36. This was a real challenge for me, what with my years of trying hard to keep the camera still. Breaks every instinct that I developed. But seeing some of your really beautiful photos was inspiration enough.

    I added an extra layer to the challenge by using only a cell phone with full AI enhancement. Its computational algorithms are hard to fool, but enough movement seems to do the trick: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/intentional-movement/

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  40. Anne – a brilliant and fun theme – and a real challenge. I had lots of fun doing it, and your instructions and pictures were a great help! Loved your first and last one best maybe, but was so inspired by your trellis photo!

    Here we go! Thank you again for this inspiring challenge.

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  44. What a beautiful collection, Anne! 😍 Each picture is a piece of art. I am amazed by these results! They make me want more and I will surely experiment further in the future. -Thank you for this inspirational challenge and the very helpful tips! As I so desperately wanted to contribute my first (very poor;)) attempts with a smartphone from last year follow. More explained in the post itself:

    https://beingamazedcom.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/%f0%9f%93%b8-enhanced-magic-icm-in-trial/

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