Monday, September 24, 2012

Sea & Waves Intentional Camera Motion


Sea & Waves ICM (HSS)
Originally uploaded by Mark1970Vintage
Intentional Camera Motion (ICM) does exactly what the name suggests.

Instead of holding the camera steady to have a sharp image, the camera is deliberately moved during the exposure to distort the image.

This is different to panning the camera to follow a moving object as for ICM the object is usually stationary and so moving the camera creates a blurring or streaking effect depending on the motion and the object.

In this case the object was a stormy sea. The camera was panned during a 1/25 second exposure to give the effect of streaking horizontal lines.

This image was then processed in lightroom to level the horizon, brighten it slightly and then apply a blue/purple duotone.

The outcome is an abstract image that I am planning on printing as a panoramic canvas for display in my bathroom.

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