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Aquamarine Dream

In my meanderings with intentional camera movement images (ICMs) a while back I came across a photographer who was mentioned by several people as being one of the denizens of the genre. He specialised in post-processing his work to achieve the result he wanted. That struck me as unusual (and from my perspective, welcome) as most ICM photographers tend to err on the side of doing everything in camera and as little as possible in post. This struck a chord with me as my personal approach tends to view the initial capture as just the first step in the creative adventure.

But I was sceptical. I’d heard that he mainly used Nik Analog Efex for his work, and normally I wouldn’t think of going there as my chosen playground for ICMs. I’ve used Analog Efex a fair bit for other things but, for ICMs, I naturally go to Color Efex for playtime.

But it’s Sunday and sliders beckoned so I thought I’d give it a try…

Woah! How interesting! Fascinating, in fact. (though you’ll readily appreciate that I find lots of things fascinating ;) ). Ooooh. I can feel myself definitely having a lot of fun with it in the future. It has a useful selection of unique tools that can create abstracty, impressionisticy, minimalist ‘art’ which often is the kind of stuff I enjoy.

This is based on a (rather boring) ICM image of the Greek mainland taken early this month from a deserted beach that is not easily accessible by car on the north of the island of Skiathos. It’s a straightforward (actually a bit of a wavy movement ;) ) horizontal swipe ICM. See the link to the original in the first comment.

I then tinkered with it. After processing in Capture One to make it nice and smoothe I took it into Affinity and duplicate the image layer. I then blended the top layer with Linear Light blend mode, mainly because I liked the colours. To add a bit more interest and variety (I did say it was boring, remember?) I increased the size of the top image copy to draw colour through the image.

Then into Nik Analog Efex for a bit of play. The result had rotational and zoom blur, a vignette, a subtle blue-green film effect layer, a rectangular vignette and some added grain.

I also added a light scratches texture layer, mainly because I dared myself to. Normally I don’t like doing that. What do you think about the scratched look. I’d be interested in your view on the image and its scratches.

The name of the photographer who inspired me, by the way, is Andy Gray (andrewsgray.photography/ ).

Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100x and Sliders Sunday :)

Taken on: May 7, 2023

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Camera: Nikon Z 6, f/8.0, 0.5 sec, 58mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 6
Lens:	Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.5
Focal Length:	58mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Capture One 23 Windows
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