Anne challenges us this week with one of my all-time ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) techniques……Zooming. It’s fun, challenging and the results can be quite spectacular. You can learn more about the specific technique in Anne’s post.
It’s been a while since I played around with zooming, so when Anne’s challenge came out, I took the opportunity to take some new images. It took me a couple of shots to get the hang of it again, but I really like how these Lilypad images turned out.
In the first image below, I like how a single leaf is in focus and the rest of the leaves show increasing movement from there.
Creatively cropping your images can also give you some added depth and movement. The image below reminds me of a kaleidoscope.
There are so many fun things you can do when editing your zooming images. In the photo below, I applied the “Orton Effect” and also added a little more blur. I like the brighter, dreamy look to the image on the right.
For my last image, I have cropped it a little differently and applied a “watercolor” texture. I feel like I’m in the middle of a wheat filed with the one on the right.
Thank you, Anne for the reminder of this fun technique. I can’t wait to keep applying it to other photos.
Ritva leads next week so be sure you’re subscribed to her site The World as I See It when she posts the challenge Saturday, noon EST.
Until next time,
~donna
Donna Robinson Photography 
DR, what a beautiful dive back into zooming! Those lilypad shots sound like a dreamy dance between focus and flow. 🌿✨
Love how you’re blending techniques—Orton Effect, watercolor—turning photos into poetry.
Philo
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Thank you, Phil! I’m glad you enjoyed my images.
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You are welcome, my friend.
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Donna, these are beautiful! I love the one with the single leaf in focus.
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Thanks so much, Anne! I had so much fun getting back into zooming! Careful with that Orton effect….it can be a little addicting at times📸😎
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Absolutely terrific Donna! I liked that you took the time to go out and take new pictures. I’ve also learned about the Orton effect. Yes, I had to Google it. Now I have to learn how to do it in Lightroom.
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Donna, these are really lovely the vibrancy of the colors, the second one my favorite. I also enjoyed the edit you did with the images
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Thank you Ritva. I had forgotten how much fun zooming could be!
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