puttin' on the Ritz

Flickr's blog today featured "Blurred" shots, several of which were quite extraordinary. Digging into them led me to discussions about a technique called ICM (intentional camera movement). I've never really thought of it as a technique, but I've played around that kind of thing before, particularly with neon or other bright lights at night.

 

I took this particular shot of the sign for the historic Ritz theater in Austin, TX, earlier this year while in town for South by Southwest. I liked the effect at the time, but didn't think much more about it until now. I cropped the shot into a square format, did a little darkening of the blacks, and boosted the color vibrancy a bit. (Kind of cool how you can see the windows of the building in the lower left corner of the image.) Would love to know folks' thoughts about the image and whether it's a good example of the technique (albeit an unintentional one).

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