On one of those crisp winter mornings, when the cold still lingers in the air, I was fortunate enough to find a soft veil of mist drifting quietly across the fields. The familiar serviceberry tree slowly revealed itself, gently separating from the birch forest behind it. While I stood there, absorbed in the scene, the sun began to break through the clouds, adding a subtle glow to the muted winter tones. I first made a more conventional photograph, an image that already felt complete and satisfying in its stillness. Yet the atmosphere invited more exploration.

Drawn by the mood of the moment, I transitioned to ICM. From this composition, I created a single ICM image with a shutter speed of two seconds. During the exposure, I kept the camera perfectly still at first, allowing the form of the tree to settle, before introducing a slow, gentle movement. This deliberate motion transformed the scene into something softer and more expressive, lending it a painterly, almost impressionistic character, less a record of the landscape, more an interpretation of how it felt to be there.