Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Ric Thanks for looking. The toy is definitely worth buying! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 12:36 AM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > gorgeous compositions! > > ric > > > > > On Jan 29, 2020, at 10:56 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > Neela & I had gone to Australia for a fortnight in January, marking the > > seventh and last continent to visit for me - now I can say that I have > > visited the seven worlds of our planet. In between our sojourns in Sydney > > and Melbourne we spent a day and a bit at Uluru, the vast monolith that > > rises from the scrub deserts of Central Australia. The first set is > > relatively straightforward, but the second, which I will post in a day or > > two, will be more experimental. > > > > To kick off, here is Uluru bathed by the warm rays of the morning sun, a > > few minutes after sunrise, accentuating the red sandstone. Remember, > > January is the height of summer, and even though Uluru is thousands of > > kilometres away from the bushfires, it reaches 40C very early in the day. > > > > All photographs taken with my new toy, a Nikon Z7 with the Nikkor Z > 24-70mm > > f4 S kit lens. The best "kit lens" I have ever used! Together, they > make a > > fairly compact, lightweight combo that can be carried around the whole > day > > without effort - it fitted comfortably in a Billingham Hadley Small with > > space left over for my Ipad Mini, mobile phone, dark glasses, reading > > glasses and a small bottle of water. The perfect travel combo, IMHO. : > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-837.jpg.html > > > > A couple of shots of the twisted trees that grow around the base of the > > monolith: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-842.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-843.jpg.html > > > > One of the few permanent sources of water around Uluru is the Mutitjulu > > Waterhole, and the next few shots are from there. Because of the water, > > this location has been inhabited for 7000+ years, and there is cave art > to > > be seen in the overhangs there, so we start with that, and go on to > > shadows, abstracts and details of the surrounding area: > > > > Cave Painting: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-859.jpg.html > > > > Shadows: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-875.jpg.html > > > > Shadows and Light: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-876.jpg.html > > > > Abstract: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-880.jpg.html > > > > Slope: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-848.jpg.html > > > > Hole in the Wall: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-890.jpg.html > > > > To end this set, three photographs of Uluru and its sister outcrop, Kata > > Tjuta, from the air, taken during a sunset helicopter ride which we took > to > > get another perspective of the area. As the sun went down, the colours > > changed fast: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-921.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-955.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200117-987.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >