[Leica] Uluru 2

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Douglas,
Thanks for looking
We lucked out! Sydney has a harbour with views only rivaling Hong Kong at
night, in my view
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 8:40 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Some great shots, Jayanand. You certainly bagged an apartment with a
> great view in Sydney.
> Douglas
>
>
> On 02/02/2020 12:56, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > The second installment of Uluru photographs comes from a gigantic art
> > installation called the Field of Dreams, which is acres of open land
> > densely packed with LED bulbs of various colours. It switched on at dusk,
> > and switched off at dawn. Unfortunately, no tripods are allowed into the
> > area, or in the viewing galleries. Because of this, and the fact that
> > descending darkness forced high exposure times, I decided to experiment
> by
> > moving the camera around during exposure. I am a fan of the Abstract
> > Expressionist school of painting, and this method, to me, seemed to
> > duplicate the spontaneity in creation that the group believed in.
> >
> > Before I start, another point. I had always believed that IBIS would not
> be
> > of much use to me. I was totally wrong. The IBIS on the Nikon Z7 is akin
> to
> > magic. Here are three examples, all hand held:
> >
> > 1/6s @ f4 at 70mm:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/sydney/Australia-20200114-571.jpg.html
> >
> > 1/2s @ f4 at 70mm:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-753.jpg.html
> >
> > 0.8s @ f4 at 24mm:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-766.jpg.html
> >
> > Back to the Field of Dreams. This is what the field looked like when we
> > reached there, with Uluru looming in the background:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-682.jpg.html
> >
> > While we waited for dusk, imbibing bubbly and canapes, a waitress moved
> > across - also taken at 1/6s:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-709.jpg.html
> >
> > As dusk fell the lights were switched on, and this is the straight shot:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-723.jpg.html
> >
> > As it got darker, I started experimenting, moving my camera in various
> > directions, laterally and in circular motion, as well as zooming in and
> out
> > during exposure, trying to get pure colour abstractions. I am ambivalent
> > about the results, but these are some I liked:
> >
> > Tunnel:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-763b.jpg.html
> >
> > Zoom 1:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-729.jpg.html
> >
> > Zoom 2:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-728.jpg.html
> >
> > Lateral 1:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-725b.jpg.html
> >
> > Lateral 2:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-737b.jpg.html
> >
> > Antenna 1:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-738b.jpg.html
> >
> > Antenna 2:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-746.jpg.html
> >
> > Wave 1:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-748b.jpg.html
> >
> > Wave 2:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/auatralia/uluru/Australia-20200116-749b.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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