[Leica] Uluru 2

[Marty Deveney]

The Field of Light closes on 31 October and be dismantled after that.

Marty



On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 4:25 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Jim N, Ken, Howard R, Howard C, Philippe, Ric Alan
>
> Thanks for looking.
> I wrongly wrote the display name as "Field of Dreams", it should correctly
> be "Field of Light"! It was correctly written in the LUG Gallery, though. I
> believe that the Field of Light will de dismantled sometime this year.
> I plan to print them on canvas to see how they look.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 8:54 PM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > What glorious fun your experiment is!! Love the results and your
> > enhanced-through-interaction appreciation of the art.
> >
> > agree on IBIS which I really appreciate on telephoto
> >
> > ric
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 2, 2020, at 7:56 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> > lug at leica-users.org> 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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