[Leica] Uluru

[Jim Nichols]

This is a wonderful set, Jayanand.  And congratulations on completing 
your journey to all seven continents.

On 1/29/20 9:56 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG 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
>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA