Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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