[Leica] Uluru

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

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
> >
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