Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >