Entries by Robert

Today we enjoyed a leisurely coffee at one of our favorite beach side cafes. The beach was buzzing with surf lifesaving competitions, with swimmers and sun-bathers and all manner of people enjoying the sand, the sunshine and the fresh ocean breeze. As we watched the world go by we became enthralled by an amazing show of shifting, roiling, exploding cumulonimbus storm clouds all around us.

I started taking shots of the dramatic and unfolding shapes above and soon realised the although the best detail could be seen in the clouds almost looking into the sun the camera lens was badly fraught with sun flare. Then the sun ducked behind some clouds for a moment and I captured this image as it was just about to re-emerge.

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Day 28 - Cloudburst'. 1/8000 sec at 70mm f/4.0, ISO 100

What to take a photo of on our Australia day holiday?

I thought of some sort of protest image, perhaps the Aboriginal flag flying juxtaposed by some western invasion icon. Perhaps one of our native critters taken from an angle no one has ever seen before. Perhaps instead I'll just kick back and take a break today.

With that I took another sip from my beer, pointed the camera at Steve's handiwork on the barbecue took a few shots and settle back to a lazy afternoon with friends.

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Food Forge'. 1/250 sec at 200mm f/4.0, ISO 1000

I think a lot of us would relate given a moment's reflection.

Photography is a great medium to play in because you can never tell where a person will be taken when they look at an image. The longer you can get a person to look at an image, through surprise, curiosity or any other emotion the more opportunity they have to be taken away somewhere.

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Forgotten Friend'. 1/2000 sec at 200mm f/2.8, ISO 400

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Hide and Seek'. 1/200 sec at 200mm f/4.0, ISO 400

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Mower Fodder'. 1/3200 sec at 200mm f/2.8, ISO 400

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Last Train Long Gone', Murrayville VIC. 1/2500 sec at 105mm f/3.5, ISO 200

There seemed to be a correlation between the many ravens along the Mount Kosciuszko trails and the movement of walkers. As scavengers it would seem reasonable to assume they do pick up the odd morsel here and there.

In Australia we have five species of the family Corvus, two crows and three ravens. I am reasonably sure this is the 'Little Raven', Corvus mellori.

This beautiful image of the strong downward thrust during flight highlights the airfoil structure in the wings while the upturned tips hint at the intensity of the beat as the raven flies close to the ground.

Photo: Robert Rath, 'In Flight', Kosciuszko National Park. 1/2500 sec at 200mm f/8.0, ISO 500

Photo: Robert Rath, 'On Top of Australia, Mount Kosciuszko. 1/2500 sec at 15mm(FE) f/8.0, ISO 500

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Pristine Pebbles', Pappinbarra River, Hollisdale NSW. 1/160 sec at 15mm(FE) f/11, ISO 400

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Easy Being Green', Near River Farm, Hollisdale. 1/4 sec at 170mm f/2.8, ISO 800 + Flash

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Garlic', Near River Farm, Hollisdale. 1/30 sec at 80mm f/2.8, ISO 1600

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Flow Motion', Pappinbarra River, Hollisdale. 1/4 sec at 15mm(FE) f/22, ISO 50

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Vibration'. 1/50 sec at 200mm f/2.8, ISO 1000

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Unsacred Geometry', Gold Coast QLD. 1/500 sec at 100mm f/10, ISO 400

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Just Resting', Broken Hill public cemetery, Broken Hill NSW. 1/4000 sec at 70mm f/2.8, ISO 100