Robert's Ramblings

This image was an attempt to combine the feel of a lonely windswept beach with the glitz of the Holdfast Shores nightlife.

It is a single 10 minute long exposure followed with 10 minutes of noise cancellation. I used a small aperture in order to get a useful depth of field with a telephoto capture from well to the north of Holdfast Shores.


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 280 - Staring South'. 603s f/20 ISO100 70mm

These gritty arches alongside the Torrens River support the King William Street Bridge, an old Adelaide icon.

I seems I am becoming addicted to extremes! I love wide angle and I love telephoto/macro. Perhaps I need to just put on a 50mm prime and spend some time reacquainting myself with normal everyday perspectives again?

Actually I really do think that wide and ultra wide angle images more than any other style bring us the most authentic experience of being there in the place the image was captured. Our eyes might officially have the equivalent of a 50mm lens but our brains are continually stitching together in real time the giant panorama we experience when we look around us and reassigning our sense of perspective based on the things we notice.


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Day 279, Gritty Arches'. 1/8s f/16 ISO320 17mm