Robert's Ramblings

Every photographer loves the 'golden hour' for its soft light and golden tones let alone the beauty of the setting or rising sun.

I was hoping for yet another beautiful sunset but the all of the dramatic sky was to the north east so I headed out to the end of Henley Beach Jetty and looked back on a golden coastline.

The way the colours changed over the next 5 minutes was amazing as the tones shifted from deep warm gold through to the cool colours of twilight.


Oh, and the title of this image will probably only make sense if you read my last post titled 'Pixel Trap'. Thank you photons for creating my pixels.


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Them Pixels' 1/200 f/10 ISO320 15mm

Those poor unsuspecting photons never stood a chance as I pointed the trap away from the golden sunset.

For thousands of years those photons had been bouncing their way from the heart of the sun towards its surface and finally they thought they were free from that fiery womb.

For the last nine minutes of their existence they screamed though time and space, laughing at me and my odd contraption as they sped on by. But I was ready for what would happen next.

As the beach and buildings of Henley Beach basked in that golden onslaught those photons reflected right back at me to finally be caught in my cunning pixel trap.

Those poor unsuspecting photons don't exist anymore. They gave their lives to create this image.


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Pixel Trap' 1/320s f/4 ISO320 75mm