Robert's Ramblings

Why is it that as much as we proclaim how much beauty lies in the eyes, how they are the window to our souls we make it a statement of fashion to hide them behind the tinted widows of sun glasses.

For the smart people we are, I sometimes find myself questioning our Eye Q!


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Eye Q', 3.2s f/18 ISO100 17mm

The Alpine chough is most probably the moutaineering star of the bird kingdom and noted for having the highest altitude nests of any other bird species.

Here in the deep Austrian alps and high above the Pasterze glacier these bird race through the air with the speed and precision of ,well Alpine choughs I guess!!

Being almost impossible to photograph in flight we simply watched their swift and acrobatic manoeuvres as they soared in the updraughts. Just stunning.

Alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus).

Photo: Robert Rath, 'Alpine Chough', 1/1000s f/3.5 ISO320 200mm

They could have fallen from the sky and become embedded in the faux granite floor. They feel like they have hit with a great force and come to a sudden, abrupt and perfectly frozen repose.

... never to move again.


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Four Frozen Balls', 6s f/18 ISO100 17mm