Month: March 2012

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 71 – Tanunda Show Clowns’. 1/800 sec at 200mm f/2.8, ISO 200

Sometime we have no real feel for just how quickly our visual landscape moves; an issue that is quickly corrected when taking photographs. Reflections on moving water are the translation of tiny movements into hugely magnified ones. 5mm of ripple can move a tall city building 50m sideways in an instant and this in turn … Read more

At first look there is nothing special about this image but the story behind why I took it is quite interesting. The task was determine which combination made a better image. Either 1000mm using a 500mm F8.0 mirror lens in combination 2x converter or 400mm using a 200mm F2.8 prime in combination with the same … Read more

How strange to ponder the shadow cast not by the brilliant sun but the sombre moon. Owen Broughton’s Sundial scupture has become the Adelaide Festival Centre Plaza Moondial but would it tell time through the night as by day? If you would like to read some more about this beautiful sundial please visit http://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/sights/sun-dial/. I … Read more

It was not the most pleasant of evenings by recent examples but we simply needed to get out of the house. We are so lucky living near the ocean but far enough away to forget just how near. A 12 minute walk is all it took this evening with dog in tow to enjoy the … Read more

When I look around the walls and ceiling of this beautiful Adelaide tearoom I can’t help but be taken back a century or more to times when this kind of grandeur was expected. The lighting was actually darker than depicted in this image but I wanted to really show the detail in the columns , … Read more

What a beautiful day to find ourselves in the vineyards of Inkwell Wines and what a privilege for vigneron Dudley Brown to to part with some of his gorgeous Zinfandel fruit for our own wine making odyssey. The catch, well we had to pick the fruit of course! So armed with tubs, buckets, secateurs and … Read more

There is something magical about freezing a moment in time and then taking the time to experience it. As I sat today watching the swallows dive and drink from the river I though how amazing it would be to capture such a moment. In the low light I struggled with aperture, shutter speed and depth … Read more

I miss the old trams… Photo: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 63 – Shiny New’. 1/50 sec at 24mm f/14.0, ISO 100

There is a wonderful skeleton of scaffolding, steel and concrete which has emerged on the Adelaide skyline at the western end of North Terrace. I say ‘wonderful’ not in any one sense but for many reasons. First and foremost in the context of this image, it looks fascinating! I love the intricate construction of supporting … Read more