<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Tonight the Moody Blues were doing it ‘Old School’ as that diamond tip sang it’s way along that spiral groove! Just for fun I pulled out the old Technic’s player, grabbed on old piece of black vinyl and stepped back into a world where disks were treated as preciously as newborn … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Every time I’ve seen drops of water on the screen of my phone I’ve wanted to capture the amazing abstract image created. Well tonight I decided to try it. Take one HTC Android smart phone. Open up Facebook. Drop a couple dozen drops of water on the screen. Shoot. The result … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The PopEyes’s have been part of Adelaide’s history since 1935 when Popeye I was built and put into service carrying 20 people up and down the Torrens River. Between 1935 and 1982 there were a total of five Popeyes with Popeye V carrying Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during their … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Most people would not know this place by its traditional name ‘Bakkabakkandi’. Actually its not a traditional name in the normal sense but an Aboriginal name given to the place in recent times. This place is known by it’s more common name, ‘Victoria Park Race Course’. I took this image as … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Yesterday I decided to explore a little more of North Glenelg around the Patawalonga River. There is a small section near the skate park which is teaming with bird life including gulls, cormorants, and pelicans. This time I found a great egret. This is the second great egret I have seen … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" How often we simply do not see things until one day our perspective changes. I drive often down Prospect Road but had never seen this beautiful mural titled “History of Australia” by South Australian artist, Ann Newmarch. So what changed? Yesterday while visiting a friend in Prospect I had to navigate … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" This guy might be hard at work but I bet he is in a little world of his own building the biggest sand castle in the world! It’s not hard to imagine while watching the sand carting in operation innocent days as a child playing in the sand. Days digging holes, … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Imagine lying in the grass staring into the canopy above. The odd thing is that those trunks are not trees at all but the grass itself? Bamboozled yet? Well bamboo is a grass. It just happens to be a very tall fast growing grass that sometimes pretends to be a forest. … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I wonder if there is always light at the end of the tunnel? I captured this image during the Adelaide Kelby Photowalk on Saturday. It was originally going to be a HDR composite combining the challenging dynamics of a dark tunnel with sunlit entrance. As it turned out the composite image … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Paparazzi; what more can I say! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘366 Days of 2012, Day 286 – Paparazzi’. 1/125s f/16 ISO160 200mm