<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The year 2012 and my project both come to an end ( and the world did not ) with image number 366. What a fitting tribute, New Year’s eve celebrations over Adelaide, where 365 days prior I was looking up into an Adelaide evening sky taking my first image and where … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There were once three little piggies who were probably very cute. Now that they have grown up it seems that all they want is food and attention, in that order! This image captures the desperation of getting into tubs of rotting strawberries which were about to be served for dinner. After … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" As the moon rose in the Eastern sky and bathed the valley in its ethereal glow I wondered how to capture the feel of the evening. A brief thunderstorm had just drenched the valley but now it was clear again and the moon took pride of place in the North Eastern … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Something really simple and something really beautiful. A piece of drift wood on an ancient watercourse. Something about this image caught my eye. I really do not know if it was the slender young reeds or the textured lines of the old piece of driftwood. Perhaps even the dappled mirror of … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I really like the bokeh of some lenses and this is not one of them! This image was captured using the old Canon 100mm macro. I started out wanting to create some beautiful background bokeh but wide open this lens still shows impingement of the blades. This is especially noticeable in … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Another failed image, I turn around and something unexpected happens! This evening I tried to capture the moonrise on the eastern horizon but it was a dismal failure. The moon came up in the right place and right on cue but it was so dim as to be almost indistinguishable from … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Such a contrast to my ‘Nativity’ image but every much as Christmas in the culture I live in. I am not going to debate the moral dilemma of Christmas feasts and festive excess, just photograph it. Curiously this image is personally significant for an altogether different reason. It marks the anniversary … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There is a story about the pieces in this nativity scene that I’d love to tell but I can’t because I just don’t know. I do know that they come from Malawi and were a gift to or from a Jesuit priest which were then given to his niece. Perhaps someone … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" This time I was not able to jump the fence and ask for permission later. The guard, a very pleasant man named Graham, was never going to let that happen. The Adelaide City Council puts up this Christmas Tree in Victoria Square every Christmas. This year I thought a really cool … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" For those familiar with the Myer Centre here in Adelaide, the next time you are there, look up! As part of an exploration of photographing retail spaces as discreetly as possible I have used the old trick of leaving the camera on the floor for the shot It is amazing how … Read more