<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The altar window at St Bartholomew’s Anglican church in Norwood is both exquisitely beautiful and a fitting image for today. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 456, Easter Sunday’ 1/4s f/11 ISO160 40mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" It’s beautiful, surreal and kind of foreboding to see the moon circled in that ethereal glow. This is how the moon rose this evening over Holdfast Shores in Glenelg. The ring of light you see is caused by the moon’s light passing through ice crystals high in Earth’s atmosphere. The light … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I love the vibe of a busy bar, a busy kitchen, a busy restaurant or a busy yiros joint. Unfortunately I did not take note of the name of this place down the east end of Rundle Street but it seems pretty new and buzzing. I might just try one of … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" While waiting for my daughter yesterday I was limited in how far I could go away from a designated place. I often hear of people getting into the photography equivalent of writer’s-block, especially anyone involved in any kind of ‘photo-a-day’ project. One suggestion I recently heard was to impose constraints on … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I have heard it said that images of cats and dogs are the low hanging fruit of photography. Okay for family or Facebook but a sure way to kill a portfolio collection. On the other hand images of wild creatures lurking in the undergrowth, captured with stealth and guile are to … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The Coorong is a unique almost landlocked strip of saltwater lakes which run for more than 130km down South Australia’s south east coastline separated from the Great Southern Ocean by one long strip of sand dune beach. We we were just passing at the time when I decided to detour down … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" While out on one of the dry lakes at the bottom of the Coorong National Park I wanted capture the expanse of white which went for on for kilometers. Thinking about the image I wanted to create presented a dilemma. The light was bad, the harshest of light in the middle … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Ever wondered why you see the rays of light emanating from bright lights in photographs. You never see them with your eyes so they can’t really be there. I think we have become so used to seeing these rays in photos that an image without them would seem plain wrong. A … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The fish-eye lens is peculiar creation. Some people love the wildly distorted images they create, other hate them. I originally purchased this lens for underwater photography where its name and its application have a wonderfully ironic link. Over time I have however come to love using it for all sorts of … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Late in the day with a grey overcast sky the view through the leaves is much more striking than either clear blue nothing or blotchy cloud. I was very tempted to make this image black and white. It actually looked very good in mono but then I considered how mono could … Read more