<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Tonight we were just about to settle in for a home movie night. The carafe was filled, the wine poured, and the room glowed with the colours of the screen. As I sat there I watched the light shift and dance as it reflected from the carafe and wine glasses. At … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Nearly a year ago I met the amazing marine scientist Ashley Miskelly on a dive trip to the outer parts of the Great Barrier Reef. He changed forever my perspective of the word ‘urchin’. By the end of that trip he had us all ignoring the stunning corals, the beautiful tropical … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I love the way water sparkles. Capturing an image of sparkling water full of dazzling specular highlights is not as simple as pointing the camera at it! This will almost never capture the feel because, well a captured image does no sparkle! So to make that sparkle look good I needed … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There is an old cemetery up Mount Crawford way. I had driven past it many times without actually seeing it. Funny how often we do not see things we have looked at over and over again. I’d even seen cars parked there. Even wondered why they were parked there and still … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" One of the great things about writing to my images is learning about the things I capture. Maybe I have seen this species of bird before but I certainly could not have been sure let alone describe it. Now I can say with reasonable confidence, it is a White-faced Heron, Egretta … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Have I captured too many sunsets? Somehow I don’t think that is possible as every single one of them is unique. In some ways the really good ones are like putting a bet on a race. If the sky is clear the odds against are really low with almost certainty that … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Tom Ward would have to be one of the most amazing classical guitarists I have ever had the pleasure to listen to live. Creating low light street images is a real challenge. Take a street performer who is constantly moving and the idea of a crisp sharp image is almost all … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I love exploring tunnels. I have always been fascinated by tunnels. It does not matter if they are man made concrete stormwater drains, underwater limestone swim-throughs, overhanging leafy streets or scrubby tracks through the bush. A tunnel to me has a comforting feeling of safe passage about it with the delightful … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There are quite a few pubs around Adelaide with rather strange animal names. Names which include dogs and ducks, bears and bulls, rats and parrots as well as foxes, lions and slugs! Yes, we even have a pub called The Slug ‘N’ Lettuce. It kind of makes you wonder what all … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Or is that going down? How appropriate given the ups and downs and hopefully back ups of a day full of server issues! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 467, Going Up’ 1/4s f/9.0 ISO160 15mm