<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" While taking photos of the Grange Jetty I played chicken with the surf with an unexpected surprise. As each wave receded back into the ocean I’d follow it down as far as I dared and set up the camera for a long exposure capture. Sometime I got the shot but more … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" On our arrival we settled in to the cosy bar with Jennifer’s oldest and best friend Darina. What did we order, a bottle of Roederer of course! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 567, Roederer’ 1/1250s f/2.8 ISO100 200mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Cold and wet, wild and windy. Waves crash on the shore and sea foam is strewn all over the beach. Grey foamy tumble weed roll along the beach gaining size and momentum as they go. Still dogs and people will not be deterred from their daily winter walk. Photo: Robert Rath, … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Four of us were have a quiet drink at ‘The Rosemont’ when two strange guys invited themselves to our table. There’s a lot more to the story but I’ll simply cut to the pool game that later ensued. At this point in the game there were some delays and some exasperated … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" From spray cans to thermic lances it is amazing the tools out there to make their mark on walls, roads and other durable surfaces. This worker in the middle of the night under the Morphet Street Bridge is handling one heck of blow torch. A moment’s distraction, a little slip and … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The artist’s tools are unmistakable. The duffel bag of cans, paint and roller to prep the surface and sustenance to keep them going all night. I noted with some curiosity the labels which read ‘USE CANS FOR Art NOT FOR VANDALISM’, captures a few image and left the scene. Street artists … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The Marines are a well known historically landmark of our seaside suburb of Grange. Theses terraced houses built in 1882 are one of the few remaining three-storied terrace houses in South Australia designed in the style of English seaside resorts of the late 1800s. These beautiful old homes more than many … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Imagine creepy, scary, monstrous and beautiful all in the same image! We all seem to have a strong relationship with the thought of spiders. For some reason they play on our emotions and evoke reactions like no other creature for most people I know. I remember Shelob in ‘Lord of the … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Not quite street photography, not as edgy as urban exploration and clearly not architectural. city landscape perhaps? This busy intersection as Rundle Mall transitions into Rundle Street is always a fascinating place to stop and watch the interplay between traffic and pedestrians. The ever present light show dancing across the face … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" An Apple a day keeps …. well you know how it goes. The new Apple store in Adelaide is beautiful. The hardware is beautiful and I must confess to a certain envy when I window shop Apple products. I adore the visual design of the new Mac Pro and applaud Apple … Read more