<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I was recently reading an article on photographing clouds as backdrops for compositing. I do not do composites from different times and places so I only half paid it any attention. For me if I am going to photograph clouds it is because I see something extraordinary. Fortunately, and with the … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I had thought that they had banned ‘jetty jumping’ down at the bay. I won’t get into the pros and cons of government protecting us from ourselves but I will say some rules just need to be broken. There is something so playful and so representing of summer about jetty jumping. … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" When going on a photo walk there is always a sense of discovering the unexpected. Generally there is plenty of time to observe, visualize and then capture each image but there are also the unexpected surprises when suddenly a moment is there and gone. This chance image of a young child … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I can’t say for sure why this scene caught my eye. The serious sign, the opaque glass, the tantalising glimpse of secrets beyond, the simple lines all combine in a fascinating way. Those familiar with international travel in Adelaide airport may have even noticed this too. I can say however I … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I never tire of these beautiful, mystical creatures. With my recent increased level of diving Rapid Bay I have become familiar with a pair of Leafy Seadragons, one with eggs and I assume the other its female partner. Conditions for photography over the last few weeks have been really bad with … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The first time I crawled through the fence to take some images here I found the owner of the property back at my car ready to give me a deserved dressing down for trespassing. At first I got defensive and tried to justify myself and then allowed myself to imagine what … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I used to hate blurred photos but isn’t that how you would see the world if you were short sighted? Well yes but no actually. When a myopic person sees a blurred landscape there is no real distinction where one object becomes the next. Our brains try and put the image … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The beautiful fan worm Sabellastarte australiensis is both gorgeous to watch as well as fun to play with. That peacock-like fan is actually the feeding tentacles of a non descript looking worm that lives in a mud tube. If you have not already spooked it you get the chance to photograph … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Over the last few weeks I have been following the progress of a brooding Tasseled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) with a clutch of eggs. During this time I became concerned that they did not look healthy and now I am pretty sure none will be viable. During my dives however I was … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" This image is unashamedly something akin to a scene from ‘the animated ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’. The Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity is a long way from Paris and maybe some might call the HDR rendering a blasphemy but I really wanted to try something different. With its almost animated … Read more