<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I watched discretely for a few moments as this Sydney street performer performed his own personal ritual as he made his immediate surrounds, now vacated by peers and spectators, his own space as he prepared his show. The expressions he wore during this private time were varied but when he looked … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The QVB building on George Street is a place I have wanted to capture images of since the first time I wandered through it many years ago. For some reason it has taken me all this time. Finally I made it a priority even if a little late in the day … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" A photo walk in and around Seaforth led me inexorably down to the waterline. Here on Fisher Bay Walk I was treated to one of the many Sydney suburban waterfront views with yachts, powerboats, recreational fishers and multimillion dollar residences with views to dream about. I really do like the fusion … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" While meandering along Marine Parade just south of Manly Beach I noticed a small group of people with iPhones up in the air and aimed into the bushes. I watched for a while from a distance until the subject of their enthusiasm, an Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama leseuerii), became obvious. One … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Waiting for trains is not something that has to be a drag, especially when armed with a camera. Recent Sydney arrivals await the the next train to Sydney. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 707, Train Transit’ 2s f/10 ISO640 15mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Perhaps this play on the word ‘atonement’ is not so obvious but I chose it for two reasons, the spiritual beauty of the circle and the seeking of a perfect balance of tone across its hemisphere. Ordinarily this lamp would do nothing more than light the space it occupies and hardly … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I wonder if these bars on an old Port Adelaide building were meant to keep people out or to keep something else in. Perhaps neither. The owner may just have liked iron bars. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 705, Iron Bars’ 0.3s f/16 ISO100 15mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The expression ‘fruit of the sea’ is usually a term used for the animals of the ocean such fishes, crustaceans and molluscs. There are in fact ‘real’ fruits of the ocean and the sea grass meadows of the coastal shallows are one place you can find them. The predominant seagrass of … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The greater Adelaide area has been blessed with amazing sunsets these last few days which has got me to thinking about how they happen. When there are local high clouds and hundreds of kilometers of clear dry air off into the direction of the sunset magic happens. The light from the … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There is something post apocalyptic about his image. The dead rubble, the grey gloom, the line of steel posts running off into nothing and a lone cowfish missing most of her tail. This poor girl is a female ‘Shaw’s Cowfish’, Arcana aurita, and when I cam across her she was tucked … Read more