<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The sunsets of late have been a little disappointing if you where seeking something extraordinary. It’s evenings like these when I am reminded just how extraordinary the light is this time of day and refocus my ideas for an image, something all too easy to forget when you are desperately seeking … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There are colours in quartz, there are colours from quartz and there are colours through quartz. The colours in quartz come from included and lattice bound elements such as iron, aluminium or phosphorous. The colours from quartz come from optical effects such as refraction and scattering. The colours though quartz come … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" This once functional device had provided years of service pumping water through our air-conditioning system. Despite its corroded state it was still faithfully doing its job, at least until yesterday. Along came a 44 degC day and it finally jammed up and that was then end of our cooling. All my … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" A sandy river valley disappears through the dunes into the distance. Very soon even this landscape will have disappeared completely to be replaced with another. Just because something in nature is beautiful does not necessarily mean it should be preserved. Beach landscapes show this on a daily timescale, continents show this … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Inanimate objects have always carried a fascination for still life photographers. Here however the scene is anything but! With cards flying back and forth. With actors, mimes and sculptor engaged and little plastic tokens moving around, the scene is anything but still. Still life? It’s only ever a snapshot anyway. Photo: … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There is an unsettling mix of opinions about the 26th January, the day we officially call Australia Day. Regardless of perspective it is an important day to remember just how fortunate we are here in Australia to live in such a wonderfully diverse and beautiful part of the planet however it … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The illusion of perspective suggests this jetty ramps gently down to the waterline in the distance. Our common sense knows better. Or does it? If you can tell this is Henley Beach Jetty you’d know there is indeed a gentle ramp down to the waterline after all. If you don’t believe … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I never tire of diving with Leafy Seadragons and here is another simply magic day down at Rapid Bay. Every shade of beautiful refers to more than just the dragon. The gorgeous turquoise blues of the ocean, the emerald greens of the seagrass and the golden yellows of the dragon all … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" There are always little things that go unnoticed that have their own unique beauty. This piece of washed up debris would have gone unnoticed by most people who would have walked on by. Change the perspective however and it becomes a subject all unto itself. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 754, Perspective’ … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" It was a grey day down at Henley Beach with the sunset buried behind an overcast sky. Still there were no shortage of wonderful subjects with Jennifer and Tin Tin ready to take centre stage. Tin Tin is our dog. At nearly 16 years old he is getting on okay having … Read more