<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Can you imagine just hooking your backside over that rail and going for a mega-slide? I do, … every time! Anywhere I find steeps steps with handrails, escalators or some interesting architectural object even resembling a banister rail my heart-rate goes up a notch and my desire becomes non-conformist. The reality … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The marine life under Rapid Bay jetty seems to be getting better and better over the last few years after the hit it took when the new jetty was built. The fish life is abundant and the sea-grass beds a re looking better than ever. What does seem to be taking … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" It took a while and there have been a few fits and starts but it looks like summer has finally settled in. A gorgeous side effect of this summer’s reluctance are the beautiful golden sunsets. I captured this family at my local Henley Beach as they enjoyed this golden summer evening. … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Have you ever grabbed so much from the lolly jar that your fistful of sweet treasure was too big to get your hand back out! Well perhaps if it was an attempted snatch and run you may have tried it … when you were six! As adults we know better to … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" As we worked at pulling up melted pipework, cutting back damaged bushes, felling burned trees and removing damaged fencing I happened upon this wheelbarrow. I can imaging how this once bright blue plastic wheelbarrow carried cuttings or garden mulch or assisted in any number of garden tasks. Today it lies in … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Still exploring this scarred landscape and trying to make sense of what burned and what did not. Tomorrow we will help put restoration in motion. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Burnt Out Creek, 1/80s f/8 ISO640 17mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I am still not sure what I think about the ‘Gold Class’ cinema experience. The idea of having a late supper and sipping wine while lounging under the 2D gaze of Matthew McConaughey or Cate Blanchett seems disrespectful towards the actors as much as the other cinema guests. I’m sure I … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" You almost never hear of people on the beach getting angry when a guy or girl sets up a camera in front of them. I do however see the analogy to a surfer dropping in on your perfect set. Sunsets are a little like that perfect set. There may only be … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Lurking in the garden is a beautiful creature who spins her web every night to rid us of those pesky mosquitoes. The Garden Orb Weaver is actually a collected name for several species of spiders with similar body shape and behavior. Yes she is beautiful but only from a distance as … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I am not sure what these spikey things found washed along our local shore are or where they come from. They do however remind me of the tumbleweeds from old western movies only spikier. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Beach Tumbleweed, 1s f/22 ISO100 15mm