<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" This is now the third time I have seen this pair of hands at work. David Mazzarelli normally wields a pair of drumsticks when performing with Cosmo Thundercat but the sound is in just as safe a pair of hands when he’s backing other artists. Dave played for an hour on … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Alison Coppe can sing, boy can she sing … Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Boy Can She Sing’ 1/30s f/2.8 ISO2500 200mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Jonathan Heath takes control of the sound at ‘Venue 63’ at last night’s live Radio Adelaide show, ‘The Wide Open Road’. Sound guys are often the unsung heroes of any live event. Tucked away in some dark place, out of sight and out of mind except to other artists or purveyors … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" A friend asked if I could photograph bottles, I said I’d never tried but would have a go. What I discovered is that it is not easy to get a really good high-key isolated image. I’ll definitely need more practice but here’s a first offering. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Irish’ 1/200s f/16 … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" I watched the dappled gold light of sunset on the choppy water for some time wondering how I could capture the feel and texture there. With shutter too fast I got a frozen ice look, too slow and it was a mushy blur. With aperture too wide there was no depth … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Out beyond a watery horizon two container ships make a silhouette against the almost sunset. It seems they have half sunk but their massive hulls are hidden behind ocean and the curvature of the Earth. I was hoping for a the sun to backdrop these ships outward bound. Not to disappoint … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" What better way to acknowledge the winter solstice with a kind-of self portrait under the auspicious light of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is directly beneath the Moon while Venus is the same distance below again and a little to the left. Day by day Venus and Jupiter are getting … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Moody skies descend on old and new Jetties on the pebble strewn coastline of Rapid Bay. A few hardy fishermen braving a wintery day, a far cry from the summer hordes. Looking forward to coming back soon. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘In The Mood’ 1/200s f/11 ISO100 17mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" In Leigh Street there is a building with windows covered in these strange tubular cylinders like some crystalline lattice suspended in a void. Step back a little and this strange feature transforms into a gracious old stone building; the State Records Building of South Australia. I just like the tubes. Photo: … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Such a strange name for a strange creature; Goniocidaris tubaria. Actually this odd looking ball of spikey arms is one of our local sea urchins. There really is nothing typical about the appearance of a sea urchin. They all have a hard body called a ‘last’ but the ‘last’ is an … Read more