Spending time with my 50mm lens is like learning to see all over again (not that I ever stopped). I think that I had become lazy with zoom lenses, enamored in the impact and drama of extreme wide angle and in many cases was relying on extreme perspective to draw attention to a scene. The … Read more
I’m convinced fireworks are something that need to be seen and not photographed. Last night we were fortunate enough to experience the OzAsia Moon Lantern Festival including the fireworks finale to the evening. I started watching with camera to my side and felt like I was missing some great images so I quickly pulled off … Read more
Four billion years from now our sun might look a little like this except for one striking difference. It will not have those ever changing sunspots that dance across the face of the sun as we see it in the sky today. Well at least you would if you were looking at it through welding … Read more
They could just keep the glassware in the freezer. That would be more efficient, more practical and save time but … It’s all about the ice, about the ice, about the ice. It looks cool (pun intended) in the glass and is part of the ritual of authentic cocktail making. I just wish they did … Read more
The expression ‘on the rocks’ can be good or bad depending on whether you are in a bar or on a boat. In this building there are both and being on the rocks just adds to the effect for both. The recently rebuilt (from the rocks up) Henley Surf Life Saving Club is welcome development … Read more
Out for dinner or my play time with the 50mm lens? I like to think I can always combine the two but enthusiasm has its limits and sometime it’s best to take a quick shot and then put the camera away. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Out For Dinner’, 1/80s f/1.8 ISO640 50mm
It was ugly, imposing and interesting. The clouds where right out of an old Spiderman television cartoon and that ‘not’ yet architecture could be imagined into anything at all. And I did … Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Gotham Constructions’, 1/200s f/1.4 ISO1600 50mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" It’s not everyday you see a Mini parked on the side of a building. Unless of course it’s bolted there and going nowhere. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Going Nowhere’, 1/200s f/1.4 ISO1600 50mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" For all of Winter I have missed Orion in the night sky and until Summer the hunter will remain out of sight for all but the most dedicated night owls. This is image of the hunter is quite special for me and realises, albeit only just, a goal I have had … Read more