<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" In the past I had described photographing hermit crabs as ‘low hanging fruit’ but this guy was not so easy. Clarrie’s Hermit Crab (Pagurixus handrecki) here under Rapid Bay Jetty is tiny, about the size of my little fingernail and was marching furiously around the top of its own private little … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Everywhere I looked I saw taps and taps and more taps. It was not the mirrors that made this bathroom extend on forever in all directions. It was all those taps. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Infinity Bathroom’, 0.3s f/18 ISO200 15mm
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" It’s like playing dare with the ocean. I watch for a while. Some surges rush by, water pushing and swirling past ankles and splashing my knees. Other incoming waves stack up full of pent-up fury before consuming themselves in the retreating backwash and leaving the sand wet and bare. I place … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" The realm of art that exists somewhere between makeup and costume called body painting is obvious when walking through the Garden of Unearthly Delights. Body painting has long been a part of people and ceremony but now more than ever we do it just for the fun of it and the … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" He’s not just a pretty face with pursed lips and interesting piercings but courageous as well. Moments earlier those pursed lips held a single long stemmed flower. A moment after that the flower was struck from its tenuous grip by the supersonic crack of a stockman’s whip. Oh she was good … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Penny is really ‘out there’. She’s been working hard in Penneys Stores Galway for some time now and she is beginning to get noticed. At first customers did not see her or if they noticed something at all it was some vague form underneath the latest impossible to wear fashion offering. … Read more
<a href="/serendipity/" title="Robert's Ramblings" Mo’s cool. He’s been hanging around Hindley Street for a few years now so he almost seems part of the furniture. When I first met Mo he caught me completely by surprise. Not his fault though as I should really have been looking where I was going. Being the gentleman he … Read more
Fifteen minutes after sunset the colour in the west reddened and deepened becoming more and more intense. Despite the richness of colour on the horizon there was not enough light to remove the stormy gloom making he sky all the more surreal. … and then she ran out into the surf chasing the last of … Read more
When I was presented with the wine list I knew we were somewhere special. I grew up in the picturesque German heritage town of Tanunda in the Barossa Valley, a region of vineyards, wineries and winemakers. As a child the idea of an Asian restaurant anywhere in the Barossa would have skirted the realm of … Read more
What colour is water anyway when it is supposed to be colourless. Yet we talk about the deep blue ocean, or sea green, or a golden pond at sunset or dawn. Water reflects and refracts and absorbs and distorts and yet colours our world without any colour at all. Actually this image really isn’t about … Read more