The table lamp was way to bright so we placed it on the window sill in the ‘Sweety’ bar overlooking Gouger Street. When the tea arrived I just loved how the light shining through the pot separated and refracted according to the shape making it look like two separate layers. I placed my camera on […]
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Even domestic jobs have their photo opportunities. While working on a blocked drain I thought about the interesting patterns the swirling water created so I set up my camera peering down the drain and continued my work. When the blockage finally cleared I captured this image as the dirty brown water disappeared. Photo: Robert Rath, […]
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There I was minding my own business when I just happened to look up. The owls in their night time monochrome watched down as owls watch, with thoughts such as owls think, with wisdom such as owls have. Thankfully there was no howling. If you get the the chance to visit the The Howling Owl […]
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Is it just me or is there really something fun about driving through tunnels. Especially one where you can’t see the exit. In a sense driving through a tunnel is a leap of faith. You direct the high speed projectile you are encapsulated in towards a little hole in the side of a hill and […]
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Yesterday a friend lent me a closeup attachment for one of my zoom lenses so undertook a few experiments. I wanted to see how a dedicated closeup lens attachment (Canon 500-D ) compared with a simple +2 diopter correction filter. I found the short answers is ‘it depends’. I only tested two lenses, 17-40 and […]
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