The birds however look out of place, too calm, too gentle and I am brought back to the Earth’s oceans again. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 836, Lava Birds’, 1/200s f11 ISO1000 400mm
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Month: April 2014
Day 835, Birkenhead Bridge
I have always been fascinated by Port Adelaide’s Birkenhead Bridge. The idea that a bridge can decide to not be a bridge anymore, open up to let tall ships through and then transform back into a bridge again seemed to me to be a marvel of engineering. To be fair I was only a child […]
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Day 834, Mystery Merwoman
Who is this mysterious merwoman who adorns ‘The One And All’ as her figurehead? I have search high and low for her name but alas I am left none the wiser. In all the texts I have found she is simply referred to as ‘the figurehead’. I even found one reference to the artist who […]
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Day 833, DragonSpell
Even in the murkiest of conditions the spell of the Leafy Sea Dragon completely dissipates the gloom leaving us to marvel in wonder. All the effort, the preparation of the gear, the long drive, the poor visibility, the current and the strong surge seem just a distant memory down here. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 833, […]
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Day 832, Dives With Sponges
Most of my environmental portraits have a connection with the ocean and the experience of being immersed in something we love to do; dive! I jokingly named this diver ‘Dives With Sponges’ after an old Kevin Costner movie but his real name is Herbert, a German friend come to Adelaide and Rapid Bay specifically to […]
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