How often have you sat on a beach gazing out into the ocean. Perhaps counting the waves in sets, perhaps looking for a breaking fin beyond the break, perhaps watching surfers shred it all to pieces. Now try turning it all upside down and imagine gazing on those waves from a completely different world. Better […]
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Waiting for Summer
The days are getting longer now and the sun setting a little later which means more time in the evening to get down to the beach. There are more people out walking, more people out running and more people just hanging around on the jetty enjoying the evening. Even though winter is not quite over […]
Read MoreMy Mussels
The way this teddybear star (Anthenea australiae) has latched onto that bed of mussels has a kind of possession quality. It’s as if she’s saying ‘Hands off,… My mussels!’ No sooner had I uttered that phrase and I was whisked away into a Sydney dentists office and to his the characters in his marine aquarium. […]
Read MoreFire Light
As the sun dipped below the horizon it kindled a fiery twilight. Orange and red embers flicker in the clouds, birds took flight and for a short while the world was bathed in firelight. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Fire Light’ 1/5000s f/2.8 ISO320 95mm
Read MoreNobody Saw Him Leave
Perception of the world is so intimately bound with time that things that happen outside of normal time perception go unseen, unnoticed. For thing that happen slowly like trees growing in the garden or large constructions sites this is obvious. What happens though when perception of time is slowed down? As time slows people going […]
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