I watched the dappled gold light of sunset on the choppy water for some time wondering how I could capture the feel and texture there. With shutter too fast I got a frozen ice look, too slow and it was a mushy blur. With aperture too wide there was no depth to the image, too […]
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Out beyond a watery horizon two container ships make a silhouette against the almost sunset. It seems they have half sunk but their massive hulls are hidden behind ocean and the curvature of the Earth. I was hoping for a the sun to backdrop these ships outward bound. Not to disappoint a rent appeared in […]
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What better way to acknowledge the winter solstice with a kind-of self portrait under the auspicious light of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is directly beneath the Moon while Venus is the same distance below again and a little to the left. Day by day Venus and Jupiter are getting closer and closer together. […]
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Moody skies descend on old and new Jetties on the pebble strewn coastline of Rapid Bay. A few hardy fishermen braving a wintery day, a far cry from the summer hordes. Looking forward to coming back soon. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘In The Mood’ 1/200s f/11 ISO100 17mm
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Such a strange name for a strange creature; Goniocidaris tubaria. Actually this odd looking ball of spikey arms is one of our local sea urchins. There really is nothing typical about the appearance of a sea urchin. They all have a hard body called a ‘last’ but the ‘last’ is an internal structure and not […]
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