The coolest icecream I have even experienced was created in front of my very own eyes at N2 on Dixon Street in Sydney. Step one create the mix. Step two start blending. Step three pour in a jug of liquid nitrogen. Step four enjoy the show. Step enjoy the icecream. I never knew that icecream […]
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Cork Twilight, Ireland
The most common natural colour in Ireland is green, green grass, green treas, green hills and green mountains. This twilight over Cork however was a blazing ochre yellow as the illusive sun finds a way into the evening clouds. To the right is Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral with the Cork Christmas Ferris Wheel. In the […]
Read MoreSaint Patrick’s Bridge, Cork, Ireland
Saint Patrick’s Bridge, Cork, Ireland Saint Patrick’s Bridge across the River Lee with the imposing Cork English College behind, Saint Anne’s Church and Shandon Bells Tower to the left and Saint Mary and Saint Anne’s Cathedral to the middle left, is such a clichéd image of the city of Cork, Ireland that I’m sure I […]
Read MorePlanes, Shades and Geometry
The Adelaide Exhibition and Convention Centre has got a few parts that don’t conform to 90 degree traditions. Where panels become planes, joins become lines and light plays over geometries you could be forgiven for thinking you were in school rather than walking down North Terrace. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Planes, Shades and Geometry’, 1/125s f/7.1 […]
Read MoreGiant’s Causeway
The Giant’s Causeway? Of course not but these hexagonal interlocking concrete columns remind me of the basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway on the west coast of Ulster, Northern Ireland. I love seeing architecture with strong ties to geological and natural forms, even if unintended. Mostly these are large civic or commercial structures which have […]
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