River Scorpion

A beautiful pelican glides into view as I watch from the tranquil river bank. How strange it seems to me, this green brown waterway so far from the ocean. In the river’s reflection I see another creature, a creature of dry, arid places. A desert dweller lurks here too in the most incongruous of realms; […]

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One Eyed

I’m rather one eyed about Sigma’s 50mm ART lens. This shot at f/2.8 shows just how circular that aperture stays as it stops down which directly translates to beautiful out-of-focus background textures. This one’s definitely a keeper. As for the subject material … Photo: Robert Rath, ‘One Eyed’, 1/60s f/2.8 ISO320 50mm … more at […]

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Rawnsley Reflection

The southern wall of Wilpena Pound is fortified with the Rawnsley Bluff escarpment. Anyone approaching the pound from the south gets to watch it rise larger and larger until it looms above them on their left as they make their way up the eastern side. This region of South Australia is considered arid and only […]

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