Happy New Year to everybody and welcome 2016. The new year was a quiet event for us this time around, at least as quiet as it can be at 10,000 metres above the Persian Gulf. There was no party and no fanfare. A few on the flight determined to rouse some festive spirit counted in […]
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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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I am still not sure what I think about the ‘Gold Class’ cinema experience. The idea of having a late supper and sipping wine while lounging under the 2D gaze of Matthew McConaughey or Cate Blanchett seems disrespectful towards the actors as much as the other cinema guests. I’m sure I could get used to […]
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Lurking in the garden is a beautiful creature who spins her web every night to rid us of those pesky mosquitoes. The Garden Orb Weaver is actually a collected name for several species of spiders with similar body shape and behavior. Yes she is beautiful but only from a distance as anyone who inadvertently walks […]
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I am not sure what these spikey things found washed along our local shore are or where they come from. They do however remind me of the tumbleweeds from old western movies only spikier. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Beach Tumbleweed, 1s f/22 ISO100 15mm
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