Day 993, Eye See You

But who’s eyes are you? This guy is probably a masked stingaree (Trygonoptera personata) but it is hard to tell with all that sand and shell-grit. Whoever’s eyes you are we stared at each other for some time before both going our separate ways. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 993, Eye See You’, 1/100s f/11 ISO100 […]

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Day 992, Fish Portraiture

Photographing the gurnard perch would have to be the low hanging fruit of a Rapid Bay Jetty midnight dive. They sit there on the sand at the start and end of the dive and let themselves be photographed from any angle you want. Not the prettiest fish among the amazing diversity of life under the […]

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Day 991, A Matter of Taste

There is something special about a beautifully set table. Regardless if it is Christmas dinner with family, an evening dinner party with acquaintances or wine tasting with friends, the setting tells all in attendance that this event to be remembered. What one actually sets the table with however is really just a matter of taste, […]

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Day 990, On Stranger Tides

As a child I always preferred silver over gold for its understated beauty and its lack of being tarnished with any colour. Oh how things have changed with the burnt yellow-gold of a sunset on the water becoming my most favourite colour. Silver still lingers in the whites and greys of the twilight surf but […]

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