ROBERT SLATER PHOTOGRAPHY

Tag: leica

  • Tulip Restaurant | Geelong

    Tulip Restaurant | Geelong

    I just grab my camera when I go out for dinner. No flash or lighting. We were there early and there was some light left in the sky as the first course came out. I managed to take a couple of shots before the light faded completely.

    Tulip

    Tulip restaurant photo of first course of the chefs menu.
  • Just a little bit Soviet

    Just a little bit Soviet

    Geelong is undergoing a revival but there are still remnants of an earlier time.

  • Botanical Allure

    Botanical Allure

    More than a flower, this is a secret revealed. In an intimate 1:1 macro shot, the orchid’s provocative design and strategic beauty are laid bare. This piece transforms any room into a gallery of nature’s most intelligent and alluring designs, perfect for those who appreciate depth and drama.

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    I really like Displate prints. They are on metal, non destructive to walls and you can swap them out easily. They are also really good value for the print size.

    Orchid in high resolution against a black background

    Get you print here!

  • Capturing Westcoast Jag: An Inside Look

    Capturing Westcoast Jag: An Inside Look

    A visit to Westcoast Jag. Colin kindly let me take a few photos.

  • Just a few spark Plugs

    Just a few spark Plugs

    This just hit Flickr Explore. This bowl of spark plugs is on the bench at at Geelong Jag mechanic.

    Shot at a Geelong mechanic as a demo shot for a shoot. went to Flickr Explore
  • Windy Day on the way to Lara | Winter Change

    Windy Day on the way to Lara | Winter Change

    Dark skys, open field, grasslands, single tree and cyclist on horizon

    Leica CL
    Summicron 23mm
    F2.8
    1/160th Second
    ISO 100

    Hit Explore on Flickr Today. Its always nice. I never know which photos the spicy algorithm will select from the millions uploaded for the top 500 of the day.

    Winter change. Spiked grass. Soaking rain. A cyclist, a tree, a shelter.

    The cold doesn’t shout here—it settles. You either stand in it or you don’t get the shot.

  • Last Light

    Last Light

    Another one that spiked the interest of the Flickr Algorithm and hit Flickr Explore. Looking over Corio bay as the light falls away only a single cloud was left in light

    A single tree silhouetted against a pink cloud in a blue sky
    Last Light
  • A Distant Nuclear Reaction

    A Distant Nuclear Reaction

    When colour fills the sky. I am not really into super processed images but I couldn’t resist this one)

    A Distant Nuclear Event
  • Dog Rocks . Like Liquid

    Dog Rocks . Like Liquid

    Liquid rocks and sky, the granite worn down over millennia.

    Since I published this.. This particular photo has appeared in Flickr Explore. The strange addictive algorithm that highlights “Interest”. a hover too long, a double take, a moment spent in reflection, perhaps.

    The day was not a great one for dramatic photos and the subject was a pile of rocks but this place has a history that predates some entire continents creation. There are not many places in the world you can see granite worn away by time to the shape of waves and water.

    I will return to the Dog Rocks .

    Dog Rocks | Victoria

  • Weight of Air

    Weight of Air

    Oh look it hit Flickr Explore… Grassland bleached white, no edits, no erasures. Just a Summicron’s honest frame:40 degree heat, and a tree built to outlast us. Close to the solstice on the 21st of December.

    This image featured on Flickr Explore but was never intended as anything but a print. This is a 24×36″ Giclée limited edition signed print.

    Social media rewards bright, sparkly, and highly saturated images but they are hard to live with. This would look good in a room where you want some calm.

    This 24x36" Giclée print on smooth peal photo paper. Single Gumtree on a hot day.

    Link to original image on Flickr.

    The Weight of Air
  • Old Black Dog. His experience shows.

    Old Black Dog. His experience shows.

    His eyes may not me as bright, he may not be putting on a show for the human but this black and white image shot late in the day on a Leica APO 60mm . Selected for Flickr Explore

    black and white image of an old black dog. A moment to himself, interrupted. The eyes show experience and are a little cloudy, his whiskers are grey . He looks mean because he is a pit bull but his gentle nature shines thorough.

    Original image – selected for Flickr Explore

    Old Black Dog [Explored]

    Leica Camera AG Leica CL

    APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-TL 1:2.8/60 ASPH.
    F/2.8
    Focal Length:60.0 mm
    Speed 1/60,
    ISO 100

  • View of Melbourne from Altona

    View of Melbourne from Altona

    I was passing though Altona (as you do) and it was low tide allowing me to see around the corner to the city. You will notice a red sign. In the olden days ( last year) I would have edited this out, but it’s important that my photos show reality and not some AI fever dream.

    Original image on Flickr.

    Melbourne from the rocks