Richard Gear

Who Killed Cog Robin?

Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON

Sometimes it pays to turn your camera onto unusual objects. There's a good shot everywhere, just waiting to be taken. This bike was standing in strong sunlight and I could see that the chain hadn't been oiled or greased in a while and that it was starting to rust.

I used the SMC Pentax-DA macro lens for this - and I have to say, not even in the days when I used to replace my own bike chain when it slipped off the sprocket and left me freewheeling, have I had my nose so close to a cogwheel.

I guess I'm just like any other guy. We all think we might have looked pretty cool in Grease.

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Wool And Grace

That’s A Great Party Frock, Er, Flock

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

Okay, so they might not be fair dinkum Merinos, the sheep breed for which Australia is famous. And okay, this shot wasn’t taken on an Outback sheep station. And okay, they’re not even real sheep.

But there I was, walking past a Nativity tableau when I was struck by the vivid colour of the human figurines. Then I spent a few moments looking over the cattle around the manger when I noticed these two critters. How can anyone with a camera resist a shot of a fleecy pink sheep?

There is always a series of Christmas carols running through my head when I look at scenes like this. But here’s a confession. This time the carols were pushed aside and replaced by the soundtrack from the movie Grease.

Why? Are you seriously asking why? Remember the track by Olivia Newton-John, where she sang about sheep? Whaddya mean, you can’t remember the track?

I’m talking about the one called "Hopelessly Devoted To Ewe".

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