Steel towers rise where old dreams fade,
And silver spheres upon the square are laid;
A runner passes, swift beneath the sun,
While glass and shadow watch the city run.
Between the stone and towering sky,
The restless heart of progress passes by.
Sony A7RV
FE 16mm f1.8 G
Check out Candid 1136
A lone runner cuts the coastal air,
feet drumming a narrow ribbon of path
that threads through salt-bleached grass
and wind-shaped shrubs.
Above, the Warrnambool sky hangs low and pale,
clouds rolling in from the Southern Ocean,
heavy with stories of tides and storms.
The breeze tastes faintly of brine.
Each stride is a small defiance
against the pull of stillness,
arms swinging like pendulums
keeping time with the heartbeat of the town.
Behind him, the world softens into blur:
picnic tables, distant figures,
trees leaning inland from years of gales.
Ahead, the track curves out of sight.
Gulls wheel somewhere beyond the dunes,
and the unseen surf keeps its thunderous rhythm.
He runs not from, but into the wind,
into the grey light, into the day.
On this edge of land and water,
movement is warmth, breath is steam,
and the body becomes a compass
pointing forward along the coast.
Sony A7RV
FE 50mm f1.2 GM
Check out Candid 1097
Before my conference on South Bank, the runner is doing his deeds
Sony A7RIV
FE 14mm f1.8 GM
Check out Candid 232
Morning run in Fairfield pedestrian track under a canopy of storm clouds
Wet Wet Wet
Sony A7RIV
Laowa 9mm f5.6
You can see the full size image at
Morning run at South Bank, Melbourne
Canon 5D
EF 50mm f1.2 L
You can find my other photos at
.jpg)