John Sheldon's photos

The hardness of the strong directional sunlight has been enhanced by melding an extreme black and white conversion with a semi transparent colour version. Plus various tweaks here and there. DNG from June 2014, processed in 2022 using Affinity Photo software.

A 2100 year old Hellenistic Greek mosaic floor depicting the god Dionysos as a winged daimon riding on a tiger. In the House of Dionysos at Delos in the Cyclades Islands, Greece. It is believed that this is the floor of a 'pool' which, when filled with water, cooled and freshened the breeze blowing through the house. DNG from 2018 processed (fairly aggressively) in 2022 using Affinity Photo software.

... from 2100 years ago. A reconstructed Hellenistic Greek mosaic depicting the god Dionysos as a winged daimon riding on a tiger, from the House of Dionysos at Delos in the Cyclades Islands, Greece. The original is dated to the late 2nd century BCE. DNG from 2018 processed (gently) in 2022 using Affinity Photo software.

DNG from December 2012. Processed with very little adjustment using Affinity Photo software in 2022.

DNG from December 2012. Processed to split toned 'monochrome' using Affinity Photo software in 2022.

DNG from May 2022. A processing experiment based on a tutorial about using Luminosity Masks in Affinity Photo published by Robin Whalley on YouTube. This scene is at Hanbury Hall, near Droitwich, UK.

DNG from May 2022. A processing experiment based on a tutorial about using Luminosity Masks in Affinity Photo published by Robin Whalley on YouTube. This scene is at Hanbury Hall, near Droitwich, UK.

Re-working of a picture from June 2014 using two DNGs merged and spliced together. The same combination of elements, but this one is better technically. Also, the original was too 'polite' for what the picture is intending to convey. Franz Kafka the writer and novelist lived at 22 Golden Lane, Prague. The term Kafkaesque has transcended the literary realm to apply to real or fictitious occurrences, situations or works of art, that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.

SMC Pentax-A f3.5 35-105mm vintage zoom lens. Zoomed to 50mm focal length and 'Macro' focussing facility used.