John Sheldon's photos

At the Church and Cloister of San Francesco d’Assisi, Sorrento.

At the Church and Cloister of San Francesco d’Assisi, Sorrento.

In the town of Sorrento in the Bay of Naples.

In the town of Sorrento in the Bay of Naples.

One of the two railway stations at Castellammare di Stabia in the Bay of Naples. Line from Sorrento to Naples. The town stands where the ancient Roman town of Stabiae was before it was destroyed by the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Castellammare di Stabia in the Bay of Naples is the modern town that lies where the ancient Roman city of Stabiae was. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 completely buried that town along with a large area of the Bay to north and south. A part of the Roman world that had long been a popular playground for some of the most powerful and wealthy citizens of Rome, ceased to exist. Archaeological excavations have uncovered many expensive villas and palaces as well as large parts of the towns Pompeii and Herculaneum. The volcano has continued to be a threat to the surrounding area. Its most recent destructive eruption took place in 1944 causing local devastation but nowhere near the scale of what happened in AD 79.

7th experiment with Expodisc 2 as a guide to white balance in processing. Used SMC Pentax-DA 35mm f2.4 lens.

In Worcestershire, England. 7.20am.

SMC Pentax-A f3.5 35-105mm vintage zoom lens. Zoom setting about 40mm. White balance set in camera using Expodisc 2, unaltered during computer processing.