John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Bottles

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

Third experiment using Expodisc 2 as a white balance starting point. (Light source: garage strip light.)

Starting 2023 with a reworked DNG from January 2012. DNG processed using Affinity Photo 2 software.

Homemade chocolate cake. SMC Pentax-DA f2.4 35mm AL prime lens.

3rd June is World Cider Day. Picture is of cider from the County of Herefordshire, a major producer in the UK. Lens: vintage SMC Pentax-A 35mm-105mm f3.5 zoom

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 27.

Ilford HP5+ film developed commercially in Kodak XTOL. Zenza Bronica ETRS camera with Zenzanon EII 75mm f2.8 lens. Epson Perfection V750 PRO scanner.

Decision to focus on the second row of bottles and the bottles pyramid questionable? Ilford HP5+ film developed commercially in Kodak XTOL. Zenza Bronica ETRS camera with Zenzanon EII 75mm f2.8 lens. Epson Perfection V750 PRO scanner.

A curious effect: the front bottles have a three-dimensional look but the back ones look flat, almost like a picture. There is flat light at the back, obviously, but perhaps the small depth of field on the 150mm lens also contributed. (150mm on 6x4.5 = 100mm on 35mm film or full frame digital.) Ilford HP5+ film developed commercially in Kodak XTOL. Zenza Bronica ETRS camera with Zenzanon MC 150mm f3.5 lens. Epson Perfection V750 PRO scanner.

Ilford HP5+ film developed commercially in Kodak XTOL. Zenza Bronica ETRS camera with Zenzanon EII 75mm f2.8 lens. Epson Perfection V750 PRO scanner.

Exhibit of old distilling equipment in the Vallindras Citrus Distillery at Chalki, on the island of Naxos. This is a working distillery, still selling a range of good products.

Two 120 size negatives merged using Adobe Lightroom and Elements. Zenza Bronica ETRS, 75mm f2.8 Zenzanon lens, (14mm extension tube for the label picture). Kodak Portra 160 film. Epson V750 flatbed scanner.

Daylight film exposed under 3000k tungsten light. Colour adjusted using Affinity Photo software. Zenza Bronica ETRS, 75mm f2.8 Zenzanon lens. Kodak Portra 160 film. Epson V750 flatbed scanner.

Test film 2 in my new Bronica ETRS - checking the spare ETR film back for light leaks.

"Don't worry about cracks in walls unless you can get your finger in" is the received wisdom.