John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Pool

The DNG was exposed at The Reflection Pool, Hilliers Arboretum, Hampshire, England on World Photography Day 2022. The Pool is intended to be a place for thought, contemplation, reflection. Photography is possible because light is reflected from things. The light creates a latent image on which a photographer can work to make a picture. Here I have worked on the picture so as to set the bright light reflected from the hard metal frame alongside the delicate colours in the wings – reflecting the durability and hardness of nature but also its delicacy as perceived by humans. Perhaps the picture also ‘reflects’ the development of photography from a pastime for a few scientifically minded, wealthy individuals to something that can be enjoyed by many people – I used a mass-produced ‘prosumer’ DSLR with the basic kit zoom lens. DNG was processed using Affinity Photo software.

The paddling pool at Eastrop Park in Basingstoke in June 1978. The white mess on the grass is rubbish left by the people, not specks on the negative! Pentax S1A 35mm SLR. Peak 135mm f2.8 telephoto lens. Ilford FP4 35mm black and white film, Negative scanned with Epson Perfection V750 PRO.