Woke up in a dark hotel room and noticed an odd red glow. Scrambled for the camera, loaded fast film, took four shots bracing on the balcony table since I didn't have a tripod. Two shots had unacceptable levels of shake, two were okay.
From Balcony of Dali Hotel, Zakynthos, Ionian Islands, Greece, July 13th, 2025
Equipment Used
Canon EOS Elan 7E, Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM ART
Exposure
f/2.0, I believe shutter was 1/20
Film & Developer
Fuji Sensia 400, expired 2010, shot at 400, Arista E-6 Kit, films 6-8 of kit processed at 41C (+1 to normal) at 6.5 minutes in first developer
Lens Filter
82mm Hoya HMC UV(0)
Hybrid Materials & Processing
Digitized at nearly 1:1 with Pentax K-1, smc D FA 50mm f/2.8 macro lens, pixel shift, essential film holder, cs-lite, pentax copystand, at f/8, 1/60, 100 ISO
Digital Post Processing Details
Gimp, set black points and white points of image only, no further curves adjustment. Rotated 1 degree and cropped slightly back to 3:2 ratio. Tried other crops but decided whole image looked best.
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