Seven Hill Cellars
The cellars below the tasting rooms of Seven Hill Cellars, Clare Valley South Australia
The Jesuits, (Society of Jesus) migrated to Australia from Austria in 1848 seeking a life free from religious and political persecution. They settled at Sevenhill in the beautiful Clare Valley and established Sevenhill Cellars, which is the oldest existing winery in the Clare Valley in 1851. Initially the main purpose of the cellars was to provide sacramental wine for religious use and this has been ongoing. Sevenhill Cellars now produce white, red and fortified wines as well as sacramental wine. ... from the Sevenhill Cellars web page – history
Twenty varieties of grapes are grown yielding an average annual crush of 450 tonnes. (This is a far cry from the pioneering days of the first Jesuit winemaker Br Schreiner. He and Br Schneider built a wine press in 1863 capable of pressing a formidable load of 4 buckets of grapes at a time!) The wine is completely processed on the property including the bottling of the finished wine (35,000 cases per year). ... from the Sevenhill Cellars web page
My favourite wine on the day – was the 2004 Grenache. A slightly lighter red than I would normally choose, however summer-time in Australia, this, slightly chilled, goes wonderfully well with a lunch of quality local cheeses, cold meats and few perhaps “European” finger foods such as dolmades, giant beans, etc. – all consumed under the shade of an old pepper tree.
Ahh…isn’t life wonderful.
3 image HDR/tone mapped
f1.8 ; 1/8 sec +/-2ev ; ISO100
Canon 50D / 50mm f1.8 Canon lens
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kathy s gillen...
wonderful capture
JimFilmer replied
thankyou Kathy
Dave Hartley
Excellent Jim!
JimFilmer replied
thx Dave…had trouble getting the bungs out of the barrels so I could siphon them off
linda858100
FABULOUS WORK,,
JimFilmer replied
thx Linda
Wanda Lechene
awww i love this capture i would love to take picture like this but i dont know how i can get in to a winer place. lol i think i spelled that wrong
JimFilmer replied
thx Wanda… most of the smaller wineries are fairly accomodating for those inquisitve photographers if they are not busy at the time. However never ask during vintage…too much happening then
Dusker
Hi Jim, can I comment/critique this one please? H
JimFilmer replied
of course Heather, more than welcome to pass comment or critique on any of my work…just be gentle- you know I bruise easily.
Suzanne D Jaes...
Very nice Jim I likeeeeeeeeeee it…. Bill is going to teach me this HDR one day so I can understand it more….Love the leading line of the barrels and the texture of the walls… Well done :) Suzanne
JimFilmer replied
thankyou very much Susan…appreciated
Di Jenkins
bet it was nice & cool under there!
JimFilmer replied
it was lovely thanks Di
Holly Kempe
Superb Jim!
JimFilmer replied
thankyou Holly for dropping by and commenting…grab a glass of wine on your way thru
Holly Kempe
thank you Jim dont mind if I do… ;)
Christopher Bi...
great shot jim, but did the shots stay focused all day ;)
JimFilmer replied
Hmmm..lets see… no I must have put the camera away after lunch -thx Christopher
Dusker
Hi Jim, promise I wont bruise! I just find the OOF front barrels really jarring on this one—when I visually crop it just looks a whole lot better to me. Just wondering why you left in. Like the lighting etc. H
JimFilmer replied
Heather, thought of this, however I also wanted to keep the proportions of the image the same (original is 16×12in)...this crop then would have tkaen a lot of the image away. I might check out a crop and image proportion to give nearly a panoramic style …thx for your thoughts
Dusker
Would be interested in what you finish up with, I like this shot, that is why have commented. Can tell by response, not too “bruised”. Looking at getting you lot up for a day or whatever when settled down and into the 2009 year. Any particular part of YP you are interested in?
DApixara
Wonderful light nicely captured…..good work
JimFilmer replied
Thankyou DA
Mary Ann Reilly
incredible image and light
JimFilmer replied
thanks Mary Ann
andreisky
Congratulations!
Cheers, Andrei
JimFilmer replied
thankyou Andrei
Marilyn Harris
Congratulations Jim on your win!! Fantastic image!! :o)
JimFilmer
thankyou for your comments Blossom
29Breizh33
Congratulations for winning. Beautiful picture.
JimFilmer replied
thankyou Breizh
Carole Russell
Congrats on winning the challenge – great shot!
JimFilmer replied
many thanks Carole
Molly O'Bryon-...
mmm, i could go for a glass you image really bring temperature to life
JimFilmer replied
thx Molly… but only 1 glass?
Molly O'Bryon-...
okay, If I had someone to sit down and chat with and laugh with a couple more but I dont go for solo lushing… LOL
Barbara Brown
Great shot. Love the tones and mood!
JimFilmer replied
thx Lenzart
Linda Bianic
the Grenache was a wonderful surprise to me as well,,,,I brought a bottle home,,,,of course it didn’t last long….
this is a great shot…..Iwondered too, about the front images,,,but I get where you were going with it…...
Congrats on the win!!!!!!!!
JimFilmer replied
thx Linda – went back and reshot, from a different perspective and with different ambient light….. of stone and wood