Wine: Barbera in a special wine bottle

[Mike Buckley]

Wine made from the Barbera grape species is a red wine especially good when paired with any tomato-based food. If you like Chianti or any other wine made primarily from the Sangiovese grape species, you'll almost assuredly enjoy a Barbera; though a Barbera is usually a little lighter than a Sangiovese, the two wines are interchangeable when pairing with food.

This particular Barbera is a favorite of mine. Though it is relatively expensive for a Barbera, it is still only medium-priced in the context of all wine offerings.

This wine brand is the only one I've noticed that displays the net volume content in an embossed area of the bottle. If you think it's difficult to read the indication, 3/4 LITRE, this is one time I'll ask that you not blame the photographer. In fact, I'm extremely proud that I was able to light the embossed area so it is at least vaguely legible. It's actually a lot easier to read that information when displayed in this photo than when viewing the bottle under normal lighting conditions whether indoors or outdoors.

EDIT: See Dan's post below, which inexplicably displays the image.

Please click the image to display its details at a larger size.

Setup
The tabletop is transparent glass and the background is black velvet filling the frame no more and no less. The lower part of the background is photographed through the transparent tabletop. A large circular was diffuser behind the background. A medium continuous-light lamp was behind the diffuser shinging toward the subject and camera. Two small continuous-light lamps were above the bottle on the left and right sides. White cards on the left and right sides reflected the light from the small lamp on the opposite side onto the sides of the bottle. Each card also cast a very slight shadow onto the label to help define its shape by interrupting the light from the small lamp on the same side. (Not easy to explain the dual functions of the white cards; I hope that makes sense!) Another reflector handheld above the bottle added the reflection to the embossed circular area on the shoulder and defined the indication that the bottle is "3/4 LITRE."

[Wavelength]

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Mike,

I applaud your effort to find a workaround while TinyPic is giving us such grief, but while you can probably see the image, we can't - all we have is a message saying "Content Protected by Owner", so you may need to relax the security/permissions on wherever it is, so we, the 'public' can see it.

TIA, Dave

[bnnrcn]

+1

[Mike Buckley]

Thanks, Dave.

Dave or anyone: Is the image now being displayed?

[Dave Gould]

No.

DG

[bnnrcn]

No

Thanks, Dave.

Dave or anyone: Is the image now being displayed?

[Mike Buckley]

Is the image now being displayed?

[Dave Humphries]

Still no

[Mike Buckley]

Is it now being displayed?

[Dave Humphries]

Afraid not Mike

[NorthernFocus]

Link you posted: "http://mikebuckley.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v158/p2200820806"

Correct link: "http://mikebuckley.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v158/p2200820806-5"

Without the "" of course

[Mike Buckley]

Link you posted: "http://mikebuckley.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v158/p2200820806"

Correct link: "http://mikebuckley.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v158/p2200820806-5"

Thanks for that, Dan. However, when I go to my website to view the link, the appended -5 that is displayed on your end is not displayed on my end. So, I can't know to include it in the URL.

This is VERY strange.

[NorthernFocus]

Thanks for that, Dan. However, when I go to my website to view the link, the appended -5 that is displayed on your end is not displayed on my end. So, I can't know to include it in the URL.

This is VERY strange.

The links to the various sizes, i.e.small, medium, large..., will all have a -x suffix. The link to the original has no suffix. Links to the original are always protected.

[NorthernFocus]

[Mike Buckley]

Dan,

Thanks so much for taking the time to try to explain how I am to solve my problem. However, I have no idea what you are referring to and I'm done trying to figure it out. I only have a college degree, decades of experience using the Internet and the wherewithal to retire relatively early despite that I came from a poor family, so it's clear to me that I'm not qualified.

More important, I'm really pissed at Sean, the owner of this site, for not reaching out to his customers to explain his position about what he plans to do or not to do about the malfunctioning TinyPic situation that he has chosen to partner with. I'll give him a full week of time. If he hasn't then reached out to his customers, I'll contact him directly with the hope that I can receive information that will help me decide whether to seek another site that meets my needs or to continue participating in this site.

[NorthernFocus]

Join the club. I graduated summa cum laude with an engineering degree and have to ask 12 year old kids for advice on the web .

The Zenfolio system/terminology is not intuitively obvious. I've been using is so long that I forgot about my teething pains with it. I sent you a PM that may help.

Hang in there, my friend. We seem to be at opposite ends of the spectrum on many topics. Our discussions are probably good for both of us and I enjoy your imagery.

This too shall pass

[Mike Buckley]

We seem to be at opposite ends of the spectrum on many topics. Our discussions are probably good for both of us and I enjoy your imagery.

And the very same is true for me about your posts and your photos. If I leave CiC, I will most definitely miss you.

[Manfred M]

More important, I'm really pissed at Sean, the owner of this site, for not reaching out to his customers to explain his position about what he plans to do or not to do about the malfunctioning TinyPic situation that he has chosen to partner with. I'll give him a full week of time. If he hasn't then reached out to his customers, I'll contact him directly with the hope that I can receive information that will help me decide whether to seek another site that meets my needs or to continue participating in this site.

Mike - Sean has absolutely no control over what the company that owns / operates TinyPic (i.e. PhotoBucket) is doing nor are they a "partner", so far as I know. This is definitely a TinyPic site issue and the problem exists if you try to post an image through the TinyPic homepage. We can only hope that they resolve their issues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photobucket

[Wavelength]

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