Monochrome Monday… View from a railway carriage

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View from a railway carriage
View from a railway carriage
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/250s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.

This was a quick snap from a (slow) moving train at the Bluebell Railway in Sussex in February 2025

Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8 and Nikon ES-2 Film Digitising Adapter with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.

Green Lane, Middleton Top – Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day

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Green Lane, Middleton Top
Green Lane, Middleton Top
Fujifilm X-E4, thingyfy 11mm Pinhole Pro S, 0.8s, f79, ISO 160

Today is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and I’ve been out snapping with my Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole camera and Fujifilm X-mount fit thingyfy Pinhole Pro S ‘lens’ mounted on my Fujifilm X-E4.

This particular location has appeared on this blog a couple of times before, here and here and will no doubt do so again…

Throwback Thursday… Decaying in Derby

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W.E. Savage & Son
W.E. Savage & Son
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 14mm f/2.8 R, 1/170s, f8, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

11 years ago it was this somewhat neglected corner of Derby…

Pics of W.E. Savage have appeared on the blog before, here and here but I don’t think I’ve published a pic of the ‘Glam Boutique’ pinup before.

Glam Boutique - To Let
Glam Boutique – To Let
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 14mm f/2.8 R, 1/90s, f8, ISO 200

Monochrome Monday… Langley Mill Lock 14

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Langley Mill Lock 14
Langley Mill Lock 14
Nikon Zoom 310AF QD, Nikon Zoom 35-70mm f/3.5-6.5 at 70mm – Kentmere Pan 400
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 11½ mins at 20°c.

I had this Nikon Zoom 310AF QD in the drawer for years but only in January did I put a roll of film through it!

I’m quite pleased with the results, the lens is sharp (or sharp enough) and the exposures all look fine…

A camera to use more often I think!

Throwback Thursday… Turning of the Tide, Sidmouth

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Turning of the Tide, Sidmouth
Turning of the Tide, Sidmouth
Nikon D600, NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S, 10s, f8, ISO 100

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

12 years ago it was this seascape at Sidmouth in Devon, using (I think) an ND 3.0 (10-stop) filter to lengthen the exposure time.

Editing this pic in Lightroom reminded me (again) of how dirty the sensor on the D600 used to get… definitely the worst camera I’ve ever owned for that!