Month: February 2022

Square Saturday… Roots

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RootsRoots, Carr Wood
Mamiya C330, Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 – 1/15s, f11, – Kodak T-Max 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

And yet another image from the Mamiya C330 twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera I’m currently trying out…

I actually managed a roll of colour film in this camera yesterday and I can’t wait to see the results!

Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.

Slide Film Sunday… The Upper Room by Colin Wilbourn

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The Upper Room by Colin Wilbourn-20000226The Upper Room by Colin Wilbourn
Nikon F90X Pro, Sigma 28~200mm f/3.8-5.6 DL Macro – Fujichrome

A couple of weeks ago I posted an image of Colin Wilbourn’s Stone Stair Carpet here and when browsing the artist’s website I discovered I’d photographed another of his creations in Durham back in February 2000.

The Upper Room was created from 13 elm trunks, arranged on the bank of the River Wear where they had grown. From most viewpoints they made little sense but at one end of the ‘grove’ there was a seat in a hollowed out trunk and from this seat the image of the empty room, complete with the remains of the meal that had taken place there became visible.

Eventually the wood deteriorated and the sculpture was dismantled…

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.

Square Saturday… TEK5, Tinsley, June 2021 (Again!)

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TEK5, Tinsley, June 2021TEK5, Tinsley, June 2021
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 30s, f167 – Kodak T-Max 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7 mins at 20°c.

This spot has featured on this blog at least once before, here, but until this morning I’d forgotten I’d photographed it using the fantastic ONDU 6×6 Pocket pinhole camera!

Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.

Monochrome Monday… George Yard, Derby

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George Yard, DerbyGeorge Yard, Derby
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S, 1/8s, f11 – Street Candy MTN100
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.

An image taken for the recent architecture camera challenge on Twitter… on my first roll of Street Candy MTN100 film.

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.

Square Saturday… Swinney Wood, Belper

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Swinney Wood, BelperSwinney Wood, Belper
Mamiya C330, Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 – 1/250s, f5.6, – Rollei RPX 400
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 12 mins at 20°c.

Yet another image from the Mamiya C330 twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera I’m currently trying out… its shadow sneaking in at the bottom of the frame.

Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.

Throwback Thursday… Peak Rail

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Class WD 'Austerity' 0-6-0ST 'LORD PHIL'-20150210Class WD ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST LORD PHIL
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 55mm, 1/125s, f8, ISO 320

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Seven years ago it was Peak Rail in Derbyshire.

LORD PHIL (built by the Hunslet Engine Co Ltd for the War Department in 1943) was in charge of passenger services and had no problems handling a five coach train.

This Midland Railway wagon was looking every bit its almost hundred years age though… ‘For Internal Use Only’ refers to a vehicle not allowed out onto the main line but still used in an industrial location.

'For Internal Use Only'‘For Internal Use Only’
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/60s, f8, ISO 400