Month: July 2023

Monochrome Monday… Freeway

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Freeway
Freeway
Nikon F3HP, NIKKOR 105mm f/2.5 AI-S – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

Suffering from tinnitus means I don’t photograph nearly as much live music as I used to but when I found out Freeway were playing outdoors at one of my favourite local micropubs, The Bunny Hop Ale House I thought I’d go along and take a few pics (and have a pint or two!)

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.

Single frame… Bee

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BeeBee
Nikon FM2n, NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8P, 1/250s, f11, Kodak UltraMax 400 rated at ISO 200

An image from a roll of Kodak UltraMax that’s been in the developing queue since April!

This bee was for sale at a floating market on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Great Haywood in Staffordshire.

Developed by AgLab
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… Lytham St. Anne’s

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Lytham St. Anne'sLytham St. Anne’s
Kershaw 450, exposure details not recorded – Ilford XP2 Super

Not Lytham St. Anne’s the place but Lytham St. Anne’s the steam locomotive… or parts of it anyway!

This locomotive was built by Peckett & Sons in 1949 as works no.2111 and was used at Blackpool Gasworks. After intial preservation at Lytham St Anne’s it moved to the Midland Railway-Butterley in 1990 where it ran for six years before being withdrawn for overhaul.

Scans by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom CC.

Throwback Thursday… Pit Top Arch

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Pit Top Arch, Ripley
Pit Top Arch, Ripley
Fujifilm X20, Fujinon Super EBC 7.1-28.4mm f2~2.8 at 22.8mm, 1/160s, f8, ISO 100

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Eight years ago it was this sculpture by Liz Lemon and Gwen Heeney… I’m not sure if it has an official name but it’s known locally as the ‘Pit Top Arch’ as it stands on the site of Ripley Colliery.

Originally the arch was mirrored by a seating area but this was removed some years ago, presumably because people would insist on sitting there… 🙄

The Fujifilm X20 has recently returned after a period out on loan to a friend and I’ve started using it again.

Love Is Pain!
Love Is Pain!
Fujifilm X20, Fujinon Super EBC 7.1-28.4mm f2~2.8 at 13.7mm, 1/90s, f8, ISO 100