Month: January 2024

Single frame… English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417

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English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417
English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 10-24mm f4 R OIS at 22mm, 26s, f8, ISO 800

Another image from the night photo shoot at Newark Air Museum I took part in back in October…

XS417 first flew on 17 July 1964 and was delivered to 226 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) at Royal Air Force (RAF) Coltishall in May 1965.

XS417 spent its final few years moving between 11 Squadron at RAF Binbrook and the Lightning Training Flight before being retired in May 1987 and was finally moved to Newark Air Museum on 27 April 1988.

Monochrome Monday… Reading…

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Reading…Reading…
Nikon FM, Nikkor 50mm f/2 Ai – 1/125s, f8 – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 9 mins at 20°c.

I’m definitely looking forward to warm, bright days, I’m fed up with damp and dreary…

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

Throwback Thursday… 2013 Great Central Railway winter steam gala

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Great Western Railway 6000 class 4-6-0 6023 KING EDWARD II
Great Western Railway 6000 class 4-6-0 6023 KING EDWARD II
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 48mm, 1/400s, f8, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

11 years ago it was a cold and snowy Great Central Railway winter steam gala.

London Midland & Scottish Railway class 8F 2-8-0 48624
London Midland & Scottish Railway class 8F 2-8-0 48624
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 120mm, 1/500s, f8, ISO 400

These pics (and in fact most of my pics that day) were taken at Leicester North station while the locomotives were running round their respective trains.

Square Saturday… Nottingham Canal with the Chroma Cameras Cube (again)

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Nottingham Canal, August 2023
Nottingham Canal, August 2023
Chroma Cameras Cube, 30mm f/150 Pinhole + ND8 filter – 20s, f150, – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

Another image from the first roll through a Chroma Cameras Cube 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.

Square Saturday… British Waterways building

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British Waterways3
British Waterways building, August 2023
Chroma Cameras Cube, 30mm f/150 Pinhole + ND8 filter – 15s, f150, – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

Another image from the first roll through a Chroma Cameras Cube 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.

Throwback Thursday… Peak Rail (again)

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Hunslet class WD 0-6-0ST LORD PHIL at Rowsley South (Peak Rail)Hunslet class WD 0-6-0ST LORD PHIL at Rowsley South (Peak Rail)
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR at 78mm, 1/640s, f8, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Ten years ago it was it was this Hunslet class WD ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST steam locomotive at Rowsley South station at Peak Rail.

I’ve just realised this post is almost identical to this one from January 12 2023… same railway, different loco!