Apple blossom
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM at 210mm + Canon EF12 Extension Tube, 1/125s, f11, ISO 100
Month: April 2025
Sludge Tank – Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Sludge Tank
Fujifilm X-E4, thingyfy 11mm Pinhole Pro S, 0.6s, 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.
Apparently this rather decrepit railway wagon (photographed at the Midland Railway-Butterley) is a ‘sludge tank’ built in 1913 and once used by the National Coal Board.
Throwback Thursday… ‘Another Place’
‘Another Place’
Nikon D300, AF-S NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR at 80mm, 1/320s, f9, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
15 years ago it was Another Place by Antony Gormley at Crosby beach on Merseyside.
I remember being somewhat underwhelmed by the sculptures and quickly turned my attention to the passing ships.
M.S. Norbay
Nikon D300, AF-S NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR at 270mm, 1/400s, f10, ISO 200
The MS Norbay is a roll-on/roll-off passenger (ROPAX) vessel built by Van Der Giessen-de Noord N.V. in the Netherlands in 1994 and was, at the time of the photo, employed on P&O Ferries Liverpool – Dublin route.
Wordless Wednesday… Belper Town F.C. 3 – Sheffield F.C. 1
Belper Town v Sheffield F.C.
Nikon D300, AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8D ED at 116mm, 1/2500s, f4, ISO 200
Belper Town v Sheffield F.C.
Nikon D300, AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8D ED at 135mm, 1/1000s, f4, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Ptarmigan, Morston Quay
Ptarmigan, Morston Quay
Canon EOS 5, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 60mm, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
I’m building up quite a backlog of black & white film developing at the moment… so here’s a pic from March 2024!
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.
Slide Film Sunday… Aspire, by Ken Shuttleworth
Aspire, by Ken Shuttleworth
Canon EOS 300, EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/180s, f8 – Fujifilm Velvia 100F (expired 2/2013)
Another image from Expired Film Day 2025.
Aspire, designed by Ken Shuttleworth is a 200ft tall steel sculpture on the Jubilee Campus of the University of Nottingham and was, until overtaken by Anish Kapoor’s Orbit, the tallest free standing public work of art in the United Kingdom.
Definitely one of those occasions when I wish I’d packed a shorter focal length lens than 50mm!
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.
Throwback Thursday… In These Shoes?
In These Shoes?
Nikon D300, AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4D, 1/60s, f2.8, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
16 years ago it was this strappy high-heeled shoe… why? I cannot for the life of me remember!
Wordless Wednesday… In Loving Memory of Hannah Smith (of Blitter Lees, Silloth)
In Loving Memory of Hannah Smith (of Blitter Lees, Silloth)
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 31mm, 1/160s, f8, ISO 320
Monochrome Monday… Brick Train, Darlington
Brick Train, Darlington
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 35mm, 1/250s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
Darlington’s Brick Train was created by David Mach in 1997 to celebrate the town’s railway heritage, and is modelled on the steam locomotive Mallard, which set a UK rail speed record of 126 miles per hour in 1938. The locomotive is depicted as if just having exited a tunnel, with the billowing smoke typical of such an exit.
The Minolta Dynax 800si is a chunky beast (especially with the Tamron SP lens attached) but I love using it and really don’t mind carrying it around…
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.
Saturday Street Art… Books!
Books, The Quadrant, Beeston
Canon EOS 300, EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/45s, f8 – Fujifilm Velvia 100F (expired 2/2013)
Some more of Beeston’s street art, photographed on Expired Film Day but this time on film only 12 years out of date!
This is just a small part of mural by that adorns The Quadrant, a multi-purpose venue next to Beeston Library. It was painted by Anna Wheelhouse and unveiled in May 2023.
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.
Freelance Wastrel 