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Nikon Zfc, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR at 50mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 180
Month: January 2026
Monochrome Monday… 1961 650cc Panther Model 120
1961 650cc Panther Model 120
Nikon FE2, NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8, 1/250s, f11 – Ilford HP5 Plus
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
An image from last year’s Classic Motorcycle Day at Crich Tramway Village.
This is definitely at Panther (made by Phelon & Moore in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire) and I believe it’s a 1961 650cc Model 120.
Throwback Thursday… Time
Time
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8, 1/10s, f4, ISO 100
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
14 years ago it was this still life, my wife’s great-grandfather’s watch (at least 110 years old then) and Funk & Wagnalls New “Standard” Dictionary dating from 1947…
Wordless Wednesday… Gravestones, All Saints Church, Ripley
Gravestones, All Saints Church, Ripley
Nikon Zfc, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR at 50mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 180
Monochrome Monday… Fishing Boats, Port Seton Harbour
Fishing Boats, Port Seton Harbour
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D at 35mm, 1/60s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
We spent a very enjoyable week in East Lothian in September, staying a two minute stroll from Port Seton Harbour. We had a wander down there every day, sometimes to beachcomb, sometimes for fish & chips…
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… Cosy, Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms
Cosy, Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/40s, f2.8, ISO 500
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Last year it was the cosy interior of the Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms in Shipley Country Park in Derbyshire… a very welcome respite from the bitterly cold outdoors!
Wordless Wednesday… In Loving Memory of Walter Beatson
In Loving Memory of Walter Beatson
Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 31mm, 1/45s, f8, ISO 1250
Monochrome Monday… Demolition, Sheffield 2025
Demolition, Sheffield 2025
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/350s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
Another image from May 2025… and more industrial decay beside the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal.
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… European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Panasonic Lumix GF-1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45 f/3.5~5.6 at 45mm, 1/40s, f8, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
15 years ago it was this cheeky little Robin (Erithacus rubecula), posing by the frosted railway tracks at the Midland Railway-Butterley in Derbyshire.
At the time I’d only got the 14-45mm lens (28-90mm in 35mm terms) for the Panasonic Lumix GF-1 so this was the closest pic I could get… I remember being pretty pleased with it at the time though!
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