Pylon Down
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 AI-S – 1/250s, f11, – Ilford HP5+ rated at ISO 320
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Author: freelancewastrel
Single frame… Tabac le Bercy
Tabac Le Bercy, August 2016
Olympus XA – Lomography Colour 400
I had a number of films returned from the lab this morning, this shot is from a roll that’s been sitting in a drawer for a while and I had no idea what was on it, only that it came out of my Olympus XA…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Born on this day… Bert Hardy
‘Everywhere I look and most of the time I look, I see photographs.’
Bert Hardy (English documentary and press photographer) – May 19, 1913 – July 3 1995.
Born on this day… Suze Randall
‘I had the best gimmick in the business: A sexy girl taking pictures of sexy girls.’
Suze Randall (English model, photographer, and pornographer) – May 18, 1946 (age 72)
Wordless Wednesday… Spring Evening, May 2018
Spring evening, May 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 78mm, 1/340s, f11, ISO 400
Born on this day – Richard Avedon
‘And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up. I know that the accident of my being a photographer has made my life possible.’
Richard Avedon (American fashion and portrait photographer) – May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004.
Monochrome Monday… Sun through the silver (birch)
Sun through the silver (birch)
Contax T2, Carl Zeiss T* 38mm f/2.8 lens – 1/60s, f16, – Ilford Pan 100
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Bluebells
Bluebells
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 70mm, 1/70s, f5.6, ISO 200
Another image from the tiny patch of woodland close to my home…
Wordless Wednesday… Leeds Corn Exchange
Leeds Corn Exchange
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/80s, f8, ISO 500
Monochrome Monday… Gate weight
Gate weight, February 2018
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 35mm f/2 – 1/125s, f8, – Lomo Lady Grey 400 rated at ISO 320
A fantastically ‘low-tech’ way to keep a farm gate closed… Another image from my February trip to Trent Lock…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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