Monk’s Cell, Mount Grace Priory
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/18s, f8, ISO 6400
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Throwback Thursday… Common Hollyhocks
Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45mm f/3.5~5.6 at 23mm, 1/125s, f5.6, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
14 years ago it was these beautiful Common Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) at Brockford station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (MSLR)
Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45mm f/3.5~5.6 at 45mm, 1/640s, f10, ISO 320
Wordless Wednesday… Souter Lighthouse
Souter Lighthouse
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/35s, f8, ISO 6400
Square Saturday… Forth Bridge, October 2018
Forth Bridge, October 2018
Seagull 4A – 1/300s, f16 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol-S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.
A bit of an ‘oops!’ moment here… This roll of film was finished back in March but had been lurking in the camera, forgotten, since October 2018!
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… Rails, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2025
Rails
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 50s, f167 – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.
An image from Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2025.
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… Class 24 D5054 approaches Damems Loop, K&WVR
Class 24 D5054 approaches Damems Loop, K&WVR
Nikon D100, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED AF-D at 300mm, 1/500s, f9.5, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
21 years ago it was a diesel gala at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Class 24 D5054 (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway) was in charge of the 09.15 service from Oxenhope to Keighley.
Wordless Wednesday… Midland Red
Midland Red
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 25mm, 1/140s, f8, ISO 200
Wordless Wednesday… ‘There’s something fishy going on here’
‘There’s something fishy going on here’
Canon Sure Shot Sleek, Canon 32mm f/3.5 – Harman Phoenix rated at ISO 100
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.
Monochrome Monday… The former Barclays Bank, Eastwood
The former Barclays Bank, Eastwood
Nikon FM10, Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 Ai – 1/250s, f8 – Ilford FP4 Plus rated at ISO 200 (expired 10/2016)
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 12 mins at 20°c.
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.</
Monochrome Monday… Staircase, Jervaulx Abbey
Staircase, Jervaulx Abbey
Nikon F80, AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D at 65mm, 1/45s, f8 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
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.
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