Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ – Mount Grace Priory
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 50mm, 1/150s, f11, ISO 400
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Monochrome Monday… The Gardeners’ Bothy, Calke Abbey
The Gardeners’ Bothy, Calke Abbey
Nikon Nikkormat FT2, NIKKOR-H 28mm f/3.5, 1/30, f3.5 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
An image from a trip to Calke Abbey last August, an image I wasn’t confident about at all… hand-holding the camera at 1/30th second with the lens wide open at f/3.5!
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.
Square Saturday… Jervaulx Abbey
Jervaulx Abbey
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole, 20s, f167 – Lomography Earl Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 5 mins at 20°c.
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Handley Page HP.67 Hastings
Handley Page HP.67 Hastings
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 31mm, 1/110s, f11, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Sacred To The Memory Of Richard Millar
Sacred To The Memory Of Richard Millar
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/125s, f11 – 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.
Throwback Thursday… Light Clock, Royal Derby Hospital
Light Clock, Royal Derby Hospital
Olympus Stylus XZ-10, i.Zuiko 4.7-23.5mm f1.8~2.7 ED at 23.5mm, 1/800s, f4, ISO 100
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Eleven years ago it was the Light Clock at the Royal Derby Hospital.
Designed and installed by world-renowned clockmakers, Smiths of Derby, the clock represents “The Lady with the Lamp”, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing who was brought up in Derbyshire and corresponded with Dr William Ogle of Derbyshire Royal Infirmary in 1860 regarding the rebuilding of the hospital.
Wordless Wednesday… UPS Boeing 767 N356UP
UPS Boeing 767 N356UP
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM at 120mm, 1/125s, f8, ISO 125
Monochrome Monday… Keil Burn, Lower Largo
Keil Burn, Lower Largo
Olympus XA4 – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.
The first image from a recently acquired Olympus XA4.
The Olympus XA series had passed me by until I received an XA (the rangefinder model) a few years ago from an EMULSIVE Secret Santa and since then I’ve picked up a couple of XA2s and now an XA4.
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Monk’s Cell, Mount Grace Priory
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
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
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