Category: Architecture

Throwback Thursday… Craster, Northumberland

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Craster harbour-20200807a
Craster harbour
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 34mm, 1/170s, f11, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Five years ago it was the picturesque coastal village of Craster in Northumberland during a gap between Covid lockdowns…

The concrete construction at the end of the right hand breakwater is the remains of tower that supported an overhead cable system that used to transfer stone from a quarry west of the village to ships in the harbour.

Dunstanburgh Castle-20200807
Dunstanburgh Castle
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 66mm, 1/170s, f11, ISO 200

The ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle lie to the north of Craster and date from the 14th century.

Monochrome Monday… The Gardeners’ Bothy, Calke Abbey

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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.

Throwback Thursday… Light Clock, Royal Derby Hospital

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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.

Monochrome Monday… Keil Burn, Lower Largo

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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.

Square Saturday… Forth Bridge, October 2018

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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.