Category: Autumn

Throwback Thursday… Great Central Railway autumn steam gala

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SR West Country class 4-6-2 34007 WADEBRIDGE-20111008 (Loughborough Central, GCR)
Southern Railway West Country class 4-6-2 34007 WADEBRIDGE at Loughborough Central
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 58mm, 1/200s, f7.1, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

15 years ago it was the autumn steam gala at the Great Central Railway (GCR).

S&DJR class 7F 2-8-0 No.88-20111008 (Leicester North, GCR)
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway class 7F 2-8-0 No.88 at Leicester North
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 48mm, 1/100s, f5, ISO 800

Both of the locomotives above were visitors to the GCR, WADEBRIDGE from the Mid-Hants Railway and No.88 from the West Somerset Railway (if memory serves).

Throwback Thursday… Landscapes around Ilam

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Stormy sky, Ilam, October 2020
Stormy sky, Ilam, October 2020
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 62mm, 1/220s, f8, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Five years ago it was the landscape around Ilam Park in Staffordshire during a Photography Friday outing with Rachel.

The 158-acre country park is on both banks of the River Manifold and is a great place for a walk at any time of year but especially in autumn!

Ilam Park, October 2020
Ilam Park, October 2020
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 32mm, 1/150s, f11, ISO 200

A couple of minutes after these pics were taken the heavens opened and we both ended up wet and cold!

Monochrome Monday… Cobweb, October 2023

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Cobweb, October 2023
Cobweb, October 2023
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

It’s not quite this time of year yet but the local spider population has already started to make its way indoors!

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.