Category: Black & white

Monochrome Monday… Brick Train, Darlington

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Brick Train, Darlington
Brick Train, Darlington
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 35mm, 1/250s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Darlington’s Brick Train was created by David Mach in 1997 to celebrate the town’s railway heritage, and is modelled on the steam locomotive Mallard, which set a UK rail speed record of 126 miles per hour in 1938. The locomotive is depicted as if just having exited a tunnel, with the billowing smoke typical of such an exit.

The Minolta Dynax 800si is a chunky beast (especially with the Tamron SP lens attached) but I love using it and really don’t mind carrying it around…

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… Park Hill Flats, Sheffield

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Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
Nikon F-301, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S, 1/250s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

I’ve had a couple of days filing negatives and it’s prompted me to look back at a few older images…

I’ve photographed the Brutalist architecture of Park Hill in Sheffield a few times and no doubt will do so again, the flats really do dominate the Sheffield skyline!

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… Dalmally Hall, October 2024

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Dalmally Hall, October 2024
Dalmally Hall, October 2024
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D IF-ED at 24mm, 1/90, f11 – Rollei RPX 400
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

Dalmally Hall has featured here before and if it’s still standing the next time I’m in the area it no doubt will do so again!

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.

Monochrome Monday… Tollesbury Saltings, September 2024

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Tollesbury Saltings, September 2024
Tollesbury Saltings, September 2024
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 28-80mm f/4-5.6D at 80mm + YA3 orange filter, 1/90, f8 – Rollei RPX 400
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

An image from another forgotten roll of film… this one was exposed in Essex and Scotland during September and October last year but only developed last week!

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.