Duck!
Nikon FE, Zoom-Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5 at 43mm, 1/60s, f5.6 – Kentmere 400
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 11½ mins at 20°c.
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Category: Black & white
Monochrome Monday… Alport Heights, August 2018 (yet again…)
Alport Heights
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/125s, f8, – Rollei RPX 100
I’m posting this image of Alport Heights for my regular ‘Photography Friday’ partner in crime, Rachel… thanks to the lockdown here in the UK we’ve not been out snapping for a while but this is one of her favourite places (and a fantastic spot for a picnic… when we’re allowed out again that is.)
Incidentally it was taken with an Olympus OM20 that she’d found for me in a charity shop a few months previously!
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Miniature folly
Miniature folly
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/125s, f11, – Kentmere 400 rated at ISO 320
In the current situation I’m struggling to motivate myself where photography is concerned but I’ve decided to post images here that evoke happy memories, if they have any artistic or technical merit too then that’s a bonus!
This miniature ‘folly’ is only a few inches across and adorns the wall that separates a holiday cottage from the sea in the Scottish village of Lower Largo.
We had glorious weather the week we stayed there in October 2018 and enjoyed a few al fresco breakfasts even though the cold waters of the Firth of Forth were only a few yards away.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Mother Cap
Silver birch and Mother Cap
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 59mm, 1/220s, f11, ISO 200
I’m not really in the right frame of mind for writing much at the minute so expect a few more ‘wordless’ posts…
Stay safe people…
Wordless Wednesday… Eastwood Lock
Eastwood Lock
Olympus Ace, E.Zuiko 4.5mm f/2.8, 1/250s, f11 – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Four-wheel, five-plank wagon No.30
Four-wheel, five-plank wagon No.30
Nikon F, Nikkor-S.C. 50mm f/1.4, 1/250s, f11, Kodak Tri-X rated at ISO 200
Developed in Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 7½ mins at 20°c.
Yet another image from the roll of Kodak Tri-X shot in a borrowed Nikon F…
This four-wheel, five plank railway wagon, was photographed at the Midland Railway Butterley (MR-B) in October last year. Not much is known about it other than it was built by Harrison & Camm Ltd of Rotherham and was acquired by the MR-B from Royal Naval Armament Depot (RNAD) Bedenham in Hampshire.
Wordless Wednesday… Hoffman Kiln
Hoffman Kiln
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 36mm, 1/60s, f11, ISO 500
Monochrome Monday… 98
98
Nikon F, Nikkor-S.C. 50mm f/1.4, 1/125s, f8, Kodak Tri-X rated at ISO 200
Developed in Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 7½ mins at 20°c.
Yet another image from the roll of Kodak Tri-X shot in a borrowed Nikon F and another railway wagon!
’98’ is a four-wheeled, rectangular tank wagon built by Charles Roberts & Co. Ltd. in 1913 that awaits restoration at the Midland Railway-Butterley. I believe that the wagon ended its working life as a Sludge Tank at Lambton Coking Plant near Sunderland.
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Green Wood, February 2020
Green Wood, February 2020
Fujica GW690 + Y15 yellow filter – 1/125s, f8½, – Kodak T-Max 400
Developed in Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6 mins at 20°c.
An image from a recent ‘Photography Friday’ trip out with Rachel… This patch of woodland can be found to the north of the wonderfully named ‘Great Pond of Stubbing’ near Chesterfield in Derbyshire and we used a brief break in the rainy weather during half-term to explore it. It’s definitely a location we’ll be revisiting!
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Middleton Top
Middleton Top, January 2020
Nikon F, Nikkor-S.C. 50mm f/1.4, 1/125s, f8, Kodak Tri-X rated at ISO 200
Developed in Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 7½ mins at 20°c.
Another image from the roll of Kodak Tri-X shot in a borrowed Nikon F…
Middleton Top engine house (in the background here) houses a preserved steam engine that used to haul railway wagons up the 708-yard long, 1 in 8½ gradient Middleton Incline on the Cromford & High Peak Railway (C&HPR) that linked the Cromford Canal at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. The incline closed in 1963, with the rest of the line following suit in 1967 and the trackbed now forms The High Peak Trail.
The railway wagon stands at the top of the incline and is VERY securely chained down to the track!
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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