Alleyway, February 2015
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 35mm f1.4, 1/30s, f1.4, ISO 3200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Four years ago it was this alleyway…
Category: Black & white
Monochrome Monday… Reflection, Lower Largo
Reflection, Lower Largo, October 2018
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/250s, f11, – Agfa APX 400 rated at ISO 320
I can’t wait to get back to the coast… any bit of coast will do but my favourite is that around Fife in Scotland. A stroll on the beach at Lower Largo followed by a pie and a pint in the Railway Inn would hit the spot today.
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Monochrome Monday… Vintage section
Vintage section, December 2018
Fujica GW690 – 1/60s, f8, – JCH Street Pan rated at ISO 800
My first roll of JCH Street Pan film in 120 format. I’m not sure what went wrong but the negatives are very thin indeed… Did I forget to mark the roll for push-processing when I sent it to the lab?
This is part of the vintage section in the Sue Ryder charity shop on Goodramgate in York. They had an assortment of photographic bits and bobs when I called in before Christmas but the only thing I bought was a Sporran!
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Single frame… Peace Garden fountains, Sheffield
Peace Garden fountains, Sheffield
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/60s, f11, – Rollei RPX 100
Yet another shot from my first roll of Rollei RPX 100 film.
Cold and incredibly windy here today… Looking forward to the warmer weather, to days when we can play in the fountains…
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Monochrome Monday… Boardwalk, Carr Wood
Boardwalk, Carr Wood, December 2018
Fujica GW690 – 1/125s, f8, – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
A shot from my second roll through a borrowed Fujica GW690.
My fondness for the ‘Texas Leica’ is growing… I’m desperately trying NOT to scout around for one of my own…
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Throwback Thursday… Tightrope practise, Brighton
Tightrope practise, Brighton
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 52mm, 1/950s, f11, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Two years ago I was exploring Brighton when I came across a lad practising his tightrope skills on the remnants of the West Pier.
In the 15 minutes I was watching he only fell off once!
Monochrome Monday… Rolls Royce Merlin X aero engine
Rolls Royce Merlin X aero engine
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 35mm f/2 – 1/125s, f11, – Kentmere 400 rated at ISO 320
A Rolls Royce Merlin X aero engine on display at The Ruskin Museum in Coniston. The engine was one of four fitted to Handley Page Halifax V bomber, LL505 ‘FD-S’ of the Royal Air Force’s 1659 Heavy Conversion unit (HCU) that crashed on Great Carrs between Coniston and Little Langdale during a navigational exercise on 22 October 1944. All eight members of the crew were killed in the crash.
The engine is one of two recovered by the RAF in 1997, the other is in the Pathfinder Museum at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire.
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Single frame… Mulled Wine and Mulled Cider
Mulled Wine and Mulled Cider, York, December 2018
Fujica GW690 – 1/30s, f4, – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 3200
I received five rolls of film back from the lab yesterday, all shot with the gorgeous Fujica GW690 that I’ve got on loan…
I’ve never pushed Ilford Delta 400 before and only did so here to try and bag a few shots of York after dark while wobbling my way from ‘The Last Drop’ to the railway station.
I’m absolutely loving the results from this camera… I’m quite taken with the pushed Delta 400 too!
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Monochrome Monday… ‘Gruff à l’eau’
Gruff à l’eau, Morston Quay
Nikon FE2, Tamron Adaptall-2 35-70mm f/3.5 at 50mm – 1/500s, f11, – Lomo Lady Grey 400 rated at ISO 320
Another shot from September’s trip to Morston Quay in Norfolk, the name of this boat amused me…
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Wordless Wednesday… Gate shadow
Gate shadow
Nikon F3HP, Nikon Series E 75-150mm f/3.5 at 150mm – 1/125s, f11, – Kentmere 400 rated at ISO 320
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