Category: Canals

Monochrome Monday… Demolition, Sheffield 2025

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Demolition, Sheffield 2025
Demolition, Sheffield 2025
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/350s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.

Another image from May 2025… and more industrial decay beside the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal.

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… Footbridge Shadow, Sheffield & Tinsley Canal

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Footbridge Shadow, Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
Footbridge Shadow, Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/500s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.

An image from May this year… I can’t resist a bit of industrial decay!

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.

Slide Film Sunday… Colourful sterns, Langley Mill Basin

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Colourful sterns, Langley Mill Basin
Colourful sterns, Langley Mill Basin
Canon EOS 300, EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/60s, f5.6 – Fujifilm Velvia 100F (expired 2/2013)

Yet another image from Expired Film Day 2025.

These narrow boats are moored at Langley Mill canal basin at the junction of the Cromford and Erewash Canals.

Developed by AgLab. 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… 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.

Monochrome Monday… Narrow Boats, Langley Mill Basin

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Narrow Boats, Langley Mill BasinNarrow Boats, Langley Mill Basin
Nikon F2S, NIKKOR S·C 50mm f/1.4, 1/250, f11 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

An image from an Erewash Canal Preservation and Development Association event at Langley Mill Basin last May… an event where the narrow boats were packed in like sardines!

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.

Square Saturday… Nottingham Canal with the Chroma Cameras Cube (again)

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Nottingham Canal, August 2023
Nottingham Canal, August 2023
Chroma Cameras Cube, 30mm f/150 Pinhole + ND8 filter – 20s, f150, – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

Another image from the first roll through a Chroma Cameras Cube pinhole camera…

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.

Square Saturday… British Waterways building

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British Waterways building, August 2023
Chroma Cameras Cube, 30mm f/150 Pinhole + ND8 filter – 15s, f150, – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

Another image from the first roll through a Chroma Cameras Cube pinhole camera…

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.