Category: Canals

Monochrome Monday… Stumped

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Stumped
Stumped
Nikon F65, AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D, 1/125s, f11 – Kentmere Pan 400
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 11½ mins at 20°c.

A little while back I picked up a Nikon F65 35mm SLR camera for wifey from Harrison Cameras and shot a test roll of film almost immediately… What I didn’t do quite as promptly however, was develop the film!

Better late than never eh?

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.

Square Saturday… Nottingham Canal with the Chroma Cameras Cube

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Nottingham Canal, August 2023
Nottingham Canal, August 2023
Chroma Cameras Cube, 30mm f/150 Pinhole + ND8 filter – 25s, f150, – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

An images from the first roll through a Chroma Cameras Cube pinhole camera… a roll that’s been in the camera since April last year!

The Cube will be the subject of a future blog post, it’s an interesting little beast.

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.

(Belated) Monochrome Monday… Canalside seat, August 2022

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Canalside seat, August 2022
Canalside seat, August 2022
Minolta X-700, MD ZOOM 35-70mm f/3.5 at 70mm, 1/60s, f6.7 – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Adox FX-39 at 1:9, 6 mins at 20°c.

Oops! With all the bank holidays at the moment I’ve got a little confused as to what day it actually is… hence today’s (belated) Monochrome Monday pic!

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… Street art, Chatterley Arm Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal

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Street art, Chatterley Arm Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Street art, Chatterley Arm Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Seagull WWSC-10, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/60s, f4, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

A pic from a recent wander along the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent.

A dull and damp day improved considerably by lunch from The Oatcake Boat!

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.

Throwback Thursday… Leawood Pump House

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Leawood Pump House
Leawood Pump House
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/160s, f11, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Five years ago it was Leawood Pumphouse near Cromford in Derbyshire.

The Grade II* listed building dates from 1949 and houses a Watt-type beam engine that pumped water from the River Derwent to the Cromford Canal until 1944 when the canal closed. The Pump House was restored in 1979 by the Cromford Canal Society and the engine is steamed periodically.

Monochrome Monday… Langley Mill Lock No.14

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Langley Mill Lock No.14
Langley Mill Lock No.14
Nikon F-501, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 – 1/60s, f5.6, – Foma Pan 200
Developed in Adox FX-39 II at 1:9, 10 mins at 20°c.

An image from my first roll of Foma Pan 200, also the first roll through a new to me Nikon F-501.

The Foma Pan 200/FX-39 II developer combination creates images with good contrast… ideal for a dreich January day!

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… Aqueduct Cottage, June 2022

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Aqueduct Cottage, June 2022
Aqueduct Cottage, June 2022
Olympus μ [mju:] – II – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Aqueduct Cottage has featured on this blog at least once before, here, coincidentally taken using another tiny point & shoot camera, the Canon Sure Shot Sleek.

The cottage has been extensively restored in the intervening four years and to my eyes is less appealing to photograph but the team behind the restoration has some interesting plans for Peter Nightingale’s cottage.

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.