Mercia Marina, January 2020
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 52mm, 1/100s, f11, ISO 200
Category: Canals
Wordless Wednesday… Ey Up Mi Duck!
Ey Up Mi Duck!
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 55-200mm f3.5~4.8 R LM OIS at 200mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 500
OK, a few words today… ‘Ey up mi duck’ is a friendly greeting often used in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, also the title of an excellent book about the dialect of the East Midlands by Richard Scollins and John Titford.
Single frame… Narrow boats on the Macclesfield Canal, Marple, July 2019
Narrow boats on the Macclesfield Canal, Marple, July 2019
Fujica GW690 – Exposure unrecorded, – Kodak Ektar rated at ISO 64
I haven’t posted anything shot on my (borrowed) Fujica GW 690 for a while but yesterday I had six sets of negatives arrive in the post from Ag Photo Lab so here you are!
The narrow boat chugging its way along the Macclesfield Canal at Marple has just come off the Peak Forest Canal (which is on the other side of the bridge in the background) but whether it had traversed the 16 lock Marple Flight or not I don’t know…
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Turnover Bridge, Macclesfield Canal
Turnover Bridge, Macclesfield Canal
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 21mm, 1/100s, f11, ISO 640
Wordless Wednesday… Lock No.14, Peak Forest Canal
Lock No.14
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 20mm, 1/100s, f11, ISO 200, Acros+Yellow filter mode
Wordless Wednesday… View from the tiller…
View from the tiller…
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 28mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 200
Single frame… Tranquillity, Trent & Mersey Canal (again)
The narrowboat ‘Tranquillity’, February 2019
Fujica GW690 – 1/500s, f16, – Rollei RPX 400 rated at ISO 800
Another image of the narrowboat ‘Tranquillity’, moored on the Trent & Mersey Canal near Keepers Lock at Fradley Junction, taken during a spot of ‘gongoozling’ in February this year.
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Narrow boats, Keepers Lock
Narrow boats, Keepers Lock
Fujica GW690 – 1/500s, f16, – Rollei RPX 400 rated at ISO 800
Another pic from February’s ‘gongoozling’ trip to Fradley Junction on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Porters Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Porters Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Fujica GW690 – 1/125s, f5.6½, – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
The Grade II listed Porters Bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal at Shardlow in Derbyshire, photographed on a cold and damp Photography Friday in January this year…
Another shot from the Fujica GW 690 camera that I’ve got on loan…
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Tranquillity, Trent & Mersey Canal
Tranquillity, Trent & Mersey Canal, February 2019
Fujica GW690 – 1/500s, f16, – Rollei RPX 400 rated at ISO 800
Tranquillity… a 60ft long narrow boat, moored on the Trent & Mersey Canal near Keepers Lock at Fradley Junction.
A brisk morning stroll and a spot of ‘gongoozling’ before the first outdoor pub lunch of the year (and a couple of pints of Everards Tiger) at The Swan.
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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