
Sound of Mull, October 2024
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 88mm, 1/105s, f11, ISO 200
Category: Coast
Monochrome Monday… Keil Burn, Lower Largo

Keil Burn, Lower Largo
Olympus XA4 – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.
The first image from a recently acquired Olympus XA4.
The Olympus XA series had passed me by until I received an XA (the rangefinder model) a few years ago from an EMULSIVE Secret Santa and since then I’ve picked up a couple of XA2s and now an XA4.
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Souter Lighthouse

Souter Lighthouse
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/35s, f8, ISO 6400
Square Saturday… Forth Bridge, October 2018

Forth Bridge, October 2018
Seagull 4A – 1/300s, f16 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol-S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.
A bit of an ‘oops!’ moment here… This roll of film was finished back in March but had been lurking in the camera, forgotten, since October 2018!
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.
Wordless Wednesday… ‘There’s something fishy going on here’

‘There’s something fishy going on here’
Canon Sure Shot Sleek, Canon 32mm f/3.5 – Harman Phoenix rated at ISO 100
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.
Throwback Thursday… ‘Another Place’

‘Another Place’
Nikon D300, AF-S NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR at 80mm, 1/320s, f9, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
15 years ago it was Another Place by Antony Gormley at Crosby beach on Merseyside.
I remember being somewhat underwhelmed by the sculptures and quickly turned my attention to the passing ships.

M.S. Norbay
Nikon D300, AF-S NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR at 270mm, 1/400s, f10, ISO 200
The MS Norbay is a roll-on/roll-off passenger (ROPAX) vessel built by Van Der Giessen-de Noord N.V. in the Netherlands in 1994 and was, at the time of the photo, employed on P&O Ferries Liverpool – Dublin route.
Monochrome Monday… Ptarmigan, Morston Quay

Ptarmigan, Morston Quay
Canon EOS 5, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 60mm, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
I’m building up quite a backlog of black & white film developing at the moment… so here’s a pic from March 2024!
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Beach huts, Hove

Beach huts, Hove
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 30mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 100
Wordless Wednesday… Seaside shelter, Hove

Seaside shelter, Hove
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 65mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 100
Monochrome Monday… Fishing boat, West Mersea

Fishing boat, West Mersea
Nikon F80, AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D at 28mm, 1/125s, f8 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
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.