Throwback Thursday… ‘Another Place’

'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
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
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.

Monochrome Monday… Loch Broom, August 2023

Loch Broom, August 2023
Loch Broom, August 2023
Fuji GW 690 Professional, Fuji Photo Film Co EBC Fujinon 90mm f/3.5 + Y48 yellow filter – 1/30s, f11 – Rollei RPX 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

An image from a semi-forgotten roll of film from last year’s Scottish holiday to Ullapool…

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.