Gilbarco petrol pump, Carstairs
iPhone 15 Pro, 6.8mm lens, 1/120s, f1.8, ISO 64
Category: Decay
Monochrome Monday… British Railways 16-ton Mineral Wagon
British Railways 16-ton Mineral Wagon
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D at 28mm, 1/125s, f11 – Ilford HP5 Plus
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
This former British Railways (BR) 16-ton mineral wagon is on display at the Prestongrange Museum in East Lothian.
Prestongrange Museum was originally founded as the National Mining Museum Scotland (now sited at Newtongrange in Midlothian) but is now dedicated to the area’s other once significant but vanished industries – salt boiling, chemical synthesis, soap making, glass making, potteries, industrial ceramics and bricks. It’s well worth a visit!
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… Boarded up house, Gourdon
Boarded up house, Gourdon
Olympus XA2, D.Zuiko 35mm f/3.5 – Foma Pan 200
Developed in Adox FX-39 II at 1:9, 10 mins at 20°c.
That ‘Oops!’ moment when you realise a roll of film has been sitting in the camera for two years since you finished it!
An image from a trip to Scotland’s east coast in 2022.
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… Reflections of the past, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
Reflections of the past, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM at 24mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 100
Throwback Thursday… Sutton Scarsdale Hall
Decorative plasterwork, Sutton Scarsdale Hall
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 56mm, 1/160s, f6.3, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
15 years ago it was the faded grandeur of Sutton Scarsdale Hall near Chesterfield in Derbyshire.
Dating from the 1720s the Grade 1 Listed structure has been derelict since the 1920s and was initially preserved in 1946 by Sir Osbert Sitwell of nearby Renishaw Hall but is now in the care of English Heritage.
Fireplace, Sutton Scarsdale Hall
Nikon D300, AF Micro NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8D, 1/160s, f6.3, ISO 400
Last time I visited the hall, the interior was closed to visitors but I understand it has now reopened.
Sludge Tank – Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Sludge Tank
Fujifilm X-E4, thingyfy 11mm Pinhole Pro S, 0.6s, f79, ISO 160
Today is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and I’ve been out snapping with my Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole camera and Fujifilm X-mount fit thingyfy Pinhole Pro S ‘lens’ mounted on my Fujifilm X-E4.
Apparently this rather decrepit railway wagon (photographed at the Midland Railway-Butterley) is a ‘sludge tank’ built in 1913 and once used by the National Coal Board.
Wordless Wednesday… Old Calton Cemetery, March 2025
Old Calton Cemetery, March 2025
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 35mm, 1/125s, f8, ISO 1250
Monochrome Monday… Skeletal, Pikehall
Skeletal, Pikehall
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm E II f/2.8 – 1/15s, f11, – Kodak T-Max 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7 mins at 20°c.
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.
Monochrome Monday… Dalmally Hall, October 2024
Dalmally Hall, October 2024
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D IF-ED at 24mm, 1/90, f11 – Rollei RPX 400
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
Dalmally Hall has featured here before and if it’s still standing the next time I’m in the area it no doubt will do so again!
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… 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
Freelance Wastrel 