Category: Fujifilm

Slide Film Sunday… GWR 4900 class 4-6-0 5900 HINDERTON HALL at the Didcot Railway Centre

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Great Western Railway 4900 class 4-6-0 5900 HINDERTON HALL
Great Western Railway 4900 class 4-6-0 5900 HINDERTON HALL
Fujichrome

Some more Fujichrome from 2001 for today’s Slide Film Sunday.

This Great Western Railway (GWR) 4900 ‘Hall’ class 4-6-0 steam loco was photographed at the Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire… another place I really must revisit!

Again I’ve got no idea of the details of this dimly lit interior shot other than the film is probably Fujichrome Sensia and I almost certainly wasn’t using a tripod!

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… Nottingham

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Great Northern Railway corn warehouse, Nottingham
Great Northern Railway corn warehouse, Nottingham
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 23mm, 1/170s, f8, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Nine years ago it was a couple of odd corners of the city of Nottingham.

Designed by T.C. Hine, the Great Northern Railway (GNR) corn warehouse dates from 1857 and is Grade II Listed but was badly damaged by fire in 1998 and as far as I’m aware is still standing but derelict.

Reliant 5cwt Van
Reliant 5cwt Van
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 24mm, 1/60s, f10, ISO 250

This Reliant 5cwt van was perched on top of a container and advertising ‘Lady Bay Independant Car Breakers’ near the racecourse in Colwick. The 5cwt van was the predecessor of the ‘Supervan’ that was made famous by the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses.

A Happy Christmas to all*

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North Pole

North Pole
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 R WR, 1/8s, f2, ISO 160

I’ve been a little too busy to post regularly this December, the image below (courtesy of Mrs Claus) will hopefully explain what’s been keeping me occupied!

Santa Claus

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Cool Yule or whatever celebration floats your boat at this time of year…

* ‘and to all, a good night…’

Single frame… Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594

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Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594
Avro Vulcan B.2 XM594
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 10-24mm f4 R OIS at 22mm, 6s, f8, ISO 400

A few weeks ago I took part in a night photo shoot at Newark Air Museum (in Nottinghamshire, not New Jersey) and this is my favourite image from the evening…

XM594 was delivered to the Royal Air Force on 9 July 1963, entering service with 27 Squadron as part of RAF Scampton’s Blue Steel Wing (Blue Steel was an air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, built to arm the V-bomber force).

XM594 made its final flight on 7 February 1983, to the former RAF Winthorpe, home of the Newark Air Museum.