Monochrome Monday… ‘Rain’ by Colin Rose

 'Rain' by Colin Rose
‘Rain’ by Colin Rose
Minolta Alpha 303si Super, Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7, 1/3s, f11 – Ilford Pan F Plus (expired 2007/05)
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 6 mins at 20°c.

An image from Expired Film Day 2024.

Rain, a sculpture by Colin Rose consists of nine stainless steel spheres of varying sizes and can be found in Millennium Square, Sheffield. The spheres are intended to suggest drops of rain that have just landed on the surface of the square.

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… Fairey Gannet AEW.3

Fairey Gannet AEW.3
Fairey Gannet AEW.3
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM at 20mm, 1/1500s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

Another aircraft on display at the fantastic Newark Air Museum in Nottinghamshire, this Fairey Gannet AEW.3 was built in 1962 and last flew in 1978 with the Royal Navy.

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… Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A

Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A
Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 50mm, 1/750s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

One of the many aircraft on display at the fantastic Newark Air Museum in Nottinghamshire, this Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A was built in 1956 and last flew in 1978 with the French Air Force.

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.

Square Saturday… Under This Stone…

Under This Stone…
Under This Stone…
Seagull WWSC-120, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/125s, f8, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

Another image from Chesterfield, these gravestones have been ‘tidied’ to the western end of the churchyard…

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.

Square Saturday… Crooked Spire

Crooked Spire
Crooked Spire
Seagull WWSC-120, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/125s, f8, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

Chesterfield’s famous Crooked Spire, photographed during the town’s 1940s market a couple of weeks ago.

I wasn’t sure how this roll would turn out… the camera, a Seagull twin-lens reflex, had been playing up during the previous roll.

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.

Square Saturday… Pit Top Arch, Ripley

Pit Top Arch, Ripley
Pit Top Arch, Ripley
Seagull WWSC-10, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/125s, f11, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

Ripley’s ‘Pit Top Arch’ has featured here before and 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.

Monochrome Monday… Wellington Hotel, Cromer

Wellington Hotel, Cromer
Wellington Hotel, Cromer
Canon EOS 5, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 28mm, 1/90s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Another image from the first roll of film through my charity shop find Canon EOS 5.

I loved how the sunlight (remember that?) projected the lettering on the door of the Wellington Hotel onto the doorframe. I’m not so keen on the obvious barrel distortion at the wide end of my Canon EF 28-135mm lens though…

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… The Waterfront, Norwich

The Waterfront, Norwich
The Waterfront, Norwich
Canon EOS 5, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 70mm, 1/250s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Waterfront buildings on the River Wensum in Norwich, photographed on an unseasonably warm 18 March this year… also the very first image from a charity shop find Canon EOS 5, a camera I coveted in the early 1990s when using a Canon EOS 1000FN.

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.