Graffiti artists’ playground
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/25s, f8, ISO 6400
Category: Industry
Throwback Thursday… Leawood Pump House
Leawood Pump House
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/160s, f11, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Five years ago it was Leawood Pumphouse near Cromford in Derbyshire.
The Grade II* listed building dates from 1949 and houses a Watt-type beam engine that pumped water from the River Derwent to the Cromford Canal until 1944 when the canal closed. The Pump House was restored in 1979 by the Cromford Canal Society and the engine is steamed periodically.
Monochrome Monday… Willington Cooling Towers, January 2020
Willington Cooling Towers, January 2020
Nikon FE, Zoom-Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5 at 43mm, 1/125s, f8 – Kentmere 400
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 11½ mins at 20°c.
I can’t tell you why I find this image of the defunct cooling towers at Willington Power Station so appealing… I just do.
It’s also one of only half a dozen or so images (so far) taken with my Zoom-Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5 Ai lens…
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Darnall Road Dereliction, June 2021
Darnall Road Dereliction, June 2021
Nikon F3HP, NIKKOR 105mm f/2.5 Ai-S, 1/125s, f5.6; – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 9 mins at 20°c.
Digitised using Nikon D5500 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Throwback Thursday… Belper River Gardens
Aquilegia ‘Origami Pink and white’ (Aquilegia x caerulea)
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 35mm f1.4 R, 1/350s, f2, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Six years ago it was Belper River Gardens within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in Derbyshire.
Sluice gate machinery, Belper North Mill
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 35mm f1.4 R, 1/140s, f8, ISO 800
Monochrome Monday… Belper Mill and The Triangle, March 2021
Belper Mill and The Triangle, March 2021
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 90s, f167 – Foma Pan 100
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 4 mins at 20°c.
Another image of Belper East Mill, this time with ‘The Triangle’ in the foreground.
‘The Triangle’ was created c.1900 when a number of houses were demolished to improve the road juction here. It was used as the turning circle for the Derby-Belper bus from the end of the First World War until the 1970s.
Digitised using Nikon D5500 & 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… Belper Mill and the River Derwent
Belper Mill and the River Derwent, March 2021
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 201s, f167 – Foma Pan 100
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 4 mins at 20°c.
Another image from the fantastic Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole camera…
The seven-storey Belper East Mill dates from 1912 and as a child (not quite as far back as 1912!) I got to explore most of it thanks to my Dad being assistant general manager there.
The Horseshoe Weir (built c.1797) was built to enable the River Derwent to power the older West Mill and replaced a much simpler structure located slightly further upstream.
Digitised using Nikon D5500 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
From the (digital) archive… Tees Transporter Bridge
Tees Transporter Bridge
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 49mm – 1/210s, f/11, ISO 200
This image popped up today while I was looking for something else…
The iconic Tees Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough, framed by the remains of the Cleveland Salt Works on Vulcan Street in September 2017.
This fantastic structure has featured here before and no doubt will do so again…
Square Saturday… Middleton Top, C&HPR
Middleton Top, C&HPR
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 86s, f167 – Foma Pan 100
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 4 mins at 20°c.
Another image from Middleton Top, this time from the fantastic Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole camera…
Digitised using Nikon D5500 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Torn up tracks
Torn up tracks
Canon EOS 600, EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/750, f8 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 7 mins at 20°c.
Monday was a glorious day (weather-wise) and it felt wonderful to get out for a few hours with a couple of cameras and a few rolls of film…
These tracks are only a few feet long and can be found on the High Peak Trail at Middleton Top, the summit of a 708 yard long 1 in 8½ incline on what was the Cromford and High Peak Railway that once linked the Cromford Canal to the Peak Forest Canal.
Digitised using Nikon D5500 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Freelance Wastrel 