
Exit, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
Fujifilm X-T5, Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD at 17mm, 1/40s, f8, ISO 500
Category: Interior
Throwback Thursday… Cosy, Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms

Cosy, Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/40s, f2.8, ISO 500
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Last year it was the cosy interior of the Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms in Shipley Country Park in Derbyshire… a very welcome respite from the bitterly cold outdoors!
Square Saturday… Trades House, Dundee

Trades House, Dundee
iPhone 15 Pro, Hipstamatic John S ‘lens’ & DreamCanvas ‘film’
A Hipstamatic pic from September’s trip to Scotland, snapped whilst enjoying a pint of Bellhaven Black in the Trades House pub in Dundee.
Monochrome Monday… Greenhouse interior, Calke Abbey

Greenhouse interior, Calke Abbey
Nikon Nikkormat FT2, NIKKOR-H 28mm f/3.5, 1/500, f8 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
Things have been a little quiet here of late, I’ve not had much enthusiasm for photography, or anything else really… But we’re now approaching my favourite time of the year, autumn, and hopefully that will make me feel a bit more enthusiastic and productive!
Anyway… here’s another image from a trip to Calke Abbey last August.
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 Gardeners’ Bothy, Calke Abbey

The Gardeners’ Bothy, Calke Abbey
Nikon Nikkormat FT2, NIKKOR-H 28mm f/3.5, 1/30, f3.5 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
An image from a trip to Calke Abbey last August, an image I wasn’t confident about at all… hand-holding the camera at 1/30th second with the lens wide open at f/3.5!
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… Monk’s Cell, Mount Grace Priory

Monk’s Cell, Mount Grace Priory
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/18s, f8, ISO 6400
Wordless Wednesday… Souter Lighthouse

Souter Lighthouse
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/35s, f8, ISO 6400
Square Saturday… Coffee Boo, Hillsborough
Coffee Boo, Hillsborough
Yashica Mat-124G, Yashinon 80mm f/3.5, 1/60s, f3.5 – CineStill BwXX
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:9, 12 mins at 20°c.
An image snapped while waiting for one of Coffee Boo’s delicious burritos to arrive one lunchtime a couple of months ago… The reflection in the table top caught my eye.
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.
Throwback Thursday… Cyclists

Velodrome
Nikon D200, AF NIKKOR 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX at 70mm, 1/60s, f5.6, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
17 years ago it was cyclists at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester during a Nikon ‘Solutions’ event…

The pack
Nikon D200, AF NIKKOR 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX at 70mm, 1/80s, f5.6, ISO 400
These images certainly highlight how poor my panning technique was but I remember it being a fun day out nonetheless!

Banked circuit
Nikon D200, AF NIKKOR 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX at 22mm, 1/40s, f8, ISO 800
Monochrome Monday… Winter Garden, Sheffield

Winter Garden, Sheffield
Nikon FA, NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S, 1/125s, f11 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
The interior of Sheffield’s Winter Garden, the largest urban glasshouse anywhere in Europe and home to more than 2,000 plants from all around the world.
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.