Monochrome Monday… River South Esk Crossings, Montrose

River South Esk Crossings, Montrose
River South Esk Crossings, Montrose
Nikon F3HP, Zoom-NIKKOR 35-70mm f/3.5 Ai-S at 35mm, 1/250s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

A view of Montrose (road) Bridge seen from beneath the South Esk Rail Viaduct in October 2022.

The pretty uninspiring road bridge opened to traffic in 2004 and replaced a much more visually interesting structure dating from 1930. The 1430ft long South Esk Rail Viaduct was built by the North British Railway (NBR) in 1881 and carries a single-track section of the Edinburgh-Aberdeen main line.

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… The Harbour (and Harbour Bar) at Gourdon

The Harbour (and Harbour Bar) at GourdonThe Harbour (and Harbour Bar) at Gourdon
Nikon F3HP, Zoom-NIKKOR 35-70mm f/3.5 Ai-S at 70mm + Y48 yellow filter, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Yet another image from Gourdon in Scotland… During the week we were there we may have popped into the Harbour Bar once or twice 😜

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… Aqueduct Cottage, June 2022

Aqueduct Cottage, June 2022
Aqueduct Cottage, June 2022
Olympus μ [mju:] – II – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Aqueduct Cottage has featured on this blog at least once before, here, coincidentally taken using another tiny point & shoot camera, the Canon Sure Shot Sleek.

The cottage has been extensively restored in the intervening four years and to my eyes is less appealing to photograph but the team behind the restoration has some interesting plans for Peter Nightingale’s cottage.

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.

Slide Film Sunday… Burbage Brook

Burbage Brook, January 2001
Burbage Brook, January 2001
Nikon F90X Pro(?) – Fujichrome

A couple of images from January 2001 (or possibly December 2000… I’m not sure) for today’s ‘Slide Film Sunday’.

As usual I’ve no notes for these images but I’m reasonably sure the camera/film combo was Nikon F90X Pro/Fujichrome Sensia.

Burbage Brook in full flow, January 2001
Burbage Brook in full flow, January 2001
Nikon F90X Pro(?) – Fujichrome

Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8 and Nikon ES-1 Slide Copying Adapter with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.