Low tide at Port Seton
Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 34mm, 1/170s, f11, ISO 125
Category: Landscape
Monochrome Monday… Sunderland – Bravely Defending Our Shores
Sunderland – Bravely Defending Our Shores
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 at 50mm, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
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 Thusday… General cargo ship ‘SYDLAND’
General cargo ship SYDLAND
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 30mm, 1/250, f8, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
20 years ago it was the general cargo ship SYDLAND making its way along Loch Linnhe to the ArjoWiggins paper mill at Corpach.
The closure of the mill (with the loss of 150 jobs) had been announced only a few days prior to this image being captured.
Throwback Thursday… Craster, Northumberland
Craster harbour
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 34mm, 1/170s, f11, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Five years ago it was the picturesque coastal village of Craster in Northumberland during a gap between Covid lockdowns…
The concrete construction at the end of the right hand breakwater is the remains of tower that supported an overhead cable system that used to transfer stone from a quarry west of the village to ships in the harbour.
Dunstanburgh Castle
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 66mm, 1/170s, f11, ISO 200
The ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle lie to the north of Craster and date from the 14th century.
Wordless Wednesday… Sound of Mull, October 2024
Sound of Mull, October 2024
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 88mm, 1/105s, f11, ISO 200
Throwback Thursday… Evening light on the sunflower field, the Nièvre, July 2018
Evening light on the sunflower field, the Nièvre, July 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 46mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Seven years ago it was the landscape around a friend’s house in central France…
Such beautiful soft light, illuminating distant sunflower fields.
Wordless Wednesday… Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ – Mount Grace Priory
Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ – Mount Grace Priory
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 50mm, 1/150s, f11, ISO 400
Monochrome Monday… Keil Burn, Lower Largo
Keil Burn, Lower Largo
Olympus XA4 – Kentmere Pan 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.
The first image from a recently acquired Olympus XA4.
The Olympus XA series had passed me by until I received an XA (the rangefinder model) a few years ago from an EMULSIVE Secret Santa and since then I’ve picked up a couple of XA2s and now an XA4.
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.
Square Saturday… Forth Bridge, October 2018
Forth Bridge, October 2018
Seagull 4A – 1/300s, f16 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol-S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.
A bit of an ‘oops!’ moment here… This roll of film was finished back in March but had been lurking in the camera, forgotten, since October 2018!
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… Class 24 D5054 approaches Damems Loop, K&WVR
Class 24 D5054 approaches Damems Loop, K&WVR
Nikon D100, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED AF-D at 300mm, 1/500s, f9.5, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
21 years ago it was a diesel gala at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Class 24 D5054 (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway) was in charge of the 09.15 service from Oxenhope to Keighley.
Freelance Wastrel 