In Loving Memory of Hannah Smith (of Blitter Lees, Silloth)
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 31mm, 1/160s, f8, ISO 320
Category: Landscape
Monochrome Monday… Brick Train, Darlington
Brick Train, Darlington
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 35mm, 1/250s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
Darlington’s Brick Train was created by David Mach in 1997 to celebrate the town’s railway heritage, and is modelled on the steam locomotive Mallard, which set a UK rail speed record of 126 miles per hour in 1938. The locomotive is depicted as if just having exited a tunnel, with the billowing smoke typical of such an exit.
The Minolta Dynax 800si is a chunky beast (especially with the Tamron SP lens attached) but I love using it and really don’t mind carrying it around…
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.
Monochrome Monday… Skeletal, Pikehall
Skeletal, Pikehall
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm E II f/2.8 – 1/15s, f11, – Kodak T-Max 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7 mins at 20°c.
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… New Bridge, Calver
New Bridge, Calver
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 79mm, 1/60s, f11, ISO 1250
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Five years ago it was the New Bridge at Calver in Derbyshire.
Although called the ‘New Bridge’ it was actually built in 1781 to carry the new Sheffield-Calver turnpike road over the River Derwent. The building visible through the bridge is Shuttle House which once housed the sluice machinery to control the flow of water down the goit (water channel) to Calver Mill.
I remember having a splendid Croque Madame for lunch at The Bridge Inn in Calver that day too!
Wordless Wednesday… Beach huts, Hove
Beach huts, Hove
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 30mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 100
Wordless Wednesday… Cornish Place, Sheffield
Cornish Place, Sheffield
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 47mm, 1/200s, f8, ISO 100
Wordless Wednesday… Seaside shelter, Hove
Seaside shelter, Hove
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 65mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 100
Monochrome Monday… Tollesbury Saltings, September 2024
Tollesbury Saltings, September 2024
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 28-80mm f/4-5.6D at 80mm + YA3 orange filter, 1/90, f8 – Rollei RPX 400
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
An image from another forgotten roll of film… this one was exposed in Essex and Scotland during September and October last year but only developed last week!
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Sheaf Square, Sheffield
Sheaf Square, Sheffield
Olympus μ [mju:] – II – CineStill 800T
Developed by AgLab
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… Leyburn Shawl, March 2024
Leyburn Shawl, March 2024
Nikon F80, AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D at 35mm, 1/180s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ 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.
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