The Old Jetty, Drummore
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 31mm, 1/125s, f16, ISO 320
Category: Landscape
Wordless Wednesday… Windswept tree, South Downs Way
Windswept tree, South Downs Way
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 35mm f/2 AI-S, 1/250s, f8, Ilford FP4 Plus rated at ISO 100
Throwback Thursday… By the banks of the Loire…
Le Marinier Tirant sa Barque
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 18mm, 1/60s, f10, ISO 1250
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Four years ago it was this fantastic sculpture on the bank of the Loire River at Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire in central France.
Entitled ‘Le Marinier Tirant sa Barque’ (The Bargee Pulling his Boat) the sculpture was created by Jean-Jacques Bourgeois based on an idea by Marcel Van Nieuwenberg.
The bridge in the background crosses both the Loire and the border between the Nièvre and Cher départements.
Monochrome Monday… Tractors, Cromer
Tractors, Cromer
Fujica GW690 – 1/500s, f16, – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 320
Another image from the batch of Fujica GW690 negatives that I recently received back from the lab… and some more tractors used for hauling fishing boats onto the beach at Cromer in Norfolk.
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Photomarathon Sheffield 2018
Go Fast
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 36mm, 1/2s, f22, ISO 100
We (Joy, Rachel and myself) are off to Photomarathon Sheffield today, ‘One city. Six hours. Six photos. A one-day photography adventure for all ages. Looking at our city with curiosity, creativity and spontaneity.’
The above image, of a tram crossing Park Square Bridge, was number two of six last year, the topic being ‘Go fast’ in this case.
Taking just six photographs, one each of six topics, and strictly in order, is way out of my comfort zone but a fun day (and plenty of pub stops) beckons!
Throwback Thursday… Gateway, Coniston, September 2018
Gateway, Coniston, September 2018
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 35mm f/2 AI-S – 1/60s, f5.6, – Kentmere 400 rated at ISO 320
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Last year I was accompanying a pal of mine (Hi Mark!) on his annual pilgrimage from Derbyshire to the Lake District to climb a hill in memory of his father. I didn’t join him on his climb up the 2,634 feet high Old Man of Coniston but did have a gentle stroll down the old Furness Railway line towards Torver and this shot was taken just before I took a detour off the path for a pint in The Sun Inn.
Today we’re off to the Lakes again, Mark’s got his Kendal Mint Cake and I’ve got my camera…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Narrow boats on the Macclesfield Canal, Marple, July 2019
Narrow boats on the Macclesfield Canal, Marple, July 2019
Fujica GW690 – Exposure unrecorded, – Kodak Ektar rated at ISO 64
I haven’t posted anything shot on my (borrowed) Fujica GW 690 for a while but yesterday I had six sets of negatives arrive in the post from Ag Photo Lab so here you are!
The narrow boat chugging its way along the Macclesfield Canal at Marple has just come off the Peak Forest Canal (which is on the other side of the bridge in the background) but whether it had traversed the 16 lock Marple Flight or not I don’t know…
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… Pylon down (once more with feeling!)
Pylon down, May 2018
Seagull 4A – 1/60s, f8 – Ilford Pan F Plus
This particular scene has featured on this blog before, here and here, but I couldn’t resist posting yet another image, this time taken on a charity shop find Seagull 4A twin-lens reflex camera.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Coniston Fells
Coniston Fells
Nikon F3HP, Nikon Series E 75-150mm f/3.5 at 150mm – 1/250s, f8, – Kentmere 400 rated at ISO 320
Last year I accompanied a pal of mine on his annual pilgrimage from Derbyshire to the Lake District to climb a hill in memory of his father. I didn’t climb the hill with him but spent my day taking photos in and around the village of Coniston.
This is definitely my favourite image from the roll of Kentmere 400 film that I shot with my trusty Nikon F3HP that day…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Nikon F-801s, Tokina 20-35mm f/3.3-4.5 – Kodak T-Max P3200
This lone tree featured on the blog in April 2018 in an image dating from 1999. Today’s images were taken during my first visit to Malham two years prior to that in September 1997.
The few notes I took at the time don’t mention it but I vaguely remember using a red filter on the (borrowed) Tokina 20-35mm lens. I also remember repeatedly dislodging the lens hood so quite a few of the images shot with this lens suffer from uneven vignetting…
Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Nikon F-801s, Tokina 20-35mm f/3.3-4.5 – Kodak T-Max P3200
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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