Monochrome Monday… River Avon, Tewkesbury

River Avon, Tewkesbury
River Avon, Tewkesbury
Nikon FA, Zoom-NIKKOR 35-70mm f/3.5 Ai-S at 35mm, 1/250s, f11 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.

The River Avon in Tewkesbury… the boat in the foreground has clearly seen better days!

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 Thursday… Albert Hotel, North Queensferry

Albert Hotel, North Queensferry
Albert Hotel, North Queensferry
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 20mm, 1/680s, f16, ISO 1600

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Six years ago it was the Forth Bridge, from both North and South Queensferry…

Sadly, the Albert Hotel at North Queensferry had closed its doors the previous year and as far as I know it still hasn’t reopened.

Monochrome Monday… Bridges over the Wear

Bridges over the Wear
Bridges over the Wear
Nikon F3HP, Zoom-NIKKOR 35-70mm f/3.5 Ai-S at 35mm – 1/250s, f11, – Kodak T-Max 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Wearmouth Bridge and Monkwearmouth Bridge span the River Wear at Sunderland… both were unusually free of traffic when I photographed them in June.

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.