Monochrome Monday… ‘Rain’ by Colin Rose

 'Rain' by Colin Rose
‘Rain’ by Colin Rose
Minolta Alpha 303si Super, Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7, 1/3s, f11 – Ilford Pan F Plus (expired 2007/05)
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 6 mins at 20°c.

An image from Expired Film Day 2024.

Rain, a sculpture by Colin Rose consists of nine stainless steel spheres of varying sizes and can be found in Millennium Square, Sheffield. The spheres are intended to suggest drops of rain that have just landed on the surface of the square.

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… Osborne’s Pond, New Year’s Day 2018

Osborne's Pond, New Year's Day 2018Osborne’s Pond, New Year’s Day 2018
Minolta Dynax 505si Super, Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7 – 1/60s, f8, – Ilford FP4+ rated at ISO 200

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2024 with an image from New Year’s Day 2018.

This is another negative re-digitised to take advantage of the Negative Lab Pro plug-in for Lightroom that’s now part of my workflow.

Developed by AgLab
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… Bridge 225H, Leeds

Bridge 225H, Leeds
Bridge 225H, Leeds
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 75mm, 1/200s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

A photograph from a shopping trip to Leeds in June… On the rare occassions I go shopping I also try to fit in one of two things… some photography or a decent pint of beer.

On this particular day I managed both!

Bridge 225H carries the railway lines west of Leeds station over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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… Not all the leaves fell in Autumn

Not all the leaves fell in Autumn
Not all the leaves fell in Autumn
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro, 1/90s, f11 – Foma Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.

I’ve recently acquired a Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro lens for use with my small (but inexplicably growing!) collection of Minolta Dynax/Maxxum SLR cameras. It’s a beautiful lens but as yet I’m still to get the best out of it… more practice is called for I think!

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.

(Belated) Monochrome Monday… Canalside seat, August 2022

Canalside seat, August 2022
Canalside seat, August 2022
Minolta X-700, MD ZOOM 35-70mm f/3.5 at 70mm, 1/60s, f6.7 – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Adox FX-39 at 1:9, 6 mins at 20°c.

Oops! With all the bank holidays at the moment I’ve got a little confused as to what day it actually is… hence today’s (belated) Monochrome Monday pic!

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… Window frames

Window frames
Window frames
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 50mm, 1/45s, f8 – Foma Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol S at 1:9, 8½ 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.

Monochrome Monday… ESSO Fuel Oil tank 2335

ESSO Fuel Oil tank 2335
ESSO Fuel Oil tank 2335
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 50mm, 1/60s, f8 – Foma Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol S at 1:9, 8½ 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.