Category: Monochrome Monday

Monochrome Monday… Antlers, Edinburgh

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Antlers, EdinburghAntlers, Edinburgh
Nikon F3HP, NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 Ai-S, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

An image from last October’s holiday to Scotland… If memory serves these antlers were in the window of The Cellar Door restaurant in Edinburgh.

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.

Monochrome Monday… Cromer Pier on Lomography Orca 110 film

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Cromer PierCromer Pier
Fujica Pocket 350 Zoom, Fujinon-Z 25-42mm at 25mm – 1/125s, f8, – Lomography Orca
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec at 1:9, 11 mins at 20°c.

Something a little unusual today (for me anyway…) Monochrome Monday on 110 film!

The Fujica Pocket 350 Zoom is a quirky little camera and will be described in detail in a future post.

Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr (with a 110 insert from Simon Forster Photographic) and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.

Monochrome Monday… Heanor Grammar School

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Heanor Grammar SchoolHeanor Grammar School
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P, 1/90s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Apparently the Grade-II listed former Grammar School buildings have been ‘saved’ and are to become a ‘mixed-use development site’ (whatever one of those is…)

We wait with baited breath…

Digitised using Nikon D5500 & 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… Pathway through the dunes

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Pathway through the dunesPathway through the dunes
Minox 35GL, Color-Minotar 35mm f/2.8, 1/125s, f11 – Kentmere Pan 400
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 11½ mins at 20°c.

An image from the first roll of film through the Minox 35GL I acquired last year…

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… Shadow, Wirksworth

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Shadow, WirksworthShadow, Wirksworth
Nikon FM, Nikkor 50mm f/2 Ai – 1/60s, f8 – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 9 mins at 20°c.

An image from a wander around the Peak District market town of Wirksworth…

The railings that cast this shadow circle St Mary’s Church in the centre of town.

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… Kelly’s Heroes, August 2022

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Kelly's Heroes, August 2022Kelly’s Heroes, August 2022
Nikon F2S, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5, exposure unrecorded – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 7 mins at 20°c.

An image from a recent Sunday afternoon at one of my favourite watering holes, the Dewdrop in Ilkeston… with entertainment provided by the excellent Kelly’s Heroes

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.