Category: Nikon

Throwback Thursday… Steam at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

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BR class 4MT 2-6-4T 80002-20130316
British Railways class 4MT 2-6-4T 80002
Nikon D600, Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G at 120mm, 1/200s, f7.1, ISO 640

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Ten years ago it was this British Railways standard class 4MT 2-6-4T steam locomotive at Keighley station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

The tight curve and steep gradient out of Keighley station always makes locomotives work hard and there are a number of spots from which interesting and dramatic images can be captured.

Monochrome Monday… The equation of windows

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The equation of windows
The equation of windows
Nikkormat FT2, NIKKOR-H Auto 50mm f/2, 1/500s, f11 – Kentmere Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.

Another image taken with the charity shop find NIKKOR-H Auto 50mm f/2 lens…

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.

Single frame… Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton

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Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton
Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton
Nikkormat FT2, NIKKOR-H Auto 50mm f/2, 1/125s, f8 – Kentmere Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.

A few years ago I found a shabby NIKKOR-H Auto 50mm f/2 lens in a charity shop for a fiver… I wouldn’t say the results are shabby though, would you?

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.

Single frame… Of Adox Color Implosion!

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Leave Nothing But Your Footprint
Leave Nothing But Your Footprint On The Beach
Nikon F75, AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D, 1/180s, f8 – Adox Color Implosion!

I’m not sure how long this roll of Adox Color Implosion! had been sitting in my F75 but Adox appear to have ceased production of this film in 2017!

I obviously didn’t pay much attention to the tell-tale window on the back of the camera either as until I unloaded it I thought it was a roll of black & white film!

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… Langley Mill Lock No.14

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Langley Mill Lock No.14
Langley Mill Lock No.14
Nikon F-501, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 – 1/60s, f5.6, – Foma Pan 200
Developed in Adox FX-39 II at 1:9, 10 mins at 20°c.

An image from my first roll of Foma Pan 200, also the first roll through a new to me Nikon F-501.

The Foma Pan 200/FX-39 II developer combination creates images with good contrast… ideal for a dreich January day!

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.

Throwback Thursday… Darley Dale station (Peak Rail)

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HE class WD 0-6-0ST WD132 (originally works no.3163 of 1944)-20130112 (Peak Rail)
Hunslet class WD 0-6-0ST WD132 at Darley Dale (Peak Rail)
Nikon D600, Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G at 40mm, 1/60s, f8, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Ten years ago it was this Hunslet class WD ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST steam locomotive at Darley Dale station at Peak Rail.

Peak Rail was one of the few heritage railways that ran trains in January and February but sadly they haven’t done so for a few years now… I’ll definitely be paying another visit when they do start running in March though!