Category: Nikon

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.

Throwback Thursday… Norfolk coast

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Breakwater marker post, MundesleyBreakwater marker post, Mundesley
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR at 66mm, 1/160s, f11, ISO 100

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Eight years ago it was the Norfolk coastline…

Happisburgh lighthouse must be one of the most photographed structures in Norfolk and I certainly couldn’t resist pointing my camera at it…

Happisburgh, September 2014Happisburgh, September 2014
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR at 35mm, 1/200s, f11, ISO 100

For the pillbox fans out there the above structure is a type FW3/26, dating from 1940/early 1941.

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.

Slide film Sunday… ‘MISS PATTIE’

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'MISS PATTIE'‘MISS PATTIE’
Nikon F75, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D

We’ve not had a ‘Slide Film Sunday’ in a while have we?

The fishing boat E58 MISS PATTIE was photographed at Lyme Regis in September 2003 and as usual the slide surfaced while I was looking for something else entirely!

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… 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.

Single frame… Infrared experimentation

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Pylon downPylon down
Nikon FA, Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 Ai-S + R72 filter – shutter speed unrecorded, f11, – Adox HR-50
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7½ mins at 20°c.

In a recent post about infrared photography I mentioned a roll of Adox HR-50 that was waiting to be developed… this is the first edited image from that roll…

Again, nothing complicated on the settings front, aperture priority automatic, hyperfocal focusing and +1 stop exposure compensation (in this particular instance…)

I’m definitely going to be experimenting further with infrared!

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… Stephenson’s Rocket

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Replica L&MR 0-2-2 ROCKET-20100811bReplica Liverpool & Manchester Railway 0-2-2 ROCKET
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 80mm, 1/400s, f10, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Twelve years ago it was Stephenson’s Rocket! (albeit the replica built by Locomotion Enterprises (1975) Ltd in 1979).

This replica of the famous 1829 original was in action at the National Railway Museum at York, running up and down the Warehouse Line with a replica Liverpool and Manchester Railway 2nd class coach (built in 1930) and I managed a ride in the latter…

Replica L&MR 0-2-2 ROCKET-20100811aReplica Liverpool & Manchester Railway 0-2-2 ROCKET
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 18mm, 1/400s, f10, ISO 400

The 1979 built replica is currently on display at Locomotion in Shildon but the 1829 original is currently on display at the NRM (along with another, part-sectioned replica, dating from 1935).