1955 Ford F100 pickup
Nikon F75, AF Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D at 80mm, 1/250s, f11, Kodak Ektachrome E100
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Monochrome Monday… Mossdale
Mossdale
Nikon FA, Nikkor 85mm f/2 AI-S – 1/125s, f2.8, – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 320
Mossdale is a wooden ‘Mersey Flat’ cargo vessel, built in 1860 by William Speakman of Chester and is currently undergoing restoration at the National Waterways Museum (NWM).
Originally owned by the Shropshire Union Canal Company and named Ruby she often unloaded her cargoes of general goods, grain and margerine at Ellesmere Port where she was eventually found abandoned in 1970.
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Monochrome Monday… Bench shadow, Leith, August 2019
Bench shadow, Leith, August 2019
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 at 50mm, 1/125s, f11, Lomography Lady Grey rated at ISO 320
Another image from August’s madcap day trip to Leith… This shadow caught my eye during a wander along the Shore of Leith towards the end of the day (and just before stopping for a couple of beers at the Granary).
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Monochrome Monday… Pylons
Pylons, May 2019
Nikon FA, Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P + Y44 yellow filter – 1/250s, f8, – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 320
An image from May this year… taken while ‘gongoozling’ on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section – River Soar Navigation) at Zouch on the Nottinghamshire/Leicestershire border.
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Monochrome Monday… ‘Dog is my Copilot’
‘Dog is my Copilot’
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 35mm f/2 AI-S, 1/60s, f5.6, Ilford FP4 Plus rated at ISO 100
The ‘Dog is my Copilot’ lettering inside what is obviously a pet carrier attached to this BMW F800GS made me chuckle…
‘Look Rover, this is the ninth tree you’ve made me stop at today!’
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Monochrome Monday… Residents Parking Only, Leith
Residents Parking Only, Leith
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 at 50mm, 1/125s, f5.6, Lomography Lady Grey rated at ISO 320
Another image from a trip to Portobello and Leith in August.
I love how the shadow falls in this alley off Bernard Street in Leith. The double yellow lines seem like overkill in an alley barely wide enough for a car!
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Throwback Thursday… 20t Grain Hopper, October 2017
20t Grain Hopper, October 2017
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S, 1/60s, f5.6, Ilford 100 Professional
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Two years ago it was the various rail vehicles at the Fife Heritage Railway at Methil.
While many of the locomotives and items of rolling stock there are beautifully restored a few still await their turn in the queue like this grain hopper wagon…
I do love a bit of rust!
Monochrome Monday… Dalton For Scrap, Leith
Dalton For Scrap, Leith
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 at 24mm, 1/500s, f8, Lomography Lady Grey rated at ISO 320
My partner in crime on most of my photographic jaunts these days (Hi Rachel!) can often predict what I’ll excitedly photograph on our outings… This scrapyard sign in Leith was one such item… Scrap yard? Check! Rusty barbed wire? Check! Something that’s seen better days? Check!
I must point out here that the Port of Leith is a lovely place to visit, we spent a fantastic day there this summer just wandering about, snapping away and drinking beer… There was indeed ‘Sunshine on Leith’.
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Single frame… Great Central Railway steam gala
Southern Railway ‘Schools’ class 4-4-0 925 ‘CHELTENHAM’
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 45mm, 1/400s, f6.3, ISO 500
Today’s ‘Photography Friday’ involves a trip to the autumn steam gala at the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire.
The above image was captured at the same event seven years ago and shows Southern Railway ‘Schools’ class 4-4-0 locomotive No.925 ‘CHELTENHAM’ at Loughborough Central station, preparing to couple on to its first train of the day…
Coincidentally a classmate of ‘CHELTENHAM’ should be running today… No.926 ‘REPTON’ is visiting from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and I’m looking forward to having a ride behind it.
Throwback Thursday… Gateway, Coniston, September 2018
Gateway, Coniston, September 2018
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 35mm f/2 AI-S – 1/60s, f5.6, – Kentmere 400 rated at ISO 320
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Last year I was accompanying a pal of mine (Hi Mark!) on his annual pilgrimage from Derbyshire to the Lake District to climb a hill in memory of his father. I didn’t join him on his climb up the 2,634 feet high Old Man of Coniston but did have a gentle stroll down the old Furness Railway line towards Torver and this shot was taken just before I took a detour off the path for a pint in The Sun Inn.
Today we’re off to the Lakes again, Mark’s got his Kendal Mint Cake and I’ve got my camera…
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