Gravestones, All Saints Church, Ripley
Nikon Zfc, NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR at 50mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 180
Category: Photography
Monochrome Monday… Fishing Boats, Port Seton Harbour
Fishing Boats, Port Seton Harbour
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D at 35mm, 1/60s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
We spent a very enjoyable week in East Lothian in September, staying a two minute stroll from Port Seton Harbour. We had a wander down there every day, sometimes to beachcomb, sometimes for fish & chips…
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.
Throwback Thursday… Cosy, Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms
Cosy, Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/40s, f2.8, ISO 500
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Last year it was the cosy interior of the Bare Feet Lodge Tearooms in Shipley Country Park in Derbyshire… a very welcome respite from the bitterly cold outdoors!
Wordless Wednesday… In Loving Memory of Walter Beatson
In Loving Memory of Walter Beatson
Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 31mm, 1/45s, f8, ISO 1250
Monochrome Monday… Demolition, Sheffield 2025
Demolition, Sheffield 2025
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/350s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
Another image from May 2025… and more industrial decay beside the Sheffield & Tinsley 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.
Throwback Thursday… European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Panasonic Lumix GF-1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45 f/3.5~5.6 at 45mm, 1/40s, f8, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
15 years ago it was this cheeky little Robin (Erithacus rubecula), posing by the frosted railway tracks at the Midland Railway-Butterley in Derbyshire.
At the time I’d only got the 14-45mm lens (28-90mm in 35mm terms) for the Panasonic Lumix GF-1 so this was the closest pic I could get… I remember being pretty pleased with it at the time though!
Wordless Wednesday… Bedern, York, November 2025
Bedern, York, November 2025
Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon XF 35mm f2 R WR, 1/50s, f4, ISO 8000
Monochrome Monday… Footbridge Shadow, Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
Footbridge Shadow, Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/500s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
An image from May this year… I can’t resist a bit of industrial decay!
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Gilbarco petrol pump, Carstairs
Gilbarco petrol pump, Carstairs
iPhone 15 Pro, 6.8mm lens, 1/120s, f1.8, ISO 64
Monochrome Monday… British Railways 16-ton Mineral Wagon
British Railways 16-ton Mineral Wagon
Nikon F80, AF NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D at 28mm, 1/125s, f11 – Ilford HP5 Plus
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
This former British Railways (BR) 16-ton mineral wagon is on display at the Prestongrange Museum in East Lothian.
Prestongrange Museum was originally founded as the National Mining Museum Scotland (now sited at Newtongrange in Midlothian) but is now dedicated to the area’s other once significant but vanished industries – salt boiling, chemical synthesis, soap making, glass making, potteries, industrial ceramics and bricks. It’s well worth a visit!
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.
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