Apple blossom, May 2024
Nikon D200, AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G DX, 1/30s, f11, ISO 100
Category: Photography
Monochrome Monday… Roker Pier
Roker Pier
Nikon F2S, NIKKOR S·C 50mm f/1.4, 1/125, f11 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
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.
Square Saturday… Under This Stone…

Under This Stone…
Seagull WWSC-120, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/125s, f8, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
Another image from Chesterfield, these gravestones have been ‘tidied’ to the western end of the churchyard…
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.
Wordless Wednesday… River Glaven, Blakeney

River Glaven, Blakeney
Canon EOS 5, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 70mm, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
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… Narrow Boats, Langley Mill Basin
Narrow Boats, Langley Mill Basin
Nikon F2S, NIKKOR S·C 50mm f/1.4, 1/250, f11 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
An image from an Erewash Canal Preservation and Development Association event at Langley Mill Basin last May… an event where the narrow boats were packed in like sardines!
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.
Square Saturday… Crooked Spire

Crooked Spire
Seagull WWSC-120, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/125s, f8, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
Chesterfield’s famous Crooked Spire, photographed during the town’s 1940s market a couple of weeks ago.
I wasn’t sure how this roll would turn out… the camera, a Seagull twin-lens reflex, had been playing up during the previous roll.
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Fountains Abbey, March 2024 (again)

Fountains Abbey, March 2024
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 23mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 320
Monochrome Monday… Incoming tide, Seaham
Incoming tide, Seaham
Nikon F2S, NIKKOR S·C 50mm f/1.4, 1/500, f11 – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
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.
Square Saturday… Pit Top Arch, Ripley

Pit Top Arch, Ripley
Seagull WWSC-10, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/125s, f11, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
Ripley’s ‘Pit Top Arch’ has featured here before and no doubt will do so again…
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Ptarmigan, Morston Quay

Ptarmigan, Morston Quay
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 41mm, 1/80s, f8, ISO 200