Category: Photography

Square Saturday… Park Square, Sheffield

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Park Square, Sheffield
Park Square, Sheffield
Seagull WWSC-10, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/60s, f11, – Fuji Velvia RVP 50 (expired August 1997)

An image from Expired Film Day 2023.

A couple of years ago a pal (Hi Simon!) gave me a quantity of Fuji Provia RDP II 100 and Velvia RVP 50 slide film that had all expired in 1997 or 1998. A bit of research suggested exposing it at box speed and cross my fingers for reasonable results.

Even though I bracketed my exposures this year, every frame of this roll is terribly underexposed… atmospheric though!

Developed by AgLab
Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.

Square Saturday… Street art, Chatterley Arm Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal

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Street art, Chatterley Arm Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Street art, Chatterley Arm Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Seagull WWSC-10, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/60s, f4, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

A pic from a recent wander along the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent.

A dull and damp day improved considerably by lunch from The Oatcake Boat!

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.

Square Saturday… Chrysanthemum

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Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum
Mamiya C330, Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 – 1s, f11, – Kodak T-Max 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Another image from my snow-bound still-life photography experiments using a Mamiya C330f twin-lens reflex camera.

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.

Monochrome Monday… Stacked Chairs in Bandstand

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Stacked Chairs in Bandstand
Stacked Chairs in Bandstand
Nikon F-601, AF Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 – 1/60s, f8, – Foma Pan 200
Developed in Adox FX-39 II at 1:9, 10 mins at 20°c.

I really should spend more time in my local park, it’s a lovely spot to soak up the sun and watch the world go by…

The Crossley Park bandstand dates from 1999 and regular brass band concerts are held in it during the summer months. It replaced the 1937 original that was destroyed by fire in 1997.

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… Poppy heads

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Poppy heads
Poppy heads
Mamiya C330, Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 – 1/2s, f11, – Kodak T-Max 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Snow kept me indoors last weekend so I attempted some still-life photography using a Mamiya C330f twin-lens reflex camera and a rather interesting accessory called a paramender… I’ll be writing about this setup next week.

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.