Shadow of an empty chair…
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 44mm, 1/320s, f11, ISO 160
Category: Photography
Monochrome Monday… Hook
Hook
Olympus OM-2 SPOT/PROGRAM, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8, 1/400s, f11 – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 200
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 7 mins at 20°c.
This hook is one of a number of features retained by a local building that used to be a pub called ‘The Generous Briton’. I’m assuming it was used to lower barrels into the cellar.
The pub closed years ago but the building also has (a very faded) sign and a skittle alley in the yard…
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… Autumnal walk in the woods, November 2017
Autumnal walk in the woods, November 2017
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 25mm – 1/60s, f/8, ISO 1250
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Four years ago it was Carr Wood (yet again).
I never tire of wandering through this tiny ‘peace pocket’ and always take a camera when I do…
Wordless Wednesday… Dusk, St Monans
Dusk, St Monans
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 31mm – 6.5s, f/8, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Revealed, Roker, August 2021
Revealed, Roker, August 2021
Nikon F3HP, Zoom-NIKKOR 35~70mm f/3.5 at 50mm, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.
wall tiles lose their grip
and reveal painted letters
advertising chips
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.
Slide Film Sunday… Rue des Ursins
Rue des Ursins, Septembre 2000
Another honeymoon image for today’s ‘Slide Film Sunday’
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… Colin Bourdiec at the Bridge Inn
Colin Bourdiec
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 R WR, 1/75s, f2, ISO 3200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Three years ago it was multi-period all-round entertainer Colin Bourdiec at the Bridge Inn in Cotmanhay, Derbyshire.
Colin Bourdiec
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 R WR, 1/40s, f2, ISO 3200
It was an incredibly entertaining evening with the highlights being Colin’s English/German version of “The Lambeth Walk” and the impromptu audience participation on “Run Rabbit Run” (something Rachel and I still wonder about… don’t ask!)
Colin Bourdiec
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 R WR, 1/60s, f2, ISO 3200
Wordless Wednesday… A break in the clouds over the Firth of Forth, October 2021
A break in the clouds over the Firth of Forth, October 2021
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 49mm – 1/900s, f/8, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Razor Barb Danger
Razor Barb Danger
Nikon FE2, NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8P, 1/250s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
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… York Minster, illuminated by Patrice Warrener
York Minster
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 42mm, 2s, f8, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Sixteen years ago it was York Minster, bathed in light by the French artist Patrice Warrener.
York Minster
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 42mm, 1.5s, f8, ISO 400
Two projectors were used to illuminate the west front of the Minster, creating a design called the ‘Heart of Yorkshire’, part of a project to ‘breathe new life into the city centre in ways that are both sympathetic to our treasured heritage and reflective of leading-edge contemporary art’ (according to a member of the City of York Council at the time).
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