PROGRESS ‘S’
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 20mm, 1/280s, f8, ISO 200
Category: Photography
Monochrome Monday… Cove Harbour (again)
Cove Harbour, August 2020
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 15s, f167 – Foma Pan 100
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
I make no apologies for posting yet another image from the Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole camera… I love it!
This is the last image on my first roll and I’m finally starting to get close enough to the subject.
These shellfish creels and lump of weathered wood were found beside what I think is the harbour master’s cottage at Cove and I popped the camera on the doorstep to take this pic!
Single frame… Serendipity in Scotland
My pal Mark (husband of my regular ‘Photography Friday’ partner in crime, Rachel) loves flags so it came as no surprise when he suggested a visit to the National Flag Heritage Centre at Athelstaneford during a trip to Scotland.
Lone tree, Athelstaneford
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 19mm, 1/200s, f11, ISO 200
The Heritage Centre occupies a lectern doocot (dovecote) dating from 1583 to the rear of Athelstaneford Church but it was the above scene that caught my eye when I rounded the corner!
I’ll confess to not knowing what kind of tree it is but I recognise a Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) when I see one!
Wordless Wednesday… Union Chain Bridge
Union Chain Bridge
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 31mm, 1/100s, f11, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Winch, Craster, August 2020
Winch, Craster, August 2020
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 30s, f167 – Foma Pan 100
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
Another pinhole pic from a recent visit to Craster in Northumberland.
This winch is quietly rusting away beside the harbour and only a couple of feet away from the bench where we tucked into a picnic lunch…
Again, I could’ve done with getting much closer with the wide-angle Ondu camera!
Square Saturday… Craster on the Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole camera
Craster, August 2020
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 19s, f167 – Foma Pan 100
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.
Another pic from a recent visit to Craster in Northumberland, this time taken on the ONDU 6×6 Pocket pinhole camera.
Last weekend’s trip north came just a couple of days after I received my camera in the post so I just had to take it!
I’ve not yet got the hang of getting close enough to the subject with the camera’s wide 115° angle of view (and no viewfinder) but I’m sure practice will make perfect!
Single frame… Cove Harbour, August 2020
Cove Harbour, August 2020
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 32mm, 1/300s, f11, ISO 200
A brief trip to the Scottish Borders last weekend gave us the opportunity to explore a couple of lesser known locations on the coast below Dunbar.
Cove Harbour was one such location. The tiny natural harbour was improved in 1831 by the building of a breakwater and to all intents and purposes not much has changed since then!
Access to the harbour from land is via a tunnel through the cliffs that was dug by hand in the 1700s, a tunnel that has a number of side chambers that were used for storing fresh fish (and no doubt a variety of smuggled goods!) The chambers continued to be used as changing rooms by bathers until they were sealed up in 1981.
It’s a location I’m very keen to return to!
Wordless Wednesday… Craster Harbour Wall, August 2020
Craster Harbour Wall, August 2020
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 22mm, 1/100s, f11, ISO 320
Monochrome Monday… Mercia Marina on Kentmere Pan 400
From Friday’s film disappointment (Foma Retropan 320) to a film I’m really beginning to love… Kentmere Pan 400.
Mercia Marina, January 2020
Nikon FE, Zoom-NIKKOR 43˜86mm f/3.5 AI at 43mm, 1/250s, f8½ – Kentmere 400
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 11½ mins at 20°c.
Mercia Marina (off the Trent & Mersey Canal in South Derbyshire) is an odd mix of old boats and new buildings and it made for an interesting ‘Photography Friday’ outing back in January.
I was testing a (new to me) Nikon FE and shooting an inexpensive black & white film made sense as I’d just started home developing again.
Kentmere Pan 400 is certainly more contrasty than the Retropan and whilst still grainy, it’s a more ‘crisp’ grain that I rather like.
I’ve just bought some Kentmere Pan 100… let’s see what that’s like?
Freelance Wastrel’s 3rd Birthday!
That’s right Freelance Wastrel is three years old today! Where does the time go?
The last year has seen me write 169 posts containing 164 images
I’ve posted images from 11 digital cameras (including two phones), 29 film cameras and 31 different film stocks.
Thank you all for reading, following and putting up with my ramblings.
