Listen To Your Heart, Brighton, May 2019
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f3.5-4.5 at 35mm, 1/60s, f8, Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 rated at ISO 200
Category: Signage
Wordless Wednesday… ‘Danger de Mort’
Danger de Mort
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 33mm, 1/250s, f4, ISO 200
Throwback Thursday… Swanwick Junction
Swanwick Junction
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 52mm, 1/400s, f10, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Nine years ago it was this Running in board at Swanwick Junction station at Midland Railway-Butterley (MR-B).
Running in boards tended to be positioned at the end of station platforms and were designed to allow passengers to determine their location as a train entered the station, possibly while still moving at speed!
This example is/was a modern construct as Swanwick Junction station didn’t exist until the heritage line arrived there… I say is/was because the last couple of times I’ve visited there’s been no trace of this particular board.
Monochrome Monday… A few frames from Tideswell on JCH Street Pan 400
Forget Not The Dead
Nikon FA, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/500s, f4 – JCH Street Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
One of the films that came back from the lab on Saturday was a roll of JCH Street Pan 400 that had been lurking in my Nikon FA since August last year!
Corner House, Tideswell
Nikon FA, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/125s, f8 – JCH Street Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Tideswell in the Derbyshire Dales (known locally as ‘Tidza’) is a beautiful village, the centrepiece of which is the Church of St John the Baptist, known as the ‘Cathedral of the Peak’.
The dull weather during my visit didn’t do the sights any favours but Bellamy Hunt’s JCH Street Pan 400 film has still delivered some nice, contrasty images…
1929 Ford Model A, Tideswell, October 2018
Nikon FA, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/60s, f8 – JCH Street Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Epson 4870 Photo scans with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… 120 Bridge Street
120 Bridge Street
Olympus OM-2 Spot/Program, F-Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/100s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 640
I’ve mentioned before the idea of photographing all the different ways in which house numbers are displayed, ancient and modern, simple or elaborate… maybe it’s time I got on with it?
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Throwback Thursday… Radio Times ‘ghost’ sign
Radio Times ‘ghost’ sign, Derby
Olympus Stylus XZ-10, i.Zuiko 4.7-23.5mm f1.8~2.7 ED at 11.1mm, 1/125s, f8, ISO 160
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Four years ago it was this ‘ghost’ sign in Derby. I have a fondness for old painted, carved or tiled signs advertising long defunct businesses and I photograph them whenever possible.
This one has obviously been repainted at some point as two sets of ‘Radio Times’ lettering are clearly visible…
Single frame… Café, Avenue Edgard Hubert
Café, Avenue Edgard Hubert.jpg
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/125s, f8, – Kodak ColorPlus 200 rated at ISO 100
A road trip through the French countryside is a fantastic way of finding interesting things to photograph… this closed up café was in the sleepy commune of Jars in the Cher department.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Biggins Bros Ltd
Biggins Bros Ltd, Sheffield
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/60s, f8, – Rollei RPX 100
I was going to write that in this day and age of tanning salons and nail bars it’s quite refreshing to see a good, old-fashioned ‘Electro Platers to all Trades’ but it would appear that ‘Biggins Bros Ltd’ ceased trading in the year 2000!
The Biggins’ family are still active in Sheffield though, with Silversmith James Biggins producing a range of exquisite silver sculptures, mainly hunting and shooting themed pieces.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… ‘Muchty Man is Cullen Skink Souperstar
‘Muchty Man is Cullen Skink Souperstar
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/125s, f5.6 – Agfa APX 400 rated at ISO 320
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Cob Stop stopped!
Cob Stop stopped!
Olympus OM-2N, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/250s, f8, – Agfa HDC 200 rated at ISO 125
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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