Category: Single frame

Single frame… Leawood Pumphouse

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Leawood Pumphouse, January 2018Leawood Pumphouse, January 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 24mm, 1/105s, f8, ISO 400

Leawood Pumphouse was built in 1849 to supply water to the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire. A Watt-type beam engine draws water from the River Derwent through a 150 yard tunnel to a reservoir in the basement and then up 30 feet and into the canal.

The pump’s piston has a diameter of 50 inches, a stroke of 10 feet and works at seven strokes per minute and is capable of moving 39,000 tons of water in 24 hours! The immense size of the pump is due to the fact that there were restrictions on removing water from the river, doing so was only allowed between 8pm on Saturdays and 8pm on Sundays.

The pump house closed along with the canal in 1944 but it was restored in 1979 and is regularly steamed.

Single frame… Steel City Sunset

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Steel City SunsetSteel City Sunset
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 29mm, 1/100s, f9, ISO 400

I popped up to Sheffield on Saturday to view the exhibition of images from last year’s Photo Marathon Sheffield that both I and my wife took part in…

Heading back to the railway station (and The Sheffield Tap for a cheeky pint…) I noticed the sunset was being reflected in ‘The Cutting Edge’ an 89m long stainless steel installation by Si Applied Ltd (Chris Knight, Brett Payne and Keith Tyssen) and Keiko Mukaide.

The Cutting Edge – ‘A sinous stainless steel blade gaining in height as it runs downhill towards the station entrance. The smaller end of the piece is almost circular in cross section and decorated with backlit glass work by Mukaide; the station end is a very thin ellipse also with backlit glass by the same artist. It is also lit along the length of its base.’

Single frame… First snowfall

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First snow, December 2017First snowfall, December 2017
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 36mm, 1/210s, f8, ISO 200

A brief and very cold trip out today (with my Nikon FM, shooting film for Emulsive’s FP4 Party) also gave me chance to capture the first snowfall of winter hereabouts (albeit just a light dusting…)

The forecast is for more snow over the weekend but I’m not taking bets on a white Christmas just yet…

Single frame… Autumn colour

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Autumn ColourAutumn Colour
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/60s, f8, ISO 400

It’s easy to forget about places right on the doorstep, small spaces, places without a big name to draw people in… This tiny patch of woodland is one such place, trapped between two main roads, sandwiched by a MacDonald’s and a care home. Thanks to the roads it’s never quiet but it is somehow peaceful and a very pleasant spot for a gentle wander with a camera.

A friend has been well and truly bitten by the photography bug and we explored the woodland together this morning to get a bit of practise with her new camera. I managed a few frames too, this is my favourite…

Single frame… Poppies

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Weeping Window, Derby Silk MillWeeping Window, Derby Silk Mill
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 14mm f2.8 R, 2.1s, f11, ISO 200

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

“In Flanders Fields” – Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD – November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918.