Bedern, York, November 2025
Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon XF 35mm f2 R WR, 1/50s, f4, ISO 8000
Category: Urban
Monochrome Monday… Footbridge Shadow, Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
Footbridge Shadow, Sheffield & Tinsley Canal
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/500s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
An image from May this year… I can’t resist a bit of industrial decay!
Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8 and Nikon ES-2 Film Digitising Adapter with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… Trades House, Dundee
Trades House, Dundee
iPhone 15 Pro, Hipstamatic John S ‘lens’ & DreamCanvas ‘film’
A Hipstamatic pic from September’s trip to Scotland, snapped whilst enjoying a pint of Bellhaven Black in the Trades House pub in Dundee.
Throwback Thursday… Metropolitain – Gare Du Nord
Metropolitain – Gare Du Nord
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS at 25mm, 1/70s, f8, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Nine years ago it was one of one of Hector Guimard’s iconic Art Nouveau entrances to the Paris Métro. This one stands directly opposite the main entrance of Gare du Nord at the junction of Place Napoléon III and Boulevard de Denain.
Monochrome Monday… Sacred To The Memory Of Richard Millar
Sacred To The Memory Of Richard Millar
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/125s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8 and Nikon ES-2 Film Digitising Adapter with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… The former Barclays Bank, Eastwood
The former Barclays Bank, Eastwood
Nikon FM10, Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 Ai – 1/250s, f8 – Ilford FP4 Plus rated at ISO 200 (expired 10/2016)
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 12 mins at 20°c.
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.</
Saturday Street Art… Books! (Again!)
Books, The Quadrant, Beeston
Balda Baldessa, Isco-Gottingen Color-Isconar 45mm f/2.8, 1/60s, f4 – out of date Agfa Vista 200 rated at ISO 50
Another pic of the mural by Anna Wheelhouse that adorns The Quadrant, a multi-purpose venue next to Beeston Library… again from Expired Film Day but this time taken on a Balda Baldessa found in a charity shop that very day for the princely sum of £4.00!
Developed by AgLab. Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8 and Nikon ES-2 Film Digitising Adapter with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Reflections of the past, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
Reflections of the past, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM at 24mm, 1/80s, f11, ISO 100
Slide Film Sunday… Yang Fujia Building
Yang Fujia Building
Canon EOS 300, EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/60s, f8 – Fujifilm Velvia 100F (expired 2/2013)
Yet another image from Expired Film Day 2025.
This is a small section of the Yang Fujia Building on the Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham. The striking structure was designed by Ken Shuttleworth and is named after former University Chancellor Professor Yang Fujia.
Slide Film Sunday… Aspire, by Ken Shuttleworth
Aspire, by Ken Shuttleworth
Canon EOS 300, EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/180s, f8 – Fujifilm Velvia 100F (expired 2/2013)
Another image from Expired Film Day 2025.
Aspire, designed by Ken Shuttleworth is a 200ft tall steel sculpture on the Jubilee Campus of the University of Nottingham and was, until overtaken by Anish Kapoor’s Orbit, the tallest free standing public work of art in the United Kingdom.
Definitely one of those occasions when I wish I’d packed a shorter focal length lens than 50mm!
Developed by AgLab. Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8 and Nikon ES-2 Film Digitising Adapter with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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