Category: Urban

Throwback Thursday… Coventry

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The Chapel of Unity, Coventry CathedralThe Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 32mm, 1/160, f6.3, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

20 years ago (20? Yikes!) it was the City of Coventry during a flying visit en route to Stratford-upon-Avon.

Father ForgiveFather Forgive
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 32mm, 1/180, f6.3, ISO 200

‘Father Forgive’ was inscribed on the wall of the high altar of St Michael’s Cathedral in Coventry as per the wishes of Provost Richard Howard following the Coventry Blitz on 14 November 1940.

Graffiti, Coventry, 2004Graffiti, Coventry, 2004
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D at 40mm, 1/180, f14, ISO 200

I can’t remember exactly where I spotted this graffiti but judging by the EXIF data it can’t have been more than a few yards from the Cathedral…

Monochrome Monday… ‘Rain’ by Colin Rose

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'Rain' by Colin Rose
‘Rain’ by Colin Rose
Minolta Alpha 303si Super, Minolta AF 50mm f/1.7, 1/3s, f11 – Ilford Pan F Plus (expired 2007/05)
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 6 mins at 20°c.

An image from Expired Film Day 2024.

Rain, a sculpture by Colin Rose consists of nine stainless steel spheres of varying sizes and can be found in Millennium Square, Sheffield. The spheres are intended to suggest drops of rain that have just landed on the surface of the square.

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.

Square Saturday… Under This Stone…

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Under This Stone…
Under This Stone…
Seagull WWSC-120, Haiou 75mm f/3.5 – 1/125s, f8, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.

Another image from Chesterfield, these gravestones have been ‘tidied’ to the western end of the churchyard…

Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr and Negative Lab Pro plugin with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.

Monochrome Monday… The Waterfront, Norwich

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The Waterfront, Norwich
The Waterfront, Norwich
Canon EOS 5, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 70mm, 1/250s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Waterfront buildings on the River Wensum in Norwich, photographed on an unseasonably warm 18 March this year… also the very first image from a charity shop find Canon EOS 5, a camera I coveted in the early 1990s when using a Canon EOS 1000FN.

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.