Category: Urban

Throwback Thursday… ‘Ghost’ signs around Derby

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Butcher sign, London Road, Derby
Butcher sign, London Road, Derby
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 44mm, 1/400s, f8, ISO 800

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Nine years ago it was some of the ‘ghost’ signs (old hand-painted advertising signs that have been preserved on a building for an extended period of time) dotted around the city of Derby.

High Class Provisions
High Class Provisions
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 55mm, 1/160s, f8, ISO 320

The second ‘Butcher’ sign of the day… on this one I can also just make out the wording ‘Pork Pies and Sausages’.

Gent's Hairdressing sign, London Road, Derby
Gent’s Hairdressing sign, London Road, Derby
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 48mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 320

This one is my favourite!

Bradford's Pure Sweets & Herbal Drops
Bradford’s Pure Sweets & Herbal Drops
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 34mm, 1/210s, f8, ISO 320

Amazingly, all these signs were (maybe still are) to be found on one half-mile stretch of London Road!

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.