Monochrome Monday… Broken grating, Sheffield, 2019

Broken grating, Sheffield, 2019
Broken grating, Sheffield, 2019
Olympus μ[mju:] Zoom 115 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

A recently developed image from a roll of film that’s been lurking in a camera for four years!

I really must take my Olympus μ[mju:] Zoom 115 out with me more often.

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.

Throwback Thursday… Desperate Dan, Dawg & Minnie the Minx!

Desperate Dan, Dawg & Minnie the Minx
Desperate Dan, Dawg & Minnie the Minx
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 50mm f2 R WR, 1/1500s, f2.8, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Six years ago it was this statue of Desperate Dan from the much missed comic The Dandy.

Created by artists Tony and Susie Morrow the statue stands on High Street in Dundee, home to DC Thomson, the publisher of both The Dandy and The Beano (whose character Minnie the Minx can be seen in the background aiming her catapult at Dan!)

Monochrome Monday… Bridge 225H, Leeds

Bridge 225H, Leeds
Bridge 225H, Leeds
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 75mm, 1/200s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

A photograph from a shopping trip to Leeds in June… On the rare occassions I go shopping I also try to fit in one of two things… some photography or a decent pint of beer.

On this particular day I managed both!

Bridge 225H carries the railway lines west of Leeds station over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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… New Era Square, Sheffield

New Era Square, Sheffield
New Era Square, Sheffield
Nikon F-801s, AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D, 1/4s, f11 – Fujifilm Neopan Across II
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.

After a week’s enforced hiatus (laptop failure) Freelance Wastrel is back!

I love the effect the fisheye lens has on the straight lines of the architecture here…

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 Wave, The University of Sheffield (again!)

The Wave, The University of SheffieldThe Wave, The University of Sheffield
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 at 24mm + Y48 filter, 1/30s, f11 – Fujifilm Neopan Across II
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.

Another image of ‘The Wave’ today…

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 Wave, The University of Sheffield

The Wave, The University of SheffieldThe Wave, The University of Sheffield
Nikon F-801s, AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3-4.5 at 24mm + Y48 filter, 1/60s, f11 – Fujifilm Neopan Across II
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.

Sheffield University’s new Social Science building ‘The Wave’ had only been open for a couple of weeks when I photographed it in May this year. The 16,600sqm structure was designed by HLM Architects and cost £65m but complaints have recently been made that the building traps too much heat in hot weather causing a potential health and safety hazard!

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.

Single frame… of Lomography Metropolis

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Canon EOS 500N, Canon EF 35-80mm f/4-5.6 III at 80mm, 1/125s, f11, Lomography Metropolis rated at ISO 200

A few weeks ago I shot a roll of Lomography Metropolis film in a Canon EOS 500N that I found at a car boot sale (for a fiver, complete with EF 35-80mm f/4.5.6 lens!) back in June…

I didn’t know what to expect from either the film or the camera but quite like the muted tones of the former and the light weight of the latter!

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.