
Acanthus, Corbridge
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 35mm f2 R WR, 1/40s, f4, ISO 1250
Category: Urban
Monochrome Monday… Gas Street Basin, November 2021

Gas Street Basin, November 2021
Olympus μ[mju:] Zoom 115 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 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.
Monochrome Monday… 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
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… Stick No Bills

Stick No Bills
Canon EOS 30, EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/45s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.
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… 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
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… Park Gates

Park Gates
Nikon F65, AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D, 1/125s, f8 – Kentmere Pan 400
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 11½ mins at 20°c.
Another image from the first roll of film through wifey’s Nikon F65.
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… Our Glorious Dead

Our Glorious Dead
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 10-24mm f4 R OIS at 10mm, 1/280s, f8, ISO 160
Monochrome Monday… The Wave, The University of Sheffield (again!)
The 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.