TFiF, Hull, August 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 66mm, 1/105s, f8, ISO 200
Spotted this street art in Hull today… ‘TFiF’ indeed! 😉
Wordless Wednesday… Shutter Shadows
Shutter shadows, August 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 41mm, 1/150s, f11, ISO 200
Born on this Day… Horst P. Horst
‘I like taking photographs, because I like life. And I like photographing people best of all, because most of all I love humanity.’
Horst P. Horst (German-American fashion photographer) – August 14, 1906 – November 18, 1999.
Monochrome Monday… Rusty Roller
Rusty roller, July 2018
Nikon FA, Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P – 1/60s, f8, – CineStill BwXX rated at ISO 250
It’s so easy to lose track of time when ‘researching’ something on the internet… In this case it’s the ageing Aveling-Barford roller seen above.
I mean, I don’t ‘need’ to know which model it is or when it was built to post an image of it here but I’ve still lost over an hour today browsing various websites for information and can still only hazard a guess that it’s a model A2 that dates from the 1930s…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… First roll in the Diana+
Cleethorpes Pier, July 2018
Diana+ – Lomo CN 800
A shot from my first roll in a charity shop find Diana+ camera. I’m not entirely sure how I messed up the film loading but none of the images are even remotely centred on the negative strip, they’re all cropped by the top edge of the film…
I’m quite fond of the little beast though and have a couple more rolls from it waiting development.
Freelance Wastrel’s 1st Birthday!
That’s right, Freelance Wastrel is one year old today!
A quick count up gives a total of 192 posts containing 182 images.
I’ve used five digital cameras, 27 film cameras and 23 different film stocks.
Thanks to you all for reading, following and putting up with my ramblings. Needless to say, I’ll be celebrating with a pint or two later…
Wordless Wednesday… Night sky over the Nièvre
Night sky, the Nièvre
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 14mm f2.8 R, 20s, f2.8, ISO 1600
Single frame… Sunflowers
Sunflowers
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 44mm, 1/550s, f11, ISO 400
Although a lot of the sunflowers hereabouts have ‘gone over’ already, this field is still quite photogenic…
Monochrome Monday… Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) PA26-25
Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) PA26-25, July 2018
Nikon FA, Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P – 1/250s, f8, – CineStill BwXX rated at ISO 250
An unusual sight on the UK’s canal network… this Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or ‘Higgins Boat’ was spotted at Beeston Marina in Nottinghamshire a couple of weeks ago.
Designed by Andrew Higgins more than 23,000 LCVPs were built between 1942 and 1945, used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II, they were capable of carrying a 36-man platoon, a Jeep and 12 men or 8,000lb of cargo.
Assuming the ‘PA26-25’ number is correct then this particular vessel was one of 33 assigned to the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), an Arthur Middleton class attack transport ship launched in 1941.
Born on this day… Elliott Erwitt
‘When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along.’
Elliott Erwitt (American advertising and documentary photographer) – July 26, 1928 (age 90).
