The Summer Isles, August 2023
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 100-400mm f4.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 176mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 3200
Monochrome Monday… Shipley Railway Bridge
Shipley Railway Bridge
Nikon F-601, AF Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 at 50mm – 1/60s, f11, – Foma Pan 200
Developed in Adox FX-39 II at 1:9, 10 mins at 20°c.
An image from last summer, and possibly my first roll of Foma Pan 200 film.
There are two parallel railway bridges over the Erewash Canal at this point and I love the way the light shines between them…
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.
Wordless Wednesday… 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Series-Sixty Special (again)
1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Series-Sixty Special
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 42.5mm, 1/125s, f8, ISO 500
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.
Single frame… 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Series-Sixty Special
1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Series-Sixty Special
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 32.9mm, 1/55s, f8, ISO 800
An image from a few weeks ago… when the sun shone!
This 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Series-Sixty Special was spotted, not on Sunset Boulevard, CA, but rather just off Kings Road in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire!
Wordless Wednesday… Great tit (Parus major)
Great tit (Parus major)
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 100-400mm f4.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 252mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 2500
Monochrome Monday… Carr Wood, June 2023
Carr Wood, June 2023
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 E II – ½s, f11, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Adox FX-39 II at 1:9, 6 mins at 20°c.
Throwback Thursday… The look
The look
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 70mm, 1/100s, f8, ISO 800
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Four years ago it was a small classic car show in a local park and this appropriately dressed couple caught my eye…
Does the image title refer to ‘the look’ they’re exchanging or their outfits… You decide.
Wordless Wednesday… Rhue Lighthouse
Rhue Lighthouse
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 135mm, 1/500s, f8, ISO 320
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.
Freelance Wastrel 