Square Saturday… Forth Bridge, October 2018

Forth Bridge, October 2018
Forth Bridge, October 2018
Seagull 4A – 1/300s, f16 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol-S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.

A bit of an ‘oops!’ moment here… This roll of film was finished back in March but had been lurking in the camera, forgotten, since October 2018!

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.

Throwback Thursday… Class 24 D5054 approaches Damems Loop, K&WVR

Class 24 D5054 approaches Damems Loop, K&WVR
Class 24 D5054 approaches Damems Loop, K&WVR
Nikon D100, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 ED AF-D at 300mm, 1/500s, f9.5, ISO 400

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

21 years ago it was a diesel gala at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Class 24 D5054 (visiting from the East Lancashire Railway) was in charge of the 09.15 service from Oxenhope to Keighley.

Slide Film Sunday… Colourful sterns, Langley Mill Basin

Colourful sterns, Langley Mill Basin
Colourful sterns, Langley Mill Basin
Canon EOS 300, EF 50mm f/1.8 II, 1/60s, f5.6 – Fujifilm Velvia 100F (expired 2/2013)

Yet another image from Expired Film Day 2025.

These narrow boats are moored at Langley Mill canal basin at the junction of the Cromford and Erewash Canals.

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.

Saturday Street Art… Books! (Again!)

Books, The Quadrant, Beeston
Books, The Quadrant, Beeston
Balda Baldessa, Isco-Gottingen Color-Isconar 45mm f/2.8, 1/60s, f4 – out of date Agfa Vista 200 rated at ISO 50

Another pic of the mural by Anna Wheelhouse that adorns The Quadrant, a multi-purpose venue next to Beeston Library… again from Expired Film Day but this time taken on a Balda Baldessa found in a charity shop that very day for the princely sum of £4.00!

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.