Old Calton Cemetery, March 2025
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 35mm, 1/125s, f8, ISO 1250
Monochrome Monday… Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
Nikon F-301, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S, 1/250s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DD-X at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.
I’ve had a couple of days filing negatives and it’s prompted me to look back at a few older images…
I’ve photographed the Brutalist architecture of Park Hill in Sheffield a few times and no doubt will do so again, the flats really do dominate the Sheffield skyline!
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.
Saturday Street Art… Richard Beckinsale, Beeston, by Zabou
Richard Beckinsale, Beeston, by Zabou
Fuji GW 690 Professional, Fuji Photo Film Co EBC Fujinon 90mm f/3.5 – Fujifilm RVP 50 (expired 12/1997)
I’m not sure if Expired Film Day is still a thing… but I still enjoy loading up my cameras with out of date film every March 15!
This image of actor Richard Beckinsale (6/7/1947 – 19/3/79) by the artist Zabou, has only had very slight tweaks to exposure and white balance… 28-year old slide film has no business looking this good!
Developed by AgLab. 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… Ash Grunwald at The Venue, Derby
Ash Grunwald, The Venue, Derby
Nikon D300, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8D, 1/100s, f2.8, ISO 1600
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
16 years ago it was the immensely-talented Australian blues musician Ash Grunwald at The Venue in Derby.
I rarely bought CDs from the gigs I photographed but at this one I bought two!
Ash Grunwald, The Venue, Derby
Nikon D300, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8D, 1/100s, f2.8, ISO 1600
Wordless Wednesday… The gate to Cardy House, Lower Largo
The gate to Cardy House, Lower Largo
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 33mm, 1/60s, f11, ISO 640
Monochrome Monday… Skeletal, Pikehall
Skeletal, Pikehall
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm E II f/2.8 – 1/15s, f11, – Kodak T-Max 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7 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.
Throwback Thursday… New Bridge, Calver
New Bridge, Calver
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 79mm, 1/60s, f11, ISO 1250
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Five years ago it was the New Bridge at Calver in Derbyshire.
Although called the ‘New Bridge’ it was actually built in 1781 to carry the new Sheffield-Calver turnpike road over the River Derwent. The building visible through the bridge is Shuttle House which once housed the sluice machinery to control the flow of water down the goit (water channel) to Calver Mill.
I remember having a splendid Croque Madame for lunch at The Bridge Inn in Calver that day too!
Wordless Wednesday… Beach huts, Hove
Beach huts, Hove
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 30mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 100
Throwback Thursday… Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 135mm, 1/75s, f8, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Five years ago it was the flora and fauna at Straws Bridge nature reserve near Ilkeston in Derbyshire.
I’m not sure but I think I was experimenting with a Fujifilm MCEX-11 Extension Tube that day…
Wordless Wednesday… Cornish Place, Sheffield
Cornish Place, Sheffield
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 47mm, 1/200s, f8, ISO 100
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