Former Tramway to New Hopton-Wood Quarry
Fujica GW690 + Y15 yellow filter – 1/125s, f11, – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:9, 12 mins at 20°c.
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Socially distanced picnic table
Redhill Quarry, January 2020
Fujica GW690 + Y15 yellow filter – 1/125s, f8, – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:9, 12 mins at 20°c.
An image from one of my last ‘pre-lockdown’ photographic forays…
Redhill Quarry, near Middleton in the Derbyshire Dales is now a nature reserve and picnic area and I had the place to myself on the bleak January day that I chose to visit (I was ‘social distancing’ before it was a necessity).
I can’t help feeling that the isolated picnic table has far more meaning now than when I photographed it…
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… ‘Tin Tabernacle’
Tin Tabernacle, October 2019
Yashica Mat 124G – 1/250s, f8 – Ilford FP4 Plus rated at ISO 100
Another image from a test roll of Ilford FP4 Plus put through a Yashica Mat 124G that I had repaired last year.
This ‘tin tabernacle’ is located at Swanwick Junction at the Midland Railway-Butterley and is officially known as ‘St. Saviours Church’ and is available for wedding blessings (although not the actual marriage ceremony for legal reasons), funerals and memorial services.
It originally stood at Westhouses near Alfreton and was built in 1898 with support from the Midland Railway (MR).
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Flamborough Head Lighthouse
Flamborough Head Lighthouse, August 2019
Olympus OM-2N, Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/2.8 – 1/125s, f11, – Lomography Lady Grey rated at ISO 200
Developed in Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… High Stacks, Flamborough Head
High Stacks, Flamborough Head
Olympus OM-2N, Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/2.8, Y2 yellow filter – 1/60s, f8½, – Lomography Lady Grey rated at ISO 200
Developed in Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
An image from a sheet of negatives I’d misplaced until tonight…
High Stacks, Flamborough Head, photographed during a ‘Photography Friday’ outing in August last year. Flamborough (and nearby Bridlington) is an area Rachel knows well and we’ve had a few excellent days up there.
My Olympus OM-2N started to suffer from a sluggish shutter towards the end of this roll but I’ve since had it serviced by the excellent PPP Repairs and can’t wait to use it again!
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Slide Film Sunday… Tea’s Maid!
Tea’s Maid!
Nikon F75, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, 1/45s, f8, Kodak Ektachrome E100
Another image shot on Kodak Ektachrome E100 last summer…
I’ve photographed this cheeky sign that advertises That Little Tea Shop in the Lanes in Brighton a few times but as yet I’ve not sampled said shop’s menu… I really must pop in for tea and cake at some point!
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… Belper River Gardens on the Kodak Duaflex II
Bandstand, Belper River Gardens
Kodak Duaflex II – Kodak Gold 200
With a lot of time to spare at the moment I’ve been rummaging through folders of negatives, looking for nothing in particular but finding all sorts!
This shot was taken in the summer of 1998 on a Kodak Duaflex II, a simple box camera designed to look like a twin-lens reflex camera (TLR).
Kodak Duaflex II
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 43mm, 1/105s, f11, ISO 200
There were a number of Duaflex models with some having a focusing 72mm f/8 Kodar lens but this version has the fixed 75mm Kodet f/15 and was produced in the UK at some point between 1949 and 1955.
All versions took 620 roll film and although Kodak Gold 200 was certainly produced in 620 format I’ve a feeling that I re-spooled a roll of 120 (which is quite simple to do in a film changing bag) before taking the camera for an outing to Belper River Gardens.
I notice that Analogue Wonderland are stocking the Film Photography Project‘s range of 620 film… perhaps I should order a roll and give the Duaflex another outing?
Wordless Wednesday… Hathersage Moor
Hathersage Moor, March 2020
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 36mm, 1/120s, f11, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Locomotive boiler, May 2000
Locomotive boiler, May 2000
Fujifilm GSW 690 III – 1/60s, f8½, – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Ilfosol S at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.
Another 20-year old image, taken on a borrowed Fuji GSW 690 III…
The Midland Railway-Butterley has featured on this blog many times before, whether the trains are running or not, there’s always something interesting to photograph.
Hopefully by now the boiler has been reunited with the rest of the locomotive!
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Slide Film Sunday… From the archives
All Saints Church, Ashover, May 2000
Fujica GW690 – 1/30s, f5.6, – Kodak Ektachrome 100S
I’ve mentioned before one of the ‘perks’ of working in the photographic retail trade being the occasional loan of equipment that I wouldn’t otherwise get to use…
20 years ago (almost to the day) I borrowed a Fuji GSW 690 III for a weekend, shooting a mixture of black & white and out of date slide film.
The above image, of All Saints Church in Ashover, Derbyshire, was taken during a stroll around the village after shutting up the shop for the day. The EBC Fujinon SW 65mm f/5.6 lens gives a wider view than the GW 690’s 90mm that I’ve got used to in the last 18 months (and finally bought from the chap who kindly loaned it to me… thanks James!) and the notes I made at the time show that I was hand-holding the camera at shutter speeds down to 1/30 second!
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Freelance Wastrel 