Turning tide, Sheringham, September 2019
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 78mm, 1/250s, f10, ISO 320
Born on this day – Brassaï
‘Do you know what Picasso said when he looked at my drawings in 1939? “You’re crazy, Brassai. You have a gold mine and you spend your time exploiting a salt mine!” The salt mine was – naturally – photography!’
Brassaï (Hungarian/French photographer) – September 9, 1899 – July 8, 1984.
Square Saturday… Pylon down (once more with feeling!)
Pylon down, May 2018
Seagull 4A – 1/60s, f8 – Ilford Pan F Plus
This particular scene has featured on this blog before, here and here, but I couldn’t resist posting yet another image, this time taken on a charity shop find Seagull 4A twin-lens reflex camera.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Throwback Thursday… It’s a bit wild out there! Cromer, September 2015
It’s a bit wild out there! Cromer, September 2015
Fujifilm X-T10, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 52mm, 1/320s, f8, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Four years ago it was the Pier and Promenade at Cromer in Norfolk… Mid-storm!
This was taken during our last stay in a friend’s static caravan on the cliffs at East Runton, less than a mile and a half down the coast from Cromer.
Wordless Wednesday… Berwick Breakwater Lighthouse, August 2019
Berwick Breakwater Lighthouse, August 2019
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 44mm, 1/170s, f11, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Coniston Fells
Coniston Fells
Nikon F3HP, Nikon Series E 75-150mm f/3.5 at 150mm – 1/250s, f8, – Kentmere 400 rated at ISO 320
Last year I accompanied a pal of mine on his annual pilgrimage from Derbyshire to the Lake District to climb a hill in memory of his father. I didn’t climb the hill with him but spent my day taking photos in and around the village of Coniston.
This is definitely my favourite image from the roll of Kentmere 400 film that I shot with my trusty Nikon F3HP that day…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… 1955 Pontiac Star Chief
1955 Pontiac Star Chief
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 66mm, 1/420s, f11, ISO 200
Following on from yesterday’s piece of Americana, today it’s the turn of this 1955 Pontiac Star Chief… both vehicles (and many more) were photographed at MFN‘s ‘American ‘n’ Classic Car ‘n’ Truck ‘n’ Bike’ show on Sunday.
The Star Chief was manufactured by General Motors’ Pontiac division between 1954 and 1966 and this particular example is powered by a 287 cu in (4.7l) V8 engine.
The two wide ‘silver streaks’ and the ‘Indian’ hood ornament caught my eye; the latter apparently lights up when the car’s headlights are turned on!
Wordless Wednesday… 1967 Ford Ranger F100 pickup
1967 Ford Ranger F100 pickup
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 22mm, 1/200s, f11, ISO 200
Born on this day – Man Ray
‘I believe in the relation between photography and music; And that’s my inspiration.’
Man Ray (American visual artist) – August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976.
Monochrome Monday… Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Nikon F-801s, Tokina 20-35mm f/3.3-4.5 – Kodak T-Max P3200
This lone tree featured on the blog in April 2018 in an image dating from 1999. Today’s images were taken during my first visit to Malham two years prior to that in September 1997.
The few notes I took at the time don’t mention it but I vaguely remember using a red filter on the (borrowed) Tokina 20-35mm lens. I also remember repeatedly dislodging the lens hood so quite a few of the images shot with this lens suffer from uneven vignetting…
Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Nikon F-801s, Tokina 20-35mm f/3.3-4.5 – Kodak T-Max P3200
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Freelance Wastrel 