Monochrome Monday… Crow steps, Pittenweem

Crow steps, Pittenweem
Crow steps, Pittenweem
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/350s, f11 – Lomography Lady Grey
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 at 1:9, 6½ mins at 20°c.

I’m finally finding some enthusiasm for blogging again…

This image is from a trip to Fife back in March, I liked the juxtaposition of the crow steps on one building and the shadow cast by others.

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.

Monochrome Monday… Cobweb, October 2023

Cobweb, October 2023
Cobweb, October 2023
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

It’s not quite this time of year yet but the local spider population has already started to make its way indoors!

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.

Single frame… Vickers Viscount F-BGNR

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Canon EOS 30, EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 IV USM at 50mm, 1/125s, f11, Kodak Gold 400 rated at ISO 200

An image from a visit to the Midland Air Museum in May.

F-BGNR is a Vickers Viscount 708 that entered service with Air France in May 1954, serving with that airline until 1962 when it was sold to Air Inter who operated it for 11 years and whose livery the aircraft now carries.

In 1973 F-BGNR became a ground instructional airframe at Scone Airport in Scotland, remaining there until 1996 when it was sold to Skysport Engineering who put the aircraft into storage in Bedfordshire pending conversion to a conference venue. The conversion didn’t go ahead and F-BGNR moved to the Midland Air Museum in 2007.

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.

Monochrome Monday… Fairey Gannet AEW.3

Fairey Gannet AEW.3
Fairey Gannet AEW.3
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM at 20mm, 1/1500s, f11 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

Another aircraft on display at the fantastic Newark Air Museum in Nottinghamshire, this Fairey Gannet AEW.3 was built in 1962 and last flew in 1978 with the Royal Navy.

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.

Monochrome Monday… Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A

Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A
Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A
Canon EOS 30, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 50mm, 1/750s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

One of the many aircraft on display at the fantastic Newark Air Museum in Nottinghamshire, this Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV A was built in 1956 and last flew in 1978 with the French Air Force.

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.

Single frame… The Meeting Place, London St Pancras International

The Meeting Place, London St Pancras International
The Meeting Place, London St Pancras International
Canon EOS 30, EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/350s, f5.6 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10½ mins at 20°c.

I’m amazed that Paul Day’s wonderful sculpture The Meeting Place at St Pancras station hasn’t featured here before… Obviously this is just a part of the sculpture but I’d only got a 40mm lens with me that day and couldn’t fit any more in!

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… Buckets of Fun, Hayling Island

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Canon EOS 30, EF 40mm f/2.8 STM, 1/125s, f11, Kodak Gold 200 rated at ISO 100

The Canon EOS 30/EF 40mm f/2.8 STM combo is probably my favourite camera for snapshots at the moment, I’ve used it quite a bit this summer…

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.