Tag: Derbyshire

Monochrome Monday… Heanor Grammar School

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Heanor Grammar SchoolHeanor Grammar School
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P, 1/90s, f8 – Ilford Delta 400 Professional
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 8 mins at 20°c.

Apparently the Grade-II listed former Grammar School buildings have been ‘saved’ and are to become a ‘mixed-use development site’ (whatever one of those is…)

We wait with baited breath…

Digitised using Nikon D5500 & 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… Shadow, Wirksworth

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Shadow, WirksworthShadow, Wirksworth
Nikon FM, Nikkor 50mm f/2 Ai – 1/60s, f8 – Ilford FP4 Plus
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 9 mins at 20°c.

An image from a wander around the Peak District market town of Wirksworth…

The railings that cast this shadow circle St Mary’s Church in the centre of town.

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… Kelly’s Heroes, August 2022

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Kelly's Heroes, August 2022Kelly’s Heroes, August 2022
Nikon F2S, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5, exposure unrecorded – Kodak Tri-X
Developed in Adox Rodinal at 1:25, 7 mins at 20°c.

An image from a recent Sunday afternoon at one of my favourite watering holes, the Dewdrop in Ilkeston… with entertainment provided by the excellent Kelly’s Heroes

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… Infrared experimentation

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Pylon downPylon down
Nikon FA, Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 Ai-S + R72 filter – shutter speed unrecorded, f11, – Adox HR-50
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7½ mins at 20°c.

In a recent post about infrared photography I mentioned a roll of Adox HR-50 that was waiting to be developed… this is the first edited image from that roll…

Again, nothing complicated on the settings front, aperture priority automatic, hyperfocal focusing and +1 stop exposure compensation (in this particular instance…)

I’m definitely going to be experimenting further with infrared!

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.

Throwback Thursday… Rudbeckia hirta ‘Sunbeckia Luna’

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Rudbeckia hirta 'Sunbeckia Luna'yRudbeckia hirta ‘Sunbeckia Luna’
Olympus Stylus XZ-10, i.Zuiko 4.7-23.5mm f1.8~2.7 ED at 23mm, 1/320s, f2.8, ISO 160

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Seven years ago it was this Rudbeckia hirta ‘Sunbeckia Luna’ flower (at least I think that’s what it is…)

I could probably pick fault with the quality this image in a number of ways but as it makes me smile I won’t!

Here endeth today’s lesson! 😁