View from the tiller…
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 28mm, 1/125s, f11, ISO 200
Tag: Derbyshire
Throwback Thursday… Swanwick Junction
Swanwick Junction
Nikon D300, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 52mm, 1/400s, f10, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Nine years ago it was this Running in board at Swanwick Junction station at Midland Railway-Butterley (MR-B).
Running in boards tended to be positioned at the end of station platforms and were designed to allow passengers to determine their location as a train entered the station, possibly while still moving at speed!
This example is/was a modern construct as Swanwick Junction station didn’t exist until the heritage line arrived there… I say is/was because the last couple of times I’ve visited there’s been no trace of this particular board.
Single frame… Triumph T120 Bonneville
Triumph T120 Bonneville
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 34mm, 1/80s, f8, ISO 1600
I paid a visit to the Erewash Museum‘s Motorcycle Open Day today…
There was a fantastic variety of bikes on display: custom Harley-Davidsons, modern tourers, a couple of ‘Rat‘ bikes and more classic Brits than you could shake a stick at!
The above image shows one of the many Triumphs on display and I’m reasonably certain that it’s a 1960 T120 Bonneville (but I’m happy to be corrected if I’m wrong).
Single frame… Crich Memorial Tower
Crich Memorial Tower, April 2019
Fujifilm X-T10, thingyfy 11mm Pinhole Pro S, 0.7s, f79, ISO 200
Another image taken with my thingyfy Pinhole Pro S ‘lens’.
Last Sunday would have been my late father-in-law’s 99th birthday so Joy and I took some flowers up to Crich Stand, a memorial tower dedicated to the memory of the soldiers from the Sherwood Foresters Regiment who died in World War I and World War II* (Joy’s Dad lived to a ripe old age but spent World War II serving in North Africa and Italy with the regiment).
I thought I’d sneak a few minutes capturing a couple of images for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day while I was there…
*The memorial is also dedicated to those who died serving in the Sherwood Foresters Regiment from 1945 to 1970, the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment from 1970 to 2007 and the Mercian Regiment since 2007.
Monochrome Monday… Porters Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Porters Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal
Fujica GW690 – 1/125s, f5.6½, – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 800
The Grade II listed Porters Bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal at Shardlow in Derbyshire, photographed on a cold and damp Photography Friday in January this year…
Another shot from the Fujica GW 690 camera that I’ve got on loan…
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Burbage Brook, April 2019
Burbage Brook, April 2019
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 15s, f8, Formatt Hitech Firecrest ND 3.0 (10-stop) filter, ISO 200
Monochrome Monday… Jitty, Belper
Jitty, Belper
Olympus OM-2 Spot/Program, F-Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/200s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 640
Jitty, Ginnel (or Gennel), Twitchel, Twitten or Snicket? What do you call an alleyway like this?
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… A few frames from Tideswell on JCH Street Pan 400
Forget Not The Dead
Nikon FA, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/500s, f4 – JCH Street Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
One of the films that came back from the lab on Saturday was a roll of JCH Street Pan 400 that had been lurking in my Nikon FA since August last year!
Corner House, Tideswell
Nikon FA, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/125s, f8 – JCH Street Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Tideswell in the Derbyshire Dales (known locally as ‘Tidza’) is a beautiful village, the centrepiece of which is the Church of St John the Baptist, known as the ‘Cathedral of the Peak’.
The dull weather during my visit didn’t do the sights any favours but Bellamy Hunt’s JCH Street Pan 400 film has still delivered some nice, contrasty images…
1929 Ford Model A, Tideswell, October 2018
Nikon FA, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/60s, f8 – JCH Street Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Epson 4870 Photo scans with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
Fujica GW690 – 1/60s, f4, – Kodak Portra 800 rated at ISO 400
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… 120 Bridge Street
120 Bridge Street
Olympus OM-2 Spot/Program, F-Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/100s, f8 – Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ISO 640
I’ve mentioned before the idea of photographing all the different ways in which house numbers are displayed, ancient and modern, simple or elaborate… maybe it’s time I got on with it?
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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