Square Saturday… Forth Bridge, October 2018

Forth Bridge, October 2018
Forth Bridge, October 2018
Seagull 4A – 1/300s, f16 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol-S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.

A bit of an ‘oops!’ moment here… This roll of film was finished back in March but had been lurking in the camera, forgotten, since October 2018!

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.

Monochrome Monday… River Avon, Tewkesbury

River Avon, Tewkesbury
River Avon, Tewkesbury
Nikon FA, Zoom-NIKKOR 35-70mm f/3.5 Ai-S at 35mm, 1/250s, f11 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.

The River Avon in Tewkesbury… the boat in the foreground has clearly seen better days!

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… Winter Garden, Sheffield

Winter Garden, Sheffield
Winter Garden, Sheffield
Nikon FA, NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S, 1/125s, f11 – Foma Pan 400
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 9 mins at 20°c.

The interior of Sheffield’s Winter Garden, the largest urban glasshouse anywhere in Europe and home to more than 2,000 plants from all around the world.

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… Not all the leaves fell in Autumn

Not all the leaves fell in Autumn
Not all the leaves fell in Autumn
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro, 1/90s, f11 – Foma Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.

I’ve recently acquired a Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro lens for use with my small (but inexplicably growing!) collection of Minolta Dynax/Maxxum SLR cameras. It’s a beautiful lens but as yet I’m still to get the best out of it… more practice is called for I think!

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.

Wordless Wednesday… Window frames

Window frames
Window frames
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 50mm, 1/45s, f8 – Foma Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.

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… ESSO Fuel Oil tank 2335

ESSO Fuel Oil tank 2335
ESSO Fuel Oil tank 2335
Minolta Dynax 800si, Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD at 50mm, 1/60s, f8 – Foma Pan 400 rated at ISO 320
Developed in Ilford Ilfosol S at 1:9, 8½ mins at 20°c.

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.