UPS Boeing 767 N356UP
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM at 120mm, 1/125s, f8, ISO 125
Tag: Leicestershire
Throwback Thursday… 1955 Ford Customline Sedan
1955 Ford Customline Sedan
Fujifilm X-E1, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 21mm, 1/170s, f8, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Nine years ago it was this mildly customised 1955 Ford Customline ‘Tudor’ Sedan at a Charnwood Cruisers gathering near Loughborough in Leicestershire.
I seem to remember it was fitted with a 302 cu in (4.9l) V8 engine from a Ford Mustang…
Throwback Thursday… 2013 Great Central Railway winter steam gala
Great Western Railway 6000 class 4-6-0 6023 KING EDWARD II
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 48mm, 1/400s, f8, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
11 years ago it was a cold and snowy Great Central Railway winter steam gala.
London Midland & Scottish Railway class 8F 2-8-0 48624
Nikon D600, AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR at 120mm, 1/500s, f8, ISO 400
These pics (and in fact most of my pics that day) were taken at Leicester North station while the locomotives were running round their respective trains.
Throwback Thursday… Quorn & Woodhouse
Quorn & Woodhouse
Nikon D600, Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.4D, 1/40s, f8, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
10 years ago it was the 1940s-themed Quorn & Woodhouse station on the Great Central Railway.
No trains were running but the Butler Henderson Café was open and hot chocolate and cake were definitely on the menu!
Single frame… CHAP. XX.
CHAP. XX.
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole, 10 minutes, f167 – Kodak Gold 200 rated at ISO 100
Today is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and above is an image I captured on WWPD 2022.
Hopefully I’ll get chance to use my ONDU 6×6 Pocket pinhole camera today too…
Developed by AgLab
Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… Stained glass projection
Stained glass projection
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole, 25s, f167 – Kodak Gold 200 rated at ISO 100
Back in April I had a weekend break in a converted chapel in Leicester and spent the Sunday morning photographing the beautiful stained glass windows on Kodak Gold 200 in my ONDU 6×6 Pocket pinhole camera.
This is one of the final images of the morning, when sunlight was streaming in and projecting an image of the windows onto the floor…
Developed by AgLab
Digitised using Nikon D5600 & AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8, pixl-latr with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Mooring
Mooring
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 80s, f167 – Kodak T-Max 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7 mins at 20°c.
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.
Square Saturday… Sawley Lock, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2022
Sawley Lock, WWPD
Ondu 6×6 Pocket Pinhole + ND8 filter, 20s, f167 – Kodak T-Max 100
Developed in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X at 1:4, 7 mins at 20°c.
An image from Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2022… taken whilst enjoying a pint (or three) at The Lock Keeper’s Rest micro pub at Sawley.
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.
Wordless Wednesday… Reflections
Reflections
Fujifilm X-E4, Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8~4 R LM OIS at 52mm, 1/2s, f11, ISO 160
Throwback Thursday… Great Central Railway (again)
LMS class 5MT 2-6-0 42968
Nikon D200, AF NIKKOR 24-85mm f2.8-4 D at 75mm, 1/320s, f9, ISO 400
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
15 years ago it was my first visit to the Great Central Railway winter steam gala.
It was also my first ride on the GCR since 1983!
LNWR class G2 0-8-0 49395
Nikon D200, AF NIKKOR 24-85mm f2.8-4 D at 42mm, 1/250s, f8, ISO 400
Freelance Wastrel 