Barred window, Long Eaton
Olympus OM-20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8, 1/125s, f5.6 – Foma Retropan 320
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Tag: Olympus OM20
Monochrome Monday… Alport Heights, August 2018 (yet again…)
Alport Heights
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/125s, f8, – Rollei RPX 100
I’m posting this image of Alport Heights for my regular ‘Photography Friday’ partner in crime, Rachel… thanks to the lockdown here in the UK we’ve not been out snapping for a while but this is one of her favourite places (and a fantastic spot for a picnic… when we’re allowed out again that is.)
Incidentally it was taken with an Olympus OM20 that she’d found for me in a charity shop a few months previously!
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Trent & Mersey Canal, Fradley Junction
Trent & Mersey Canal, Fradley Junction
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-T 100mm f/2.8 – 1/125s, f8, – Agfa Vista 200 rated at ISO 100
Some more ‘gongoozling’ on a recent Photography Friday outing, this time at Fradley Junction, where the Trent & Mersey and Coventry Canals meet…
It was also warm enough for the first outdoor pub lunch of the year (and a couple of pints of Everards Tiger) at The Swan.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Biggins Bros Ltd
Biggins Bros Ltd, Sheffield
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/60s, f8, – Rollei RPX 100
I was going to write that in this day and age of tanning salons and nail bars it’s quite refreshing to see a good, old-fashioned ‘Electro Platers to all Trades’ but it would appear that ‘Biggins Bros Ltd’ ceased trading in the year 2000!
The Biggins’ family are still active in Sheffield though, with Silversmith James Biggins producing a range of exquisite silver sculptures, mainly hunting and shooting themed pieces.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Peace Garden fountains, Sheffield
Peace Garden fountains, Sheffield
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/60s, f11, – Rollei RPX 100
Yet another shot from my first roll of Rollei RPX 100 film.
Cold and incredibly windy here today… Looking forward to the warmer weather, to days when we can play in the fountains…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Alport Heights, August 2018 (again…)
Alport Heights, August 2018
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/250s, f8, – Rollei RPX 100
As winter approaches I’m already looking forward to hot days, picnicking somewhere quiet with views across the beautiful Derbyshire countryside. From this particular spot near Wirksworth, The Wrekin, the Long Mynd and Clee Hill (in Shropshire) can all be seen on a clear day.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… ‘Women of Steel’
‘Women of Steel’
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/500s, f2.8, – Rollei RPX 100
Yet another shot from my first roll of Rollei RPX 100 film.
‘Women of Steel’ is a bronze sculpture that commemorates the women of Sheffield who worked in the city’s steel industry during World War I and World War II. Sculpted by Martin Jennings, it was unveiled at Barker’s Pool in June 2016.
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Monochrome Monday… Sheffield’s ‘Cheese Grater’
Sheffield’s ‘Cheese Grater’
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-T 100mm f/2.8 – 1/125s, f5.6, – Rollei RPX 100
The striking looking building in the centre of this image is Sheffield’s Charles Street Car Park, more commonly known as the ‘Cheese Grater’.
Designed by architects Allies and Morrison and opened in 2008, the ten storey structure contains 520 parking spaces and was voted ‘third coolest car park in the world’ in a 2013 competition.
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Wordless Wednesday… Alport Heights, August 2018
Alport Heights, August 2018
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/250s, f8, – Rollei RPX 100
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… Assorted junk
Assorted junk
Olympus OM20, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 – 1/60s, f1.8, – Rollei RPX 100
A shot from my first roll of Rollei RPX 100, the second roll of film through a charity shop find Olympus OM20 (thanks Rachel!)
A couple of weeks back a visit was paid to the holt in Sheffield to view the winning entries of this year’s Photo Marathon and this was tucked away in a dark corner of the creative space there…
I’m rather taken with this film, it seems very forgiving, with a wide exposure latitude… I really must try the ISO 400 version.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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