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Throwback Thursday… Common Hollyhocks

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Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)-20110703a
Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45mm f/3.5~5.6 at 23mm, 1/125s, f5.6, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

14 years ago it was these beautiful Common Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) at Brockford station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (MSLR)

Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)-20110703b
Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45mm f/3.5~5.6 at 45mm, 1/640s, f10, ISO 320

Throwback Thursday… Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

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Great Northern Railway - Beware Of The Trains
Great Northern Railway – Beware Of The Trains
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45mm f/3.5~5.6 at 36mm, 1/320s, f8, ISO 320

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

12 years ago it was the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway near Cleethorpes.

The railway occupies a short stretch of the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) East Lincolnshire Line that once linked Grimsby to Boston.

Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd 0-4-0ST 'SPITFIRE' (works no.1964 of 1929)
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd 0-4-0ST SPITFIRE (works no.1964 of 1929)
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Lumix G Vario OIS 14-45mm f/3.5~5.6 at 23mm, 1/100s, f5, ISO 320

In spite of the National Coal Board (NCB) livery SPITFIRE spent its entire working life in the chemical industry in Manchester, latterly working for CPC International until withdrawal for preservation in the 1970s.

Throwback Thursday… Our kid/Little bro/Rob…

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Our kid, MFN, May 2012Our kid, MFN, May 2012
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8, 1/125s, f2.8, ISO 1600

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Seven years ago it was this ‘handsome bugger!

My brother… strutting his stuff with the band Pumpcar at the MFN nightclub in Derbyshire.

The Micro Four Thirds Panasonic Lumix GF1 was definitely not suited to shooting in low light and I think this was the only time I ever shot a gig with it. I loved the Macro-Elmarit 45mm lens though… the only Leica (ahem!) thing I’ve ever owned…

Rockin', MFN, May 2012Rockin’, MFN, May 2012
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8, 1/100s, f2.8, ISO 1600

Throwback Thursday… Snowdrops

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Snowdrops, February 2012Snowdrops, February 2012
Panasonic Lumix GF1, Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8, 1/50s, f4, ISO 200

What was I photographing on this day in previous years?

Seven years ago it was this clump of Snowdrops (Galanthus) in our garden.

To get the camera level with the flowers I reversed the centre column of my tripod, composing the image on the GF1’s LCD screen (a spinal injury means that I can’t get down to ground level anymore…)

The Micro Four Thirds fitting Leica Macro-Elmarit 45mm lens is a beautiful piece of kit… I miss it.