The Forth Bridge, October 2018
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 26mm, 1/105s, f16, ISO 400
Tag: Scotland
Monochrome Monday… Goods Wagon, Kingdom of Fife Railway
Goods Wagon, Kingdom of Fife Railway
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/60s, f5.6 – Ilford Delta 100
A shot from last year’s trip to Scotland… this four-plank wagon awaits its turn in the restoration queue at the Fife Heritage Railway. Not much is known about the wagon’s history but it was donated by Tullis Russell whose paper mill at nearby Markinch closed in 2015 with the loss of more than 350 jobs.
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Lamp shadow
Lamp shadow, Lower Largo
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 135mm, 1/80s, f8, ISO 500
There’s something about shadows… Not necessarily the deep inky black ones found in high contrast scenes; sometimes it’s the more faint examples that catch the eye…
Monochrome Monday… Lower Largo, Fife (again!)
Lower Largo, October 2017
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/125s, f8 – Ilford Delta 100
Not long now until I’m off to this wonderful place again… Lower Largo on the Fife coast. Which cameras to take this time?
The viaduct in the background once carried the Fife Coast Railway that ran from Thornton Junction in the west to St Andrews in the north. The line closed to passengers in September 1965 and completely in December 1966.
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Monochrome Monday… St Andrews, Fife
St Andrews, October 2017
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/500s, f8, – Ilford HP5+ rated at ISO 320
Another shot from October’s holiday in Fife… this time from the “home of golf”.
This scene caught my eye when I glanced over my shoulder during a stroll along the East Scores from the Cathedral to the Castle.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Steps from the beach, Lower Largo
Steps from the beach, Lower Largo
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/60s, f4, – Ilford HP5+ rated at ISO 320
Another shot from a roll that came back from the lab on Tuesday, this time from my trip to Lower Largo on the Fife coast in October last year… I can’t wait to go back there…
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews Cathedral, October 2017
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 39mm, 1/140s, f11, ISO 200
Wordless Wednesday… Sunset, Elie
Sunset, Elie, Fife, October 2017
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 18mm, 1/40s, f5.6, ISO 1600
Monochrome Monday… The Kelpies
The Kelpies, October 2017
Nikon F3HP, Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 – 1/125s, f4, +1EV – Ilford Delta 100
Back in October I posted a few digital shots from a fantastic holiday in Lower Largo on the Fife coast in Scotland. I also shot a few rolls of film that week and got some of the results back from the lab a few days ago.
The Kelpies stand 30 metres high, next to an extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal in The Helix, a new parkland project in Falkirk.
Completed in 2013, the sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and are still a magnificent sight on the greyest and dampest of days. The Nikkor 20mm lens allowed me to get both Kelpies in shot from a very close range but I had a heck of a job keeping raindrops off the front of the lens!
Scan by Peak Imaging with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Wordless Wednesday… Lower Largo on the Lubitel 166B
Lower Largo, 25 October 2017
Lubitel 166B, Lomo 75mm f/4.5 lens – 1/60s, f5.6 – Rollei Digibase CN 200 Pro rated at ISO 100
Freelance Wastrel 