Tide mark, Bridlington, December 2019
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 25mm, 1/125s, f16, ISO 1250
Tag: Yorkshire
Monochrome Monday… Grape Lane, York
Grape Lane, York December 2018
Fujica GW690 – 1/60s, f3.5, – Ilford Delta 400 Professional rated at ISO 3200
I’m already looking forward to a festive ‘Photography Friday’ trip to York! Will I take the wonderful (and still on loan) Fujica GW690 with me again? You betcha!
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
A few frames from… Expired Film Day 2019
Yachts, Bridlington, March 2019
Olympus μ [mju:] – II – Kodak Gold 100 (expired 1996) rated at ISO 25
A very quick post today as I’m off to Bridlington tonight to see The Red Hot Chilli Pipers perform at the Spa!
Back in March one of mine and Rachel’s ‘Photography Friday’ jaunts coincided with Expired Film Day and these images were taken on a very battered Olympus μ [mju:] – II compact camera that I managed to pick up in a charity shop a few weeks before for a mere £1.95!
I was pleasantly surprised by how well these films performed, especially the Fuji Super G Plus 200 that was 22 years out of date!
Shark Selfie
Olympus μ [mju:] – II – Fuji Super G Plus (expired 1997) rated at ISO 50
Throwback Thursday… Pen Hill, Yorkshire Dales, November 2004
Pen Hill, Yorkshire Dales, November 2004
Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4 AF-D, 1/250s, f8, ISO 200
What was I photographing on this day in previous years?
Fifteen years ago it was the landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales…
For a number of years we rented a cottage in the beautiful market town of Leyburn for a week in November… relaxation, long walks and lots of local beer tended to be the order of the day, with a little photography thrown in.
Pen Hill is roughly five miles south west of Leyburn and at 1,814ft high it is a prominent landmark in the area.
Single frame… Photomarathon Sheffield 2018
Go Fast
Fujifilm X-T1, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 36mm, 1/2s, f22, ISO 100
We (Joy, Rachel and myself) are off to Photomarathon Sheffield today, ‘One city. Six hours. Six photos. A one-day photography adventure for all ages. Looking at our city with curiosity, creativity and spontaneity.’
The above image, of a tram crossing Park Square Bridge, was number two of six last year, the topic being ‘Go fast’ in this case.
Taking just six photographs, one each of six topics, and strictly in order, is way out of my comfort zone but a fun day (and plenty of pub stops) beckons!
Monochrome Monday… Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Nikon F-801s, Tokina 20-35mm f/3.3-4.5 – Kodak T-Max P3200
This lone tree featured on the blog in April 2018 in an image dating from 1999. Today’s images were taken during my first visit to Malham two years prior to that in September 1997.
The few notes I took at the time don’t mention it but I vaguely remember using a red filter on the (borrowed) Tokina 20-35mm lens. I also remember repeatedly dislodging the lens hood so quite a few of the images shot with this lens suffer from uneven vignetting…
Lone tree, North Yorkshire
Nikon F-801s, Tokina 20-35mm f/3.3-4.5 – Kodak T-Max P3200
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… Stairway to… Malham
Stairway to… Malham
Minolta Autocord – Kodak T-Max T400CN
‘There’s a lady who’s sure
All that glitters is gold
And she’s buying a stairway to…’
Another image from the sheet of negatives I found recently that were shot on a borrowed Minolta Autocord.
These are a few of the 400 odd steps that form part of the Pennine Way footpath leading to the top of Malham Cove, a 230ft high, curved limestone formation half a mile north of the village of Malham in North Yorkshire.
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… The old and the new, Sheffield
The old and the new, Sheffield
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/250s, f11, – Kodak Portra 400 rated at ISO 200
A contrast between old and new in Sheffield, photographed in June. In the foreground is part of the Royal Exchange Buildings, a brown glazed brick structure dating from 1900 and designed by John Henry Bryars. The modern building in the background is the 52-metre, 16 floor iQuarter apartment building on Blonk Street, built on the site of the former Hancock and Lant furniture company premises.
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Square Saturday… Jervaulx Abbey, May 1998
Jervaulx Abbey, May 1998
Minolta Autocord – Kodak T-Max T400CN
I spent a few years (what seems like a lifetime ago now) working in the photographic retail trade and one of the ‘perks’ was the occasional loan of equipment that I wouldn’t otherwise be able to get my grubby little mitts on!
To be honest I’d completely forgotten ever using a Minolta Autocord until I found a sheet of negatives earlier this week but unfortunately I have no idea which model it was.
Jervaulx Abbey is somewhere I really should return to, it’s a beautiful, tranquil place in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
I think this is the remains of the Monk’s Infirmary, on the south east corner of the site (I really need to keep better notes!).
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Hawaiian shirt, Sheffield, June 2019
Hawaiian shirt, Sheffield, June 2019
Nikon FE2, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI-S – 1/4000s, f2.8, – Kodak Portra 400 rated at ISO 200
Another image from my recent trip to Sheffield, captured while enjoying a cold beer outside the Sheffield Tap, a fantastic ‘world beer freehouse’ at the railway station.
The shirt caught my eye as I’ve recently taken a sartorial leaf out of Godson No.2’s book and bought myself a few Hawaiian shirts to jazz up my wardrobe!
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
