A few of the buildings clustered around St. Paul’s Square in Sheffield city centre, including the distinctive “Cheesegrater” car-park..
Olympus 35 RC & Kodak Tri-X.
Taken on 29 October 2017
Month: January 2018
Cobbled
I took a number of pictures on this street in Hull a couple of month’s back. This is the only medium format shot amongst them. I like the shot and the composition, but wish there had been a little more light – I had to open up the aperture to get the photo (a side-effect of my Mess-Ikonta having a slow / sticky shutter at speeds below 1/100 sec, which forces me to open it up in lower light, rather than dropping the shutter speed). As a result, the focus is a little soft in the foreground.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Kodak Tri-X.
Taken on 29 November 2017
There are no dogs here any more
The trailer with the dog’s face on it has been parked in this field for years. For a while there would be canine “gymkhana” type events that would take place here from time to time, where people would run their dogs through courses of fences, ramps, tunnels and the like. I never visited any of these events, but I drove past on a few occasions when they were taking place and there was often quite a crowd of people in attendance. However, at some point a few years ago the events came to an end, but the trailer, with its jolly artwork, has remained in the field since. At some point more recently, someone has broken into the trailer and there were various pieces of equipment scattered beside it.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 1 January 2018
Morning farm
A farm at Ridgeway Moor, partly silhouetted against the morning mist.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
It’s that fishing pond again…
A fourth shot from the same location (the shot of the Duck was taken here too).
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
Winter willow
A willow tree photographed on a wintery day last month. Cropped to 6×7 ratio from 6×6.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fomapan 400.
Taken on 12 December 2017
Phone-box portrait
Another set of photos from the wonderfully misty day a few weeks back. A fairly mundane subject but the light and atmospherics work wonders I reckon.
Olympus OM-1, F.Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
Reflective fishing
Following on from yesterday’s photo, here’s someone (presumably with a permit) fishing on the same pond.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
Private fishing
The water on this pond was beautifully still on the day I took this. Well, apart from when the ducks kept swimming past.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
A pastoral scene
Today I present two views of the same scent. One in portrait orientation, the other landscape. I’m not sure which I prefer – the portrait shot has better composition, I think, while the landscape orientation possibly has more atmosphere thanks to the birds in flight (and in the trees), but at the expense of the foreground fence being less well positioned. Anyway, here are both of them.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
Steel City Snapper photography 