Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
I was pretty happy when I saw the scan from this negative as I felt sure that I’d missed focus when I made the picture of the tree. I needn’t have worried as it seems spot on. I shot it at f/4 to get some seperation from the background and the tree really pops as a result.
They said it would snow
And they were not wrong. It did
But less than we feared
Yashica Mat 124G & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 21 January 2021
Another remnant of the former industry in the area, this lone fence post is now dwarfed by a tree that likely didn’t exist when it last saw use.
Single concrete post
It once supported steel wire
It now stands unused
Yashica Mat 124G & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 21 January 2021
I know that some people do “fence Friday” where they publish pictures of fences on, as you might have guessed, Fridays. It’s not something I’ve really felt inclined to do, although I think I was member of a couple of Flickr groups for such themes in the past. Anyway, limited to my blog, and probably for today only, it’s “fence Saturday”. 🙂
The fence in the picture is atop the bridge that I shared a photo of yesterday. It’s a fairly new fence that I think was installed not long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and I’ve wondered if there were plans to expand the network of footpaths in this area, with the top of the brige included. I suppose it could just be a health-and-safety thing though.
Wooden fence atop
A brick-built bridge from times past
Perhaps a new route?
Yashica Mat 124G & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 21 January 2021
Re-visiting locations once more. I didn’t think I’d made a photo of this side of this old disused bridge before, but I have and I posted about it here.
A slippery slope
Pool of debris choked water
I hope I don’t fall
Yashica Mat 124G & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 21 January 2021
The final snowy Holga shot today, unless I make more We have had a snow warning for the coming weekend…
This water-side willow tree has featured a number of times previously in the blog. It (and a couple of other trees) tends to make a nice point of interest on this section of the lakeside, which is otherwise a little bland.
The ground here, despite it looking nice and snow-covered in the photo, gets very waterlogged, and I had icy mud pouring across the toes of my boots as I walked. Good job they’re waterproof! The geese were a little wary of my presence, and quite a few of them skedaddled out of the scene before I made the picture, but I still got enough of them in the frame, I think.
A snowy lakeside
Geese forage in the wet earth
My boots are soaked through
Holga & Ilford HP5+ (@800). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°.
Taken on 14 January 2021
The penultimate image from the roll I put through the Holga in the snow. Taken at Rother Valley Country PArk, looking back towards two former railway bridges, remnants of the time when this was an area dedicated to coal mining. The foreground bridge is disused and, while you can get up on top of it without any restrictions, it just carries a track through the trees, the stonechippings on the ground a reminder that it once bore railway tracks.
The bridge in the background now carries the Trans Pennine Trail on the section heading south towards Chesterfield.
Many locos once
Carried coal across these spans
An industry lost
Holga & Ilford HP5+ (@800). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°.
Taken on 14 January 2021
I think that this is my favourite shot from the roll I put through the Holga on the recent snowy day (although not the most recent lot though. We had another fall this morning that caused chaos for early morning drivers on their way to work – my wife included).
I like the way the birches lean across the path here and the snow adds a special touch. The lone figure further down the path is the icing on the cake.
Footprints and bike tracks
Evidence of exercise
On a winter’s day
Holga & Ilford HP5+ (@800). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°.
Taken on 14 January 2021
I’m tempted to start throwing in the lyrics of the Grandmaster Flash classic. 🙂
Today’s photo is one that I’ve made before, from almost exactly the same spot, using the same camera and film. Apart from the fact that I pushed this roll by a stop, the technicalities of the picture are almost identical. The only real difference is the conditions when the images where made. I’ve published the original picture before here, but will add it to this post too so they can both be easily compared.
Two pictures the same
But seperated by time
Such differences
First the new image, made a couple of weeks ago:
And the older image, made in April 2020:
Holga & Ilford HP5+ (@800). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20° – older shot made at 400asa and devved for 9mins.
Taken on 14 January 2021
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