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Twelve favourite photos from 2024

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Somehow, another year has concluded. I feel that I’m spinning closer and closer to whatever is at the centre of everything, each orbit feeling shorter than the last. At this rate, I expect a year to feel like five minutes before too long!

So as the year comes to a close I’ll pick my annual selection of favourite pictures, one from each month. very subjective as usual, and as always I could have picked one of several from some months. The pickings have become much slimmer over the past couple of months though, mostly due to other matters being on my mind and not shooting as much. December’s entry (given I’m keeping this selection film-based) is one I’ve only shot since Christmas, and only developed and scanned today. I expect this one may be usurped as I have a couple more rolls yet to scan (and one roll of colour from Barcelona to send off for processing) which may contain a preferred picture. We shall see.

One thing I’ve noticed is that I seem to have gone for a bit of a bridge theme for this selection. 🙂

I’ll end this bit by wishing you all a very happy New Year and wish good things for us all in 2025. Have a good one!

January

Over the water

Yashicamat 124G
Kodak Tri-X (@800asa)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

February

Powerstream

Olympus XA3
Ilford HP5+ (@800asa)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

March

Under the bridge

Olympus XA3
Ilford HP5+ (@800asa)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

April

Beneath bridges

Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16
Kodak Tri-X
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°

May

Shot through the heart

Olympus Trip 35
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°

June

Over the Idle

Yashica Mat 124G
Fujifilm Pro 400H
Lab developed. Home scanned and converted using Negative Lab Pro.

July

Landing

Fujica GW690
Kodak Ektar
Lab developed.
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

August

Beach scene

Olympus OM-10
G-Zuiko AUTO-S 35mm f/2.8
Ilford FP4+
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins

September

Mablethorpe High Street

Fujica GW690
Kodak Plus-X (expired January 2008 and shot at 100asa)
Adox Rodinal 1+50 13mins @ 20°

October

Freshly ploughed

Yashica Mat 124G
Kodak Portra 400
Lab developed
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

November

Tacos

Nikon F80
Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD
Kodak Ultramax
Lab Developed
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro

December

Passage

Yashica Mat 124G
Kodak Tri-X
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°

So that’s another year’s round-up. And now I begin anew with a bunch of fresh pictures in 2025!

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Good news

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I heard some very good news today. My son, who a few weeks ago was told he wouldn’t have a job at the end of his apprenticeship, was today informed that he had been successful in his interview for another job that he attended last week. It’s in the same field as his apprenticeship, so he will be able to put his experience to good use and further develop his career. I’m so very proud and happy for him.

This is a very nice thing to happen just before Christmas. 🙂

My son isn’t called “Lynn” but the picture seemed a good fit for the post.

Lynn News

Nikon F80, Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10 mins 30 secs @ 20°

Taken on 19 September 2024

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Pilot’s office

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Apologies for a lack of words in my recent posts. I’ve had a few very busy days and no real time to think what to write, so I’ve just been throwing images up and leaving it there. Today’s post isn’t much different, but hey, a few sentences at least! I may get chance to write something with a little more substance tomorrow.

Pilot's office

Nikon F80, Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10 mins 30 secs @ 20°

Taken on 19 September 2024

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Inside King’s Lynn Minster

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A quartet of pictures that I took while inside King’ Lyn Minster. While I don’t think the photos themselves are particularly outstanding, I am extremely impressed by the vibration control on the Tamron lens.

It was pretty dim inside the minster, as such places often tend to be, and I was shooting Ilford Delta 100 film, hardly the best choice for handheld photography in such conditions. The available light meant that I was getting shutter speeds of 1/10 sec to 1/20 sec, even with the lens as wide open as I could get it (f/3.5 is the widest it will go, but that drops down if you start to use even a small amount of zoom). I did brace myself against walls and columns where I could but, even so, those are impressively slow shutter speeds for handheld pictures.

The fact that these pictures are sharp (although with a little drop-off in focus because of the aperture) is a big confidence boost for my trust in this lens’s capabilities.

Inside King's Lynn minster
Inside King's Lynn minster-2
Inside King's Lynn minster-3
Inside King's Lynn minster-4

Nikon F80, Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10 mins 30 secs @ 20°

Taken on 19 September 2024