An empty seat

April 27, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

So, the big, scary carousel-thing is back in Sheffield at present (it’s been there for a few weeks, in fact). I took a few photos on a disposable Ilford XP2 camera, but this isn’t one of those – although, by coincidence, it’s also on XP2. It’s slightly tricky to get an appealing composition without bits of building creeping into the edges of the frame, and I ended up focussing on just the top of the ride when the pasengers were at the very top. Even then I’ve cropped this in a little.

Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Ilford XP2.

Taken on 29 March 2019

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Round the bend

April 26, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

A benefit of having a camera on you at all times is that you can grab a photo whenever one presents itself to you, as I did with this little scene that caught my eye while out walking a few weeks back.

As a point of interest, the phrase “being driven round the bend” comes from the layout of the grounds of old mental hospitals and asylums, which would not have a direct line of sight to the road they were accessed from. Therefore, a person being taken for admittance would be “driven round the bend” to get to the facility

Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Ilford XP2.

Taken on 31 March 2019

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Tube entrance

April 25, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

So, this photo is a direct continuation from yesterday’s. The man in this image can also be seen in the earlier shot, which had been taken just moments earlier.

Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Ilford XP2.

Taken on 17 April 2019

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Travellers

April 24, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

Silhouetted figures sit inside St. Pancras railway station in London.

It was the guy on the end of the bench that caught mye eye for this shot. I liked the position he was sat in and the way I could just make out the frame of his spectacles.

Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Ilford XP2.

Taken on 17 April 2019

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Boot sale

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

Ah, the good old British car-boot sale. What beats getting up at 6:30am on a misty Sunday morning on the off-chance that someone is selling a Leica for a quid?

I didn’t get a Leica on this occasion (as I haven’t on all the occasions I’ve ever been to a car-boot sale, oddly enough), but I bought a Vivitar V635 with 28-70mm and 80-200mm lenses, and an Olympus OM-10 with a Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 for the princely sum of £12.

The Zuiko lens was faulty, so that went on eBay for spares / repairs and I got enough for it to cover my initial £12 outlay. The Vivitar was tested and, while it worked perfectly well and was in great condition, the lenses weren’t as sharp as others I already own for other systems, so that is being sold off too. I replaced the light seals in the OM-10 and finished a roll of Agfa Vista Plus 200 in it the other day, so should get the results back from that test roll this week. If all is well, I might keep hold of that as a spare body to complement my OM-1.

Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Ilford XP2.

Taken on 7 April 2019

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A pond in the distance

April 22, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

This is probably a bit of an everyday type shot, but I liked the scene enough to press the shutter, and the Portra has captured the colours wonderfully. I don’t think it would work without that big white cloud though.

Yashica Mat 124 G & Kodak Portra 400.

Taken on 17 March 2019

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At Clumber Park

April 21, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

This one’s a bit of a random re-scan – after I finished re-scanning the Agfa CT Precisa slides, I scanned a single frame of Superia 100 – mostly because I’d not done anything with this shot before. So here it is.

I’ll hopefully have a bunch of new stuff to go through this week once Easter has passed and the labs are open again.

Nikon F70, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2007).

Taken on 17 October 2017

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A couple of churches

April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

My slide re-scanning has continued again today. Here’s a double-helping of churches from the roll (there’re a couple more on the roll too, but they’ve either not been post-processed yet, or I’ve already posted them here when I did the original flatbed scans).

The first is St. Michael’s and All Angels church at Brodsworth (this was taken from the grounds of Brodsworth Hall – there’s a gate into the churchyard, but I don’t think it’s accessible for visitors to the hall).

The second is St. Mary’s church at Boston Spa and is another phot I took after visiting the camera fair.

Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5 – 5.6 AF-D & Agfa CT Precisa.

Taken on 15 October 2017

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Monkey Puzzle

April 19, 2019 fishyfisharcade2 Comments

Another re-scan of an Agfa CT-Precisa slide. This one taken in the grounds of Brodsworth Hall.

Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5 – 5.6 AF-D & Agfa CT Precisa.

Taken on 15 October 2017

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An autumn morning in Boston Spa

April 18, 2019 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

A photo that’s around 18-months old now at the time of posting. It was taken at Boston Spa in North Yorkshire. They have a camera fair there several times a year, and I’d decided to visit. The morning was lovely and crispy, as the best autumn mornings are, and the light was lovely. This was my first (and so far only) roll of slide film, although that will change when I get around to shooting the roll of Ektachrome that is waiting patiently in the fridge.