A photograph I took last December before meeting with colleagues in London.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 D & Kodak Tmax P3200.
Taken on 18 December 2018
All hands
A lone figure walks past some “handy” street art.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Kodak Portra 400.
Taken on 16 March 2019
Manor Lane
A scene I’ve photographed before (not long after I first got the Yashica Mat, in fact). I’d hoped for a few more puddles in the road, but only got a trio of small ones in the shot. The dry road surface doesn’t make for a bad leading line though.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Kodak Portra 400.
Taken on 17 March 2019
Freemason’s lodge
I noticed this building when in Wakefield recently. The symbol in the decorative pediment identifies it as a freemason’s lodge and it has attractive features as a building. A tilt-shift lens would be very useful for shots such as these but, alas, I don’t have one (nor can I justify the expense either), so the picture is stuck with the converging verticals.
I’m presuming that a staircase runs from the left to the right of the upper floor to account for the different sized windows,
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 & Arista Edu 200.
Taken on 30 March 2019
Little house. Big sky.
This shot was taken a few minutes after the photo I published in my post from the 20th March. The earlier image was the last shot on the roll of Portra, and this was the first on the roll of Shanghai GP3. I’ve cropped this image to a 6×4.5 ratio as the upper part of the frame was just empty blue sky, which didn’t add much to the picture.
I *think* I prefer this B&W phot over the colour, but there’s not much in it really. I like them both a lot. The colour image is a little more abstract as it only features the ploughed field and sky.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Shanghai GP3.
Taken on 17 March 2019
Excavator
Following a barely noticeable theme, we go from yesterday’s picture of a cement mixer to today’s picture of an excavator. This was parked up atop a pile of earth on what looks to be the site of a new home being constructed. It’s in a nice location, so will undoubtedly be costing a penny or two.
Anyway, I liked the way the machine was framed by a couple of trees and the way the shadows produced nicely dappled light on the scene.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Shanghai GP3.
Taken on 31 March 2019
Sorrento mixer
Here’s a splash of colour to break up the black and white stuff. I’m currently in the process of re-scanning last year’s holiday photos with my newly acquired Plustek 35mm scanner. I was really disappointed with the original scans that I made on the V550 – no matter what I tried, I couldn’t get the colours in the Ektar negatives to look right. They all has strange colour casts that I could never fix to my satisfaction.
I’m not sure if the Plustek and Silverfast are giving me accurate Ektar colours (I don’t have any lab scans to compare to), but they’re a quantum leap ahead of my earlier efforts and I’m really happy with them now.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 & Kodak Ektar.
Taken on 22 August 2018
Stile
A quickie post today, so here’s a photograph of a stile that I took during my walk this past weekend.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Shanghai GP3.
Taken on 31 March 2019
Farmyard
Another photo from the same farm where yesterday’s picture was taken.
Moo!
Yashica Mat 124 G & Shanghai GP3.
Taken on 31 March 2019
Gone to pasture
I spotted this old tractor at the weekend when I noticed a footpath went right through the middle of the farmyard. It’s a spot I think I’ll return to as there’s loads of scope for some interesting photographs. I got a couple more on this roll, so you might see those in a day or two.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Shanghai GP3.
Taken on 31 March 2019
