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Blanes beach boats

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I thought I’d go alliterative with the title of today’s post. 🙂

Two pictures taken close together and as consecutive frames of boats on the beach at Blanes (those six words, and indeed the title of the post, make for tricky tongue-twisters. As does the phrase “tricky tongue-twisters” for that matter!)

The first picture was the second one I shot, and my favourite of the two by far, and managed to find its way into Flickr’s Explore section when I posted it. The colours are nice and it reminds me of the French flag (although blue, white, and red stripes are used in a multitude of other national flags too).

The second shot is nice too, but lacks the vivid colours of the first and loses some impact as a result.

There's a flag in there somewhere
Beached

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 5 June 2025

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A shadowed side street

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Today was less eventful than yesterday and I didn’t kill any birds (although I’ve probably crushed multiple tiny invertebrates beneath my feet purely in the act of walking around).

It was the annual Classics on the Moor car show in Sheffield today, so I went along and shot a couple of rolls with my Yashica Mat. The camera drew the attention of a number of people, including some other photographers – one who was making street portraits with a Rolleicord.

I’m in a position again of having a lot of undeveloped pictures. The tally is currently: 3 rolls of film scanned and waiting to be uploaded online, four rolls of B&W film to be developed, scanned, and uploaded (2 x 120 6×6 & 2 x 36exp 135), two rolls of 120 6×6 C41 to be developed, scanned, and uploaded, and then three rolls of film partially shot in different cameras (1 x 120 6×6, and 2 x 36exp 135). That’s around 180 photos not including the rolls I’ve yet to finish.

I don’t think there will be a drought of pictures for the blog for a while…

flowers and shadows

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 5 June 2025

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Another hot day

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We’re in our fourth heatwave of the year here in the Uk, and while the temperatures are not likely to break records (I think they will just break the 30° level in some places), our homes and infrastructure will serve to ensure that it’s uncomfortable. Each year when we get these conditions I tell myself that we’ll buy a portable air-con unit, but so far it hasn’t happened. However, if this sort of uncomfortable weather continues to increase in frequency and duration as climate change continues to make its presence felt, it’s only a matter of time before I fork out for one.

It’s hotter here at present than it was when I visited Spain in June. The temperatures are much more manageable when you can leisurely walk along a beach, like the one below in Blanes.

The beach at Blanes

Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 5 June 2025