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35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
I’ve been scanning more pictures from the 2018 Italy trip, so here’s another that’s not been on the blog before (I don’t think). This one wasn’t taken at Capri, but a few days later on the beach at Positano, which we visited during a coach trip along the Amalfi coast.
Olympus OM-1 and G-Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 on Kodak Ektar. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken on 24 August 2018
I posted a couple of black and white pictures of the Spurn Lightship earlier this month, and mentioned that I had a colour picture too. Well, here it is.
Olympus 35 RC on Kodak Ultramax. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken on 9 August 2025
It isn’t the first time I’ve posted pictures of the Spurn lightship on the blog – there are a couple more that I posted back in 2019 here and here.
The vessel has been moved to a new mooring now (one that makes it a little more difficult to photograph) so here are two new shots. I have a colour picture to come too at some point.
Nikon F80 & Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD on Ilford FP4+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins
Taken on 9 August 2025
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.
Olympus Trip 35 & Kodak Pro Image 100. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken on 5 June 2025
I expect there will be more beach scenes to come, but here’s a bunch grouped together…
Olympus Trip 35 & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken on 3 June 2025
Continuing my run of digital shots taken on my recent trip to Barcelona, here’s a picture of a lifeguard vessel that was moored in the marina.
I’d planned on taking a shot of this on film, but the roll ran out before I got the chance.
Ricoh GR III
Taken on 22 December 2024
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
The last picture I have to share for the day I walked between West Stockwith and Misterton, is this shot or a bicycle in front of a barge at the marina where the Chesterfield Canal joins the River Trent.
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 24 March 2024
My final shot taken while using the knackered yellow filter. As with the other pictures shot with this filter, there are unusual out of focus areas on the image – in this one, it’s the trees (and part of the bridge suspension cables) beyond the front of the boat. The filter is now in the bin.
Otherwise, I’m pleased with this shot.
Chamonix 045N-1. Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken 28 August 2023.
I didn’t give a lot of thought to this vessel when I photographed it – I just thought it might make for an interesting picture. However, a quick search on the internet turned up some interesting information.
The ship here, the dredger Gypsey Race, was built in 2017 and is currently under the auspices of Bridlington Harbour Commission. The name most likely derives from a chalk stream of the same name which enters the sea in Bridlington harbour. It’s a winterbourne stream, meaning it remains dry during the summer months. One of the villages through which it runs, Boynton, has an annual rubber duck race where hundreds of plastic waterfowl are launched into the water to raise money for the local village hall. The word Gypsey in the name of the stream apparently denotes a watercourse that spends parts of its course beneath ground.
The current Gypsey Race is not the first of it’s name though, and an earlier vessel existed. This one was built in 1940 for Southend-on-Sea County Borough and went under the name Prittlewell and was likely used to keep the channels around the Thames forts clear during World War II. She was later renamed the Essex Queen in 1971 and then acquired by Bridlington Harbour Commision in 1977 where she was renamed as Gypsey Race and modernised. From the mid 80s she was used for dredging Bridlington Harbour and other locations along the east coast. She was broken up in 2010.
Olympus OM-1N, Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm f/4 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 15mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 17 June 2023.
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