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Cat rescue

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Today has been quite interesting. I spent a considerable part of it rescuing a cat which, possibly, didn’t require rescue.

The cat in question showed up outside my house this morning. It looked quite thin, but otherwise healthy. It was still there later in the morning and, when I stroked it, I could feel it’s bones, so I gave it a pack of catfood, which it ate almost immediately.

To cut to the chase, I spent several hours taking the cat to the vets (it had no name tag). They discovered that the info on it’s microchip was out of date, showing it living in another town, and the contact numbers were dead. All the local cat shelters are full due to it being the tail-end of kitten season, and I had to locate another vet who would take it in as a stray until a shelter place could be found.

Then, later in the day, I discovered that it lives just down the road…

I don’t actually know if the cat was missing, or just decided to wander onto our property for a change (I’ve never seen it before) but it’s safely back with it’s family now though, which is good. Things would have been much simpler however had it had a name tag / up-to-date microchip data.

Appropos of nothing, here’s a picture of what men used to wear in the 1970s in the UK. I was a child then though, so wore nothing like this. 🙂

70s attire

Nikon F80 & Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD on Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 9mins.

Taken on 9 August 2025

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Around the docks at Hull

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There’s a public footpath that winds it’s way through some of the western docks at Hull. in parts elevated to run along the top of one of the warehouse buildings, and the following pictures were all taken from that path. A mix of FP4+ and Tri-X as I switched rolls part way through.

A crane waiting to crane
Sand
Cargo
Warehouses and distant Humber Bridge
Further
Rickety
Skylights
More cargo
Up

Nikon F80 & Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD on Ilford FP4+ / Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 @ 20° 10mins / 9mins.

Taken on 9 August 2025

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Spurn Lightship revisited

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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.

Spurn Lightship
Spurn Lightship-2

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

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The Deep

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The Deep is an aquarium and marine research centre in Hull (or Kingston Upon Hull to give it its full title). I’ve been to Hull on a number of occasions and photographed The Deep (whose distinctive architecture was designed by Sir Terence Farrell, who died aged 87 just a couple of weeks ago), but never actually been inside. Perhaps on a future visit…

The Deep
The Deep and the docks

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

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Murdoch’s Connection

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Murdoch’s Connection is the name given to this new bridge connecting Hull town centre with the marina area (which are separated by the busy A63 dual-carriageway). It was named after Dr Mary Murdoch, who was the city’s first female GP. Her name was chosen by school students following an essay competition to determine which of the city’s iconic figures should be honoured.

Dr Murdoch was first associated with hull when she worked as a surgeon at the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, before later founding the Hull Women’s Suffrage Society. She died at the young age of 51 in March 1916.

Murdoch's Connection
Tracy Island

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

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Askham and bromide drag

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These two pictures were taken on the same mini-road trip as the ones I shot in Eaton (such as this). I’d finished the roll of Kentmere 100 and switched to Fomapan 400 at this point. I took three photos at the village of Askham, and then shot the rest on a later outing (yet to feature on the blog).

Sadly, after developing and scanning the pictures I was presented with disappointing results.

Firstly, the images all displayed fine white speckles of the sort I’ve encountered before with Fomapan films. They are probably unnoticeable when viewing the images here on the blog, but are scattered liberally across the entire results – far too many for me to remove with Photoshop (I would need the patience of a saint!).

Secondly. despite using the same semi-stand technique used previously (and successfully) on another roll of Fomapan 400, this roll showed very noticeable signs of bromide drag. I’ve been able to mitigate the worst of this with Photoshop, but it’s still faintly visible in both these pictures if you look carefully (it was much worse before editing). I’m not sure what caused it on this occasion when there was no sign of it at all the last time, but I may take some additional precautions the next time I semi-stand Fomapan (an additional inversion or two at 15 minute intervals, perhaps…).

Despite all this, I do still like the pictures, especially the way the clouds are rendered.

The road to Askham
St. Nicholas' Church, Askham

Fujica GW690 & Fomapan 400. Rodinal 1+100. 1 hour semi-stand development.

Taken on 2 August 2025