Another shot from Mablethorpe. This one is The Lookout Cafe which sits on the promenade overlooking the sandy beach and the North Sea beyond.
Something good that happened today…
Nothing major stands out in terms of good things today. I had a relatively pleasant day at work where I got a few things done and cleared off my (continually increasing) to-do list, so I guess I’ll take that. It would be lovely if some wonderful good thing happened every day, but I guess that there will be always be days where it’s a little more difficult to find something that warrants a mention.
Fujica GW690 & Kodak Plus-X (expired January 2008 and shot at 100asa). Adox Rodinal 1+50 13mins @ 20°
The Mablethorpe Carnival took place on the day of my visit, although I somehow managed to miss pretty much all of it. I arrived quite early and then took a walk down the seafront to the neighbouring town of Sutton-on-Sea. I’m not sure if this resulted in my missing the actual parade, but I saw nothing of it on my return, despite walking into the town centre for my usual fish and chips from Monty’s. Thinking about it, the carnival might have been the reason for the coastguard helicopter activity that I spoke of in yesterday’s post. Perhaps there was a demonstration of the coastguard and lifeboat responses for the visitors.
Today’s picture shows a series of chalets acting as shops selling various goods. This was probably about as much of the actual carnival events that I saw!
Something good that happened today…
While I had to contend with some potentially worrying news at work (although maybe I’m reading too much into it), I did manage to clear a few more things from my lengthy to-do list, which I’ll take as positives. I’ve also lost a little weight since yesterday. While this is nothing to get too excited about, it was nice to see as I’ve put on quite a few pounds over Christmas. We still have quite a few Christmas goodies to get through before the diet begins in earnest though. At least I weigh less than I did this time last year, so I already have a head start towards reaching my goal.
Fujica GW690 & Kodak Plus-X (expired January 2008 and shot at 100asa). Adox Rodinal 1+50 13mins @ 20°
Another of the Plus-X shots (I shot two rolls of it during the visit to Mablethorpe, although, using the GW690, that only gave me sixteen frames). This is the lifeboat station at Mablethorpe. Later in the day the boat was put out to sea and a coastguard helicopter landed on the beach before circling along the shoreline. I thought it was some sort of display taking place but then got the sense that it might be an actual emergency. The seafront was lined with people watching the scene unfold. It happened just before I left to set off home and I didn’t find out any more.
Something good that happened today…
My Emulsive Secret Santa gift arrived! It came all the way from Hong Kong, so didn’t arrive quite in time for Christmas. I also had to pay a customs charge and VAT on the package before it could be delivered. It was all worthwhile though as I got a very generous gift comprising of a lovely notebook, five rolls of film, and a Kodak Ektar H35N half-frame camera! I’m very much looking forward to using these. It arrived neatly packed with each item individually wrapped, and with a cute Christmas card featuring a picture of some festive wonton and pak-choi. I feel blessed to have received such a nice gift, so thank you to my Secret Santa. 🙂
Fujica GW690 & Kodak Plus-X (expired January 2008 and shot at 100asa). Adox Rodinal 1+50 13mins @ 20°
I heard some very good news today. My son, who a few weeks ago was told he wouldn’t have a job at the end of his apprenticeship, was today informed that he had been successful in his interview for another job that he attended last week. It’s in the same field as his apprenticeship, so he will be able to put his experience to good use and further develop his career. I’m so very proud and happy for him.
This is a very nice thing to happen just before Christmas. 🙂
My son isn’t called “Lynn” but the picture seemed a good fit for the post.
Apologies for a lack of words in my recent posts. I’ve had a few very busy days and no real time to think what to write, so I’ve just been throwing images up and leaving it there. Today’s post isn’t much different, but hey, a few sentences at least! I may get chance to write something with a little more substance tomorrow.
A quartet of pictures that I took while inside King’ Lyn Minster. While I don’t think the photos themselves are particularly outstanding, I am extremely impressed by the vibration control on the Tamron lens.
It was pretty dim inside the minster, as such places often tend to be, and I was shooting Ilford Delta 100 film, hardly the best choice for handheld photography in such conditions. The available light meant that I was getting shutter speeds of 1/10 sec to 1/20 sec, even with the lens as wide open as I could get it (f/3.5 is the widest it will go, but that drops down if you start to use even a small amount of zoom). I did brace myself against walls and columns where I could but, even so, those are impressively slow shutter speeds for handheld pictures.
The fact that these pictures are sharp (although with a little drop-off in focus because of the aperture) is a big confidence boost for my trust in this lens’s capabilities.
