Another largely wordless post today. Hopefully the photo is nice to look at though,
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 5 February 2023.
Rooftop and chimneys
Tag: Canon Sure Shot Supreme
Seating indoors and out
I must apologise for what is likely to be a series of pretty sparsely wrtten posts this week. Something came up at work and has resulted in longer hours and less time to get everything else done.
Slightly less sparse posts will resume in due course. 🙂
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 5 February 2023.
On Blonk Street again
Some nice light and this building always seems to become a magnet for my camera…
You can see The Two Rivers, which I posted about yesterday at the lower left of the first photo.
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 5 February 2023.
The Two Rivers
The building to the left of the frame here is The Two Rivers restaurant and bar. It sits where Blonk Street and Castlegate meet and is unusual because the building sits atop the confluence of the rivers Don and Sheaf. It’s also slightly unusual in that it is a re-purposed building. I wonder how many of the people visiting know that it used to be a public convenience?
It’s not the only re-imagined public toilet in the city either. There is a former gent’s toilets on Surrey Street wgich is now a cocktail bar named Public (pun no doubt intended). A public toilets in Handsworth, one of Sheffield’s districts a few miles from the city centre has a former public toilets now housing a barbershop. And I expect that there will be more.
While it’s good to see these places put to new life, I do wish that there were more actual public toilets around. They serve a very useful purpose and stop people having to use the facilities in cafes and bars where they might also be expected to buy food or drinks for the privilege. As much as it seems a humorous topic – particularly here in the UK where toilet humour is pretty much a curriculum subject – well maintained public toilets are a mark of a civilised society, I think. We all need to spend a penny now and then.
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 5 February 2023.
Still waters at Victoria Quays
Often, especially later in the day, calm water becomes disturbed by ripples as a breeze rises, or people begin to make use of the facilities. Early in the morning, when the water is still, is when you get the nice reflections.
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 5 February 2023.
I will seemingly photograph almost anything…
I commented someplace before that I will photograph pretty much anything, it doesn’t really matter what the subject is just as long as it calls out to me that “Hey, look. There’s a photo to be had!“. Anything from picturesque landscapes to, well, cigarette ends. To paraphrase Garry Winogrand – I photograph things because I want to see what they look like when photographed.
Here is a case in point. It’s a couple of vegetable oil cans repurposed as ashtrays near a bar / restaurant. There was something about the scene that grabbed my attention though. I think it’s a combination of the colourful cans against the drab colours of the wall and floor. the contrasty geometric lines of the graffiti, and – of course – the light (I probably wouldn’t have taken the picture without this last factor).
It’s probably not the sort of subject matter that many photographers would choose, but I like to think there’s room for all types of pictures – there are only so many picturesque landscapes you can look at before craving an ash-filled cooking oil can, right? Right?
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 5 February 2023.
Ferris wheel
I’ll sign off from this run of expired Fuji Sensia photographs with another funfair image with the lovely blue-sky tones contasting with the warm browns of the ferris wheel on Bridlington seafront.
There are more seaside images yet to come, but with a change to black-and-white.
A boy named Ferris
Once took a day out from school
And killed his friend’s car
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujichrome Sensia 100 (expired 2003).
Taken on 27 May 2021
Yellow telescope
The clunky coin-operated telescope – a staple of the seaside resort in the UK (and probably all over the world – there were loads of them dotted around when I visited New York for instance, although were fancy binocular variants). They always seem awkward to use. Big heavy lumps of metal and glass on stiff supports with a limited range of movement. The optics are often full of debris, giving a nostalgic, cataract-ridden view of whatever you manage to point them towards. They probably promise more than they tend to deliver, but I’m happy they’re there, especially when they look beautiful against the blue summer sky as this one does.
Say what can you see?
Out on the beach and the seas
And up in the skies
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujichrome Sensia 100 (expired 2003).
Taken on 27 May 2021
Colour!
Shockingly vivid colours abound on this seaside thrill-ride. It’s like everyone ate a bag of Skittles and then threw up!
These colours galore
A splash of glamour against
The blue summer sky
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujichrome Sensia 100 (expired 2003).
Taken on 27 May 2021
Fun Park
The sign for the Fun Park stands out vividly against the lapis-blue of the summer sky. At least when shot with this roll of expired Fuji Sensia. I don’t think it was quite so vivid in reality, but who cares about that?
In summertime skies
A bright glory of colour
Welcomes visitors
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujichrome Sensia 100 (expired 2003).
Taken on 27 May 2021
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