When I visited the Sheffield Steam Rally back in June, I noticed that some people had been given leaflets for “The Haxey Feast”, another vintage rally taking place at the village of Haxey in North Lincolnshire. Having never visited this before and as it’s not too far away, I marked it in my diary.

It was a much smaller event than the Sheffield Steam Rally but it’s quite a new thing, being in just its second year (according to someone that I talked to who had a display), so it will hopefully grow in coming years, especially now that the Lincoln Steam Rally is no more.

I shot three rolls of medium format film with my Fujica GW690 while there: one Kodak Ektar, one Fuji Pro 160NS, and one Fuji Velvia 50. The pictures shared today are from the latter.

I don’t shoot a lot of medium format reversal film, although I have quite a few rolls, and it can be tricky to get the metering right. I don’t think I’ve done too bad a job here, although maybe the shadows are a little dark, but I guess Velvia 50 is pretty tricky in that regard. I’ll try to shoot more reversal film if I get a chance when the autumn colour comes through more.

There are a few other shots from this roll that look nice too, but I got some scanning artifacts and haven’t had chance to re-scan them yet.

I believe the cars are, in order of appearance: a Chevrolet Stylemaster, a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, a group of Beach Buggies (is there a collective noun for these? 🙂 ), and a Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL.

Fujica GW690 & Fujichrome Velvia 50. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 28 July 2024