Punta Carena lighthouse

February 23, 2026February 24, 2026 fishyfisharcade2 Comments

I’ve recently re-scanned some older negatives from when my wife and I visited Sorrento in Italy in 2018. While I was happy with my scans at the time, I can produce much better results now and I also realised that a lot of the pictures I’d taken were never uploaded, including the one posted here today.

This isn’t Sorrento, but the south-western point of the island of Capri, named Punta Carena, upon which stands this lighthouse. The photo was taken from the boat we were on which circled around the island before heading to port.

There’s a nice sense of scale to the picture, I think, with the foreground coast, the lighthouse, and then the dramatic cliffs beyond.

Mountains of Capri and the Punta Carena lighthouse

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 21 August 2018

Digital · Photography

No sign of Sansa

June 11, 2024 fishyfisharcade4 Comments

I wasn’t sure what to upload today. I have a bunch of film shots but they’re going to be part of a longer post that I haven’t written yet, and I don’t have a lot of other stuff uploaded and ready to go (although I have a huge backlog of stuff to develop and scan – the best part of 200 photographs!).

So I’ll upload a digital picture today, another from my recent holiday in Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik is very popular with Game of Thrones fans as it was a key filming location, mostly as the site for the fictional city of King’s Landing. Dotted through the old town are many shops selling GoT merchandise, and there are guided tours of the filming locations.

The place in today,s photograph was used at least once in the series (in a scene with Sansa Stark and Lord “Littlefinger” Baelish), and can be seen here on this webpage of the filming locations. The jetty that featured in the show is just to the left of frame in my shot – I avoided its inclusion predominantly because there were at least two tour groups crowded onto the narrow strip. I’m surprised someone didn’t fall into the water!

Ricoh GRIII

Taken on 29 May 2024

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Precariously perched

June 30, 2022 fishyfisharcade2 Comments

I spoke a little about the erosion that is taking place on the shoreline of Yorkshire’s east coast the other day. These two pictures show how close to the edge some of these caravans are sat. While they no doubt have wonderful views out over the North Sea, I think I’d be tempted to move to a new pitch if I was the owner.

This video gives a good view of just how parlous the situation is for structures placed close to the cliff tops in this region.

Yashicamat 124G & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.

Taken on 20 June 2022

35mm · Film photography · Photography

A sea arch and a signal station

April 18, 2022 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

I took a few photographs from this location – including this one shot on the Brontica ETRSi – but this is the only shot where I included the sea arch that can be seen at the lower left of the frame. I think I had the 75mm attached to the Bronica at the time and probably couldn’t include both the arch and the signal station in a single composition with the field of view that lens provides (although I did have the 50mm with me as well, which would have done so easily had I been inclined to switch them over).

Olympus XA3 & Ilford Pan HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins 20°.

Taken on 14 March 2022

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Look at the sea (for 50p)

April 10, 2022 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

The seaside telescope is a regular sight at resorts across the land (and across other lands too – there were binocular-style telescopes all over the palce when I visited New York a few years ago).

While there is a sense of excitement about using the devices, my own experience has generally been one of disappointment. They are often somewhat unweildy to use, their movement stiff and heavy, and by the time you find something worth looking at the money runs out. If you’re a child, this is compounded by the fact that you have to be lifted uncomfortably by your parents in order to even look through the eyepiece, let alone maneouvre the telescope to point at anything.

And yet I like taking photographs of them, even if I don’t actually look through them.

Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE & Ilford Pan F Plus. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 7mins 20°.

Taken on 14 March 2022

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Flamborough Head

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 fishyfisharcade1 Comment

Today’s photograph is of Flamborough Head, a promontary extending several miles into the North Sea from the Yorkshire Coast on eastern side of England. Just the tip is visible in the picture. It is a landscape of chalk cliffs (the only such area in the north of the country), arches, sea-stacks and small sandy coves. Large areas beneath the cliffs can be walked at low tide and there are fossils to be had I believe.

Out at the end of the promontory sits the fog signal station.

Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE & Lomography Color Negative 100 .

Taken on 14 March 2022

Film photography · Medium Format · Photography

Boats at Flamborough North Landing

April 5, 2022 fishyfisharcade2 Comments

I visited the Yorkshire coast a few weeks ago, visiting Flamborough – specifically North Landing and then a walk along the clifftop path to Flamborough Head, where the lighthouse resides.

The two pictures in today’s post are from North Landing. This used to be the launch point for the Flamborough lifeboat and the steep concrete launch slide is a major feature of the walk down to the sand (it is just to the right of the decaying boat in the first photo). The lifeboat has now moved to South Landing and the ramp and boathouse are no longer in use – for their original purposes at least – although the boathouse now serves as a cafe and grille.

The walk down to the beach is quite steep and the sand is very soft, making progress across it away from the firmer ground of the water line quite an energy intensive process. The walk back to the top is pretty good exercise for thigh and calf too!

I’ll be posting a series of shots from this trip over the coming week or so.

This was the first roll of film that I converted with Negative Lab Pro and I’m pretty happy with the results.

Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE & Lomography Color Negative 100 .

Taken on 14 March 2022