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35mm · Film photography · Photography

A windmill and the scene across the road

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As mentioned the other day, I took the opportunity during our holiday in Menorca to return to the city of Ciutadella alone to take pictures. While I still take pictures when my wife is with me, it’s not the same as wandering by myself, when I can lose myself down side streets and wait for the light and composition of a scene to improve. My wife if patient, but there are limits…

I took the two pictures here just before I entered the “old town” area. The windmill was nigh on impossible to photograph without some type of vehicle in shot as the roads beside it were quite busy, but I don’t mind this van poking its snout into the bottom corner too much.

Ciutadella windmill

Just across the road from the windmill was a small pedestrianised area and the play of light and shade, plus the people moving through the scene caught my eye. I like this shot a lot, and I’m impressed at how well this batch of almost 20-years-expired film renders scenes.

Across from the windmill

Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 2 October 2025

35mm · Film photography · Photography

A corner in Ciutadella

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Today’s picture is just an ordinary street corner in Ciutadella, but there was something about the arrangement of the windows and doors, the colours of the rendered walls, and the way the light fell on the scene that encouraged a picture.

There was quite a lot of foreground street in the full-size shot, so I decided to crop it to a 16:9 ratio, which I think works better and still provides plenty of detail.

A corner in Ciutadella

Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 2 October 2025

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On a corner

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My son had a job interview this morning, which was good. I offered to drive him there as it would be at rush-hour and I thought it would allow him to prepare during the journey rather than being focused on driving. The traffic was quite heavy, but we got there with plenty of time to spare.

He was in the interview for over an hour, including a walk round the place of business, which felt like a good sign to me. Now it’s a case of waiting to see if he was successful and also if it’s a role for him. He’s hoping to apply for another vacancy that he’s been told about, so hopefully he will have a choice of options. My fingers are crossed for him.

As for today’s picture, there was something that caught my eye about this scene. The colour of the building. The interesting exhibition poster. The windows and signage on the building. And in the background, the street art.

Unearth the Untold

Ricoh GR III

Taken on 16 August 2024