Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
After sharing some photos of the dam itself, here are a couple of pictures of the reservoir it forms behind it.
The first picture was taken from the footpath that skirts the edge of the water, while the second was taken from up on the hillside above the reservoir. You can just make out some small figures in the shot – those people are close to where I made the first photo.
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°
Taken on 9 January 2024
About halfway along Derwent reservoir there is a tributary on it’s western bank where a side valley joins the main. It was across this part of the reservoir from the south that I noticed these trees and the reflections of their trunks in the dark water.
Because of the time of the year the sun was low in the sky and cast a shadow across the water and the foreground trees, while those a little further back caught its light. I liked the layers and contrast that this created.
Yashicamat 124G & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°
Taken on 9 January 2024
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