A series of (mostly) wordless posts…
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE, & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 14mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 24 June 2023.
Tiny tractor
Tag: Film photography
Two guys and a walking stick
A series of (mostly) wordless posts…
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE, & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 14mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 24 June 2023.
Bikes
A line of vintage motorcycles leads off into the distance, a Moto Guzzi V7 Special model taking pride of place.
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE, & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 14mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 24 June 2023.
Black Maria
A 1952 Morris Commercial police truck, or Black Maria, to use the common parlance for a vehicle used for prisoner transport, stands here beside an Atkinson lorry dating to 1968.
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE, & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 14mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 24 June 2023.
Land Rover Ambulance
I *think* this is a Land Rover Series IIa ambulance, with production dating to 1971, but vehicle identification is not my strong suit. I can make a decent , and often accurate, attempt, but it’s very easy to miss the nuance that can be present with such detective work. Anyway, what I’m trying to say in a very long winded way is, I might be wrong. 🙂
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE, & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 14mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 24 June 2023.
Steam rally scene
I think that this picture works quite well, the traction engine and steam roller, as well as the people in the scene are nicely placed. Quite often I get one or the other, not both, so I’m pleased how this one turned out.
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE, & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 14mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 24 June 2023.
6×4.5 to 16:9
While I sometimes crop digital photos to a panoramic ratio, it not something I tend to do with film photographs which, outside of a little straightening, or minor bits of resizing to remove edge-of-frame distractions, I tend to not crop at all.
However, when looking at the scans of some of the photos I took with my Bronica ETRSi at this year’s Sheffield Steam Rally, I realised that large swathes of the top and bottom of the images were filled with uninteresting sky and grass, so I decided to see how they would look with that stuff cropped out. Turns out they looked pretty nice, I thought, so here they are today.
I think it helps that the 75mm Zenzanon lens is very sharp, and that Acros is a fine-grained film, but it’s something I’ll remember next time my in-camera framing doesn’t quite hit the mark.
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE, & Fujifilm Acros. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 14mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 24 June 2023.
Beach and harbour
I was going to move onto a different set of photos from today but I’ve had a strange day where I’ve been feeling tired, listless, and unable to focus on stuff, which is not a particularly nice sensation. So I’ll hopefully find time to post something more meaningful tomorrow.
But here are the last couple of pictures I’ll post from the Bridlington trip.
Olympus OM-1N, Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm f/4 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 15mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 17 June 2023.
Lone track
It’s turned very warm and humid here over the past 24 hours and I’m not in a mind to write much for the blog today (and I have a videogame that has my attention calling out for me to play! 🙂 ).
This single track railway line heads north from Bridlington, passing through Bempton, Hunmanby and Filey, before joining the line to Scarborough at Seamer. I have a fond memory of Seamer despite never having stepperd foot in the place. When I was young we would visit my godmother (who was one of my mum’s childhood friends) who owned a Bed & Breakfast at Filey, and stay there for a summer holiday. I can’t remember how many times we did this, but at least a couple of times, and maybe more.
I haven’t heard anything of my godmother for a very long time, or her three daughters, but seeing Seamer on a map or signpost reminds me of these holidays as it’s where the train would split off the Scarborough line to Filey.
There’s a hint of Stephen King’s story, The Body (made into the movie Stand By Me) about this picture, I think.
Olympus OM-1N, Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm f/4 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 15mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 17 June 2023.
Gypsey Race
I didn’t give a lot of thought to this vessel when I photographed it – I just thought it might make for an interesting picture. However, a quick search on the internet turned up some interesting information.
The ship here, the dredger Gypsey Race, was built in 2017 and is currently under the auspices of Bridlington Harbour Commission. The name most likely derives from a chalk stream of the same name which enters the sea in Bridlington harbour. It’s a winterbourne stream, meaning it remains dry during the summer months. One of the villages through which it runs, Boynton, has an annual rubber duck race where hundreds of plastic waterfowl are launched into the water to raise money for the local village hall. The word Gypsey in the name of the stream apparently denotes a watercourse that spends parts of its course beneath ground.
The current Gypsey Race is not the first of it’s name though, and an earlier vessel existed. This one was built in 1940 for Southend-on-Sea County Borough and went under the name Prittlewell and was likely used to keep the channels around the Thames forts clear during World War II. She was later renamed the Essex Queen in 1971 and then acquired by Bridlington Harbour Commision in 1977 where she was renamed as Gypsey Race and modernised. From the mid 80s she was used for dredging Bridlington Harbour and other locations along the east coast. She was broken up in 2010.
Olympus OM-1N, Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm f/4 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 15mins 45secs @ 20°
Taken 17 June 2023.
