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Deckchair hut

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It’s contents might not be as edible as Pizza Hut’s… But who knows? Has anywone done a comparison. I mean, wooden frames and cloth seats might not sound as good as a hawaian or a meat-feast, but perhaps it’s a yet-to-be-discovered delicacy?

Enough of this nonsense!

It’s quite a simple picture, just a shed stood in the sunshine, it’s deckchair innards waiting patiently for the warmer weather and the visitors it will bring. I like it’s simplicity though, just an angular block of white painted planks with the winter sunshine adding some nice contrast. Of the three photos I loaded to Flickr today, this one got the least likes so far, but it’s the one I like best. There’s no accounting for my taste I guess…

Deckchair hut

Olympus OM-2N, Zuiko Auto-S 0mm f/1.8 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 12mins @ 20°.

Taken on 31 January 2022

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Riderless wheel

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The big wheel that stands on Cleethorpes beach has features in a number of photos on the blog recently, often in the distance. Today there a couple of closer shots.

Big wheel

The obvious thing to note about the structure is that the seats have been removed while the ride is closed over the winter months. Without these though it presents a cleaner profile against the blank backdrop of the blue sky day.

Seatless

Olympus OM-2N, Zuiko Auto-S 0mm f/1.8 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 12mins @ 20°.

Taken on 31 January 2022

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On the beach

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Cleethorpes has a fairly long, straight run of beach with the pier stood maybe about halfway along its length. The pier, and the big wheel and helter-skelter that stand not too far away are prominent landmarks wherever you stand on the shore.

Being situated at the end of the Humber estuary, the beach at Cleethorpes is aluvial in texture, the sand being a dark muddy brown as it’s probably made up in a significant part by deposits from the estuary. The upper parts of the beach are sandy in a more traditional way and I wonder if this sand has not been artificially placed there for tourists. On the day I visited there was an excavator spreading sand around the upper part of the beach down past the pier. I have a photograph of that too, so I might post it on here at some point.

On the beach

Olympus OM-2N, Zuiko Auto-S 0mm f/1.8 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 12mins @ 20°.

Taken on 31 January 2022

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Gull

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Well the weekend seems to have flown by as swiftly as usual. Much like the gull in today’s photo.

I don’t tend to photograph wildlife generally, but there were a bunch of thse gulls flying around so I made the effort to catch one on film. It was a single attempt on 100asa film using a slow-ish manual focus telephoto zoom (although I think I had it opened to it’s max aperture of f/4), so I’m pleasantly surprised at the result!

Gull

Olympus OM-2N, Zuiko Auto-Zoom 75-150mm f/4 & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 12mins @ 20°.

Taken on 31 January 2022

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A broken fence

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I thought I’d sneak this random photo of as fence into the blog today. It was taken last Monday and is my entry for this months photo competition, with the subject being “broken”. It’s not the best shot ever, but it fits the theme. My planned idea of broken eggs was foiled by my not having enough spare time to set it up and take the photos. Ah well.

I went out for the day to Leeds today. My wife and her sisted hit the shops while I wandered around with my camera. I expected to get through a couple of rolls of film at least with the Yashicamat 124G but in the end only finished one – a roll of Fomapan Retropan 320 which has been sat in the freezer a while. I’ve never shot this film before and, based on a bit of research, overexposed it by metering at 125asa. I’ll get it developed in the next week and see how it looks. It’s not a film that seems to get a lot of love, so I’m interested in how it turns out.

Broken fence

Fujica GW690 & Fomapan 400 (lab developed in Xtol)

Taken on 21 February 2021

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Beside the sea

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The last couple of Colorplus pictures from my Cleethorpes visit today, although not the last of the Cleethorpes photos – I also shot the best part of a roll of Ilford Delta 100 on the same day. More of those soon.

The subject of the first of these two photos has already featured twice on the blog last week (here and here), so third time’s a charm. The other is a new location, albeit only a short distance away.

Red, white and blue
No hope of refreshment

Olympus XA3 and Kodak Colorplus (expired 2012 and shot at 100asa)

Taken on 31 January 2021

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At Cleethorpes station

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Another trio of photos from Cleethorpes, this time taken at the railway station. I didn’t travel there by train, but the station was a stone’s throw from where I’d parked the car, so it seemed rude not to take a peek. I think I’ve mentioned before that I have no particular interest in railways or trains per se (at least beyond the usual level of interest that someone might have), but I do find that they make for interesting pictures.

At Cleethorpes station
Trio
Blue and silver under blue

Olympus XA3 and Kodak Colorplus (expired 2012 and shot at 100asa)

Taken on 31 January 2021

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Ghost sign

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I wonder what WABYS RIBY was?

I’ve toyed with the idea of making a zine with “ghost signs” as the theme, but I’m not sure if I know of that many that I can photograph. This one is in Cleethorpes, but there are only two that immediately spring t mind closer to home – although in a city the size of Sheffield I’m sure there must be a considerable number still lurking around.

My Plustek scanner seems to have developed a fault over the past year or so which results in a faint coloured band down the middle of images. You can see it in the blue sky on today’s picture if you look closely (above the letter Y in the sign). It’s not blatant, and it can’t be seen on more contrasty backgrounds, but it’s there and I can see it. Oddly though, it only seems to occur on scans of colour negatives. I’ve looked for it on B&W scans and colour transparencies and there’s no sighn of the artefact – even if I whack dehaze up to max in Lightroom. I’m currently communicating with Plustek support to see how I can get it fixed. Unfortunately my scanner is out of warranty so I’ll probably have to pay for a repair.

WABYS

Olympus XA3 and Kodak Colorplus (expired 2012 and shot at 100asa)

Taken on 31 January 2021