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A further set of steam rally pictures

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I’m really happy with the colours I got from this roll of Ektar. Coupled with the GW690 and the fact that the 6×9 negatives allow for a noticeable shallow depth of field even at f/5.6, these were a great set of pictures to behold when they came off the scanner.

I have more pictures from this year’s rally shot with my Olympus OM-10, but I’ve not uploaded any of them to Flickr yet, so they will wait for a later day.

Vauxhall Cresta PA
Triumph Mayflower
Renault KZ5
Morris 8
Ford Popular and Austin 7 Ruby

Fujica GW690 & Kodak Ektar. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 30 June 2024

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Plastic pig

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The Honda C-90 is a variant of the Super Cub range which has, remarkably, been in continuous production since 1958!

I never had a particular interest in motorbikes, but two of my friends from my teenage years were, and they used to refer to these bikes as “plastic pigs”.

Honda C90

Fujica GW690 & Kodak Ektar. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 30 June 2024

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Invacar (in colour)

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This is not the first time I’ve posted a picture of an Invacar on the blog – you can see an earlier post about them here which covers them in a little more detail.

That post had black and white photos though, which were of a slightly worse for wear model of the vehicle. This time you can see the classic “ice blue” colour scheme that made them so familiar back when I was young.

Invacar

Fujica GW690 & Lomography Color Negative 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 30 June 2024

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Galadriel’s keeper

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I don’t often make portraits, I’m much too shy to ask people if they’ll allow me to, and it takes a real effort to overcome this and ask if I can. Even then, I often rush in my nervousness and end up with a sub-par result (either missing focus, or not watching the edges for distractions usually), so I’m quite pleased how this one turned out. I spent a while talking to the man (whose name I didn’t ask because of my socially inept brain!) before I took the shot.

Galadriel, who stands proudly conducting the music, was missing her baton on this occasion. Perhaps one of those monkeys stole it? 🙂

You can witness Galadriel in action here.

Galadriel and her keeper

Fujica GW690 & Lomography Color Negative 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 30 June 2024

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Sheffield Steam Rally 2024

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It’s that time of year when I flood the blog with lots of pictures of traction engines and other vintage vehicles. This year I visited the Sheffield Steam Rally, as usual, but also visited the Haxey Feast, which is a new (and at present, smaller event, so I have quite a few pictures to share.

I might drop them in batches, like this roll of Tri-X, or maybe some as individual frames. We’ll see how it goes.

Fred Harris Electrifying New Dodgems
Topping up the water
Traction tow
Steam truck #2
Steam truck #1
Brass rubbing
At the steam rally

Fujica GW690 & Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°

Taken on 30 June 2024