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Crossing calm waters

This is the road bridge that crosses the River Derwent just above Calver Weir. It carries the A625 and I believe is called New Bridge, although I have no information byond that unfortunately. It makes for nice photographs whether viewed from up or downstream though – the nearby weir means that the water here is deep and slow flowing, producing lots of opportunities for reflections.

This shot is my entry for the 2020 film photography contest I’m taking part in – the theme for January is “Openings”.

FILM - Opening

Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 & Ilford Pan F Plus.

Taken on 25 January 2020

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More catching up…

Following on from yesterday’s post, here are the remaining black and white shots from Brodsworth Hall. Sorry it’s a bit of a hectic post!

I’ll start off with the classic car related photos and then move on to the others taken in the grounds.

#1 – A cheeky selfie.

FILM - Another selfie

#2 – Someone relaxing behind their car.

FILM - Break time

#3 – Model-T Ford hood.

FILM - Model T

#4 – A bit of bonnet bokeh.

FILM - Bonnet

#5 – A Browning M1919 atop the hood of a Willys Jeep.

FILM - PowPowPow

#6 – I think this was inside the Model-T.

FILM - Twenty-five past one

#7 – Under a Chevvy’s hood.

FILM - Chevrolet

#8 – Morris 8 bonnet.

FILM - Morris 8

#9 – Bentley bonnet (not sure of the model).

FILM - Bentley

#10 – Rolls Royce grille – again, not sure of the model.

FILM - Rolls

#11 – A sunlit statue.

FILM - Preserving one's dignity

#12 – A large monkey puzzle tree in the gardens.

FILM - Monkey Puzzle tree

#13 – Another sunlit statue.

FILM - Stone guardian

#14 – Pine cones.

FILM - Pine cones

#15 – A tree stump and footpath.

FILM - The path past the stump

#16 & #17 – Brodsworth church.

FILM - Brodsworth Church

FILM - Brodsworth Church-2

#18 – And finally, a metal handrail on a bridge that went over a sunken garden area. I really like this shot.

FILM - Spiral

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Playing catch-up

My aim when I first started this blog was to write at least one post per week – something that I’ve been exceeding so far – with the intention of posting something about each roll of film I shot with occasional bits’n’bobs in between. And, so far, that’s been working out ok, but…

…I seem to have built up something of a backlog over the past few weeks, mostly as a result of shooting more than I normally do – a roll-and-a-half in York the other week, three rolls at Brodsworth Hall the weekend before last, and a roll and a half at a steam rally I attended this past weekend.

I’ve posted a bunch of shots from York and the classic car event at Brodsworth Hall already, but I still have a load of other shots from both outings I’d like to share, and in the interest of catching up, I think I need to do a bit of a photo-dump, so in this post and the next, I’ll show the remaining shots from Brodsworth Hall – these all on 35mm Ilford Pan F Plus 50 film and shot with my Nikon F70 with the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D lens.

This post will show car portraits, the next some detail shots, abstracts, and general photos taken as I walked around the grounds at Brodsworth. Before I start though, I’d just like to comment on how happy I am with the Pan F Plus. It has a lovely character, really suited to nice sunny days, and the grain, while present, is pleasantly fine. It certainly suits shots of classic cars. Definitely a film I’ll shoot again.

Anyhoo, without further ado, here are some cars!

#1 – Vauxhall Cresta

FILM - Chillin' by the Cresta

#2 – Cadillac Eldorado. Lovely car, not sure about the registration plate though!

FILM - Cadillac Eldorado

#3 – Ford Anglia

FILM - Ford Anglia

#4 – Ford Model-A pickup

FILM - Model A

#5 – Morris Oxford

FILM - Morris Oxford

#6 – Wolseley 15/50 (I think)

FILM - Wolseley

#7 – VW Beetle

FILM - Beetle

#8 – Humber Sceptre Mk II

FILM - Humber Sceptre Mk II