As much as summer is nice, and autumn colour is glorious, the naked skeletons of winter-time trees tend to make for the most interesting photographs I think.
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF & Fomapan 400.
Taken on 20 January 2019
Tag: mist
Bleakness
White Edge Lodge is perhaps a half-mile from the nearest road, from where it can be seen peeking out over the heather. This shot was taken on my first ever walk up to the lodge itself. I think I picked pretty good conditions to do so.
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF & Fomapan 400.
Taken on 20 January 2019
Grainy days
Given that I didn’t post anything to the blog yesterday (I left it until late in the evening and then forgot and went to bed!), it’s a double-post day today.
I’m not quite sure why the shot below has such pronounced grain (it was taken with the same roll of HP5+ as many of the other recent shots I’ve posted, and they don’t have nearly so much). Maybe the snow and mist threw the camera’s meter out and then I overcompensated the exposure at the scanning stage or something. I guess I could re-scan the negative and see (but I probably won’t).
Grain isn’t something I dislike though, so not to worry. 🙂
Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D & Ilford HP5+.
Taken on 4 March 2018
Striking a nice pose
This is one of a trio of sculpted metal figures that stand alongside the Trans-Pennine Trail at Killamarsh in Derbyshire.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D & Ilford HP5+.
Taken on 4 March 2018
Barcode forest
The term ‘forest’ in the title up there is somewhat misleading. This is actually a small plantation of pines nestled into a meander of the River Rother not far from Eckington. It’s a place I’ve never visited before, but it has potential for some nice photos – it certainly did on the snowy, misty day when this photo was taken.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D & Ilford HP5+.
Taken on 4 March 2018
Morning farm
A farm at Ridgeway Moor, partly silhouetted against the morning mist.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
A pastoral scene
Today I present two views of the same scent. One in portrait orientation, the other landscape. I’m not sure which I prefer – the portrait shot has better composition, I think, while the landscape orientation possibly has more atmosphere thanks to the birds in flight (and in the trees), but at the expense of the foreground fence being less well positioned. Anyway, here are both of them.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 135mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tmax 100.
Taken on 21 December 2017
Dreich
“Dreich” is, I believe, a Scottish noun that describes weather of a bleak nature, and so fits this image pretty well.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Agfa Vista Plus 200 (converted to B&W in Lightroom).
Taken on 21 December 2017
Trees in the mist
The following photos were taken this morning. I’d planned on visiting the flea market at Chesterfield, but on the way there noticed the nice misty conditions and so got waylaid taking some photographs instead. I decided to convert these to B&W and add some gradient filters and vignettes as I felt it suited the compositions. It’s brought out the grain a lot, but I think that works too.
Canon Sure Shot Telemax & Agfa Vista Plus 200 (converted to B&W in Lightroom).
Taken on 21 December 2017
Steel City Snapper photography 