Tag: Peveril Castle

35mm · Film photography · Photography

The outskirts of Castleton

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Another shot made with my 28-300mm zoom lens that I wouldn’t have been able to achieve before. Actually, that’s probably not strictly accurate – my Zuiko 75-150mm might have done a decent job had I been shooting with one of my Olympus SLR’s. Still, I wouldn’t have been able to make this shot previously with my other Nikon gear, the longest lens I have for that format being a 105mm macro lens.

The conditions could have been better for this picture. Although it was still quite early in the day (before 9am) the sun was already beating down and there was a lot of haze and otherwise clear blue skies.

I like how Peveril Castle is perched up on the hillside in the background though.

Peveril Castle in the background haze

Nikon F80, Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°

Taken on 18 May 2024

Digital · Photography

Cavedale

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Another digital shot today. As mentioned yesterday, I’ve been out all day today meeting up with some film photographer friends. We met up in the village of Castleton in the Derbyshire Peak District and spent the day wandering the village and surrounding area. We were all shooting film, but I also had my Ricoh GRII with me, and took the photo you see here today. The picture here today is of Cavedale, a gorge just to the south of the village. Up at the top on the left is the keep of Peveril Castle, which we climbed to earlier in the day.

I shot a roll of 120 Tri-X, plus most of a roll of 120 Fuji Pro 500H and 35mm Ilford HP5+. The HP5+ was shot using my new 28-300mm zoom lens, so it will be interesting to see how those turn out (and if I’ve managed to mess any of them up…). I’ll post any worth sharing once I have them developed and scanned.

Cavedale

Ricoh GRIII

Taken on 18 May 2024