Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
The last of the Magpie Mine pictures, and one I took as I headed towards the nearby village of Sheldon, a way marker showing the path on which I’d just traveled, and the one I was about to take.
Nikon F80, Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD on Kodak Tri-X. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°.
Taken on 27 December 2025
A quick post tonight as I have to go and help my dad with something.
A mundane subject but I liked the combination of lines, shapes, shadows, and the splash of colour in the scene.
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 20 May 2023.
A bit cheeky this picture (or the blog post, at least) in that it’s exactly the same snowy country lane that I posted a picture of yesterday, albeit taken from slightly further down the hill. The picture I posted yesterday was taken somewhere around the telephone post with all the ivy. I felt it was worth posting this one too as, well, I like it and, well, I forgot to add it to yesterday’s post because I was very tired at the time. 🙂
The farm at centre left is the one where I was chased off by the sheepdog.
Bronica ETRSi & Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9 mins 30 secs @ 20°
Taken 11 March 2023.
A few weeks ago I visited the village of Hooton Pagnel. It’s a place I’ve never visited before and had not even heard of until recently. I “discovered” it after a random news article popped up on my phone talking about South Yorkshires most attractive places where, if I recall correctly, it came in first place.
As it’s not that far from home – about 30 minutes by car – I decided I’d pay a visit and see what I might find in terms of photographs. The weather was a little overcast when I left home but, by the time I arrived, it had changed to broken clouds with some sunshine and the occasional spot of rain.
The photos from the blog over the past few days, and the coming few as well were all made in the village. I shot a couple of rolls with the Bronica ETRSi. The second roll – Ilford Delta 100 – are the better images I think, partly because I like the look, and also because the light had improved by the time I started shooting it.
The village itself was quite small, but with plenty of things of interest. One thing I didn’t photograph was the Grade II listed Hooton Pagnell Hall, mostly because I don’t think it’s open to the public except as a wedding venue. The estate dates back to the 11th century though, with the core of the current hall being built in the 14th century.
The picture today was taken close to the driveway that featured in yesterday’s post – it’s a mere 180° turn from where this photo was shot.
Bronica ETRSi & Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE & Ilford Delta 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10 mins 30 secs @ 20°
Taken 5 February 2023.
Timbuktu, according to the pointer on this signpost, is 2,811 miles from this location. A fair distance for sure, but not a patch on how far it is to Cairns, Australia – a much further 9,423 miles distant. Luckily, the signpost – near the Meadowhall shopping mall in Sheffield – is less than 10 miles from where I live.
Yashicamat 124G & Kodak Plus-X (expired 2008). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 6mins @ 20°
Taken on 20 September 2022
This signpost sits beside an old wrought-iron footbridge over the River Don in Sheffield. The destinations are mostly areas of the city, but with a few places further afield. The sign pointing to Wales refers to the village of Wales to the east of the city, rather than the nation to the west of England. Interestingly, a variety of measurement types are used on the signs.
Someone on Flickr asked me what a “rod” was, so I looked it up. Today’s bit of trivia (and something I didn’t know before) is that a rod is equivalent to sixteen and a half feet. There are four rods in a chain, forty rods in a furlong, and three-hundred-and-twenty rods in a mile.
Bronica ETRSi, Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 PE & & Ilford FP4+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 15 January 2021
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about how I’d gone out for a spot of photography as a break from all the renovation and decorating that has been going one, but then forgot to take my tripod with me.
Today’s photograph was made when I realised what I had done. Instead of a medium format picture of this scene, I used my XA3 which I had thankfully taken along too. Although the day was dull and without much in the way of good light, the HP5+ in the XA3 was being pushed a stop to 800asa, so gave me good leeway in the conditions.
I’m not sure how a 6×6 medium format version of this scene shot on Ilford Ortho Plus would have looked, but this HP5+ version came out nicely.
Sometimes a mistake
Can lead to good things instead
Of disappointment
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°
Taken on 22 October 2021
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