Nikon F80 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (@320asa). Semi-stand in Rodinal 1+100 for 1 hour @ 20°.
Taken on 8 February 2026
The gate to the south lodge
Tag: trees
Tree trunks
Nikon F80 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (@320asa). Semi-stand in Rodinal 1+100 for 1 hour @ 20°.
Taken on 8 February 2026
S-curve
At the bottom right of this shot you can just make out a side-track that joins this road. Let me assure you that, despite appearances, and in spite of the frosty and icy ground, it was very muddy!
Worth it to get this picture, I think, although there was more mud to come later in the hike…
Nikon F80 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (@320asa). Semi-stand in Rodinal 1+100 for 1 hour @ 20°.
Taken on 8 February 2026
Frozen footpath
Nikon F80 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 ED VR on Fomapan 400 (@320asa). Semi-stand in Rodinal 1+100 for 1 hour @ 20°.
Taken on 8 February 2026
Further foggy day scenes
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 21 March 2026
Trees in the fog
As promised yesterday, here are some more pictures from my foggy day walk yesterday.
These were all shot on the outward leg of the walk. They would have been very different had I shot them on the return, when the thinning mist had increased the visibility enough for distracting background details to emerge.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 21 March 2026
Foggy avenue
After dropping my son of at work this morning, I drove out to the Welbeck estate to undertake another of the walks that wind through the grounds. This time I chose the walk to Cuckney Water Meadows which, while the longest of the four official trails at 6.28 miles, was also much easier than the Belph Brook walk I did a few weeks back (photos to come from that in due course) because, for the most part, it is along paved, gravel, or concrete footpaths and roads, with only the final stretch to the water meadows being over fields.
The walk was made much more pleasant from a photographic point of view by an abundant blanket of mist and fog that hung around for most of the morning, only beginning to lift when I was well into my return leg of the walk.
I shot a roll of Tri-X, but also shot a bunch of pictures with my Ricoh GR III, including the one shared below.
It will probably be a while before I share the Tri-X pictures, but I’ll share some more of the digital images in the next day or two.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 21 March 2026
It’s that copse again
I’ve shared pictures of this same copse of trees on a few occasions, and here it is again.
Slightly different this time in that it’s a digital image, taken with my newly acquired (but pre-owned) Nikon D810, with which I’m going to attempt some DSLR scanning of 35mm negatives (and perhaps medium format too at some point if all goes well).
It would be a shame to use it just for scanning negs though as it’s a pretty accomplished camera, despite the model originally launching back in 2014, and I quite fancy doing some landscape photography with it when time and conditions allow.
I’ll post more on how the neg scanning goes once I have everything I need.
Nikon D810 and Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-f/5.6 D.
Taken on 14 March 2026
Another country lane
Just around the corner from yesterday’s picture, I came across this opportunity to shoot towards the sun and highlight the wet road, which worked pretty well.
Yashica Mat 124G and Ilford Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 24 January 2026
Country lane curve
There was something about this scene that caught my eye. The curving lane is a big part of it, certainly, but the wall, the height and variety of the trees, and the way the light was falling on everything all came together. There was a breeze blowing so some signs of movement can be found in the smaller branches if you look hard enough, but I knew and accepted that would be the case when I took the shot.
I was pretty happy when it appeared off the scanner.
Yashica Mat 124G and Ilford Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 24 January 2026
Steel City Snapper photography 