Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
The sheep roasting jack in Eyam in the Peak District. The village carnival, when the sheep roast takes place, is held each September. It’s not something I’ve ever attended, but it’s nearly lunchtime and the thought of it is making me hungry!
The second photograph is of a building just behind the roasting jack.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Ilford HP5+.
Taken on 2 February 2019
The rear of Eyam church is where the more recent graves appear to be located, and they rest in orderly rows overlooked by a number of tall trees.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Kodak Tri-X.
Taken on 2 February 2019
Another photo from my outing in the Peak District the other week. I took a few shots of this area of silver birch with my DSLR, but grabbed a shot with the Yashica Mat too. Unfortunately, it seems the batch of film I was using was one that had faults and so the print from the backing paper has shown up on a number of pictures – especially in low detail areas such as the sky. I think I’ve manged to remove it reasonably well in Photoshop though.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Kodak Tri-X.
Taken on 2 February 2019
I got up early and went out to catch the sunrise in the Peak District last weekend. The place was blanketed with a thin layer of snow and it was a crisp and cold morning(-1.5C). I shot several colour photos on digital, but took the Yashica Mat out with me and shot a roll-and-a-half of black and white too, including this one.
Yashica Mat 124 G & Ilford HP5+.
Taken on 2 February 2019
I’ve got several photos of trees from a recent outing, so you might see a few more yet… 🙂
Nikon F80, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF & Fomapan 400.
Taken on 20 January 2019
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
This was taken back in January on a walk where I wish I’d worn some Wellies – although the ground looks crisp and frozen, the snow was in melt and my feet were sinking up to the ankles in places.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta & Kodak Tri-X (expired 2013).
Taken on 17 January 2018
Bedgreave Mill was built in the late 16th century and operated until 1947. It lay unused for the next thirty or so years until it was restored when Rother Valley Country Park (in which it resides) came into being in the early 1980s.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 & Kodak Tri-X
Taken on 18 March 2018
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
On the Trans-Pennine trail at Killamarsh, on the remaining part of a railway bridge structure, is this piece of street art.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D & Ilford HP5+.
Taken on 4 March 2018
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