A tiny Citroen Ami peeks out from its hiding place…
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
Peekaboo
Tag: X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM
The Wave
The Wave is the name of one of the University of Sheffield’s newest buildings. It’s pretty obvious why the name was chosen.
The building was hit by a significant delay during its construction when it was discovered that the original concrete pilings were not sufficient for the expected level of settlement when the final structure was built, and had to be demolished. This added an additional 18 months to the construction period andn the building finally opened two years ago in November 2023.
I took these three shots while walking past, but I expect there are a whole bunch of interesting pictures to be had from it.
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
Garage door fringe
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
Zig-zag to the hospital
The large building in today’s picture is the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. It’s a large and imposing structure visible from many different parts of the city.
This shot was one that I just happened to catch offhand. Something about the positioning of the different elements – the zebra crossing, the road, the side-street, then the houses and the hospital lead nicely through the frame. The little Fiat perched above street level is a bonus.
It’s just struck me as I type this that I can probably see the window of the room my mum was in when the cancer took her. I’ve photographed the hospital on a number of occasions before but never really thought of it in that way before now.
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
Homemade pies
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
Tucked in
I liked how this post box was nestled in snugly between the trimmed hedge, gatepost, and wall.
Usually postboxes will have a tab showing the collection times, which this one doesn’t, which made me wonder if it’s been repurposed as a letterbox for the property, but then I expect it would cause considerable confusion and result in the owners of the property getting lots of mail that people had posted.
It’s probably just missing the tab. 🙂
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
In Weston Park
These follow on directly from the pictures in yesterday’s post, each being taken withing Weston Park.
The first is the wooden bridge that crosses part of the duck pond. There were few ducks around this part of the water and it was undisturbed by any breeze, so it looked somewhat stagnant, giving it an almost frozen-over look. You can also see the University of Sheffield Arts Tower at the right of the frame.
The Arts Tower is something I always seem to come away with at least one photo of when I’m in this area. It’s the second tallest building in the city at 256 feet tall (although, because of it’s position on the hilly Sheffield terrain, it’s actually much higher than it’s rival). Sheffield doesn’t have that many tall buildings (although the number is increasing) – and the ones we do have aren’t that tall in the grand scheme of things – especially compared to it’s closest city neighbours Manchester and Leeds, but neither of those are as hilly as Sheffield either, where the impact of skyscrapers is lost amongst the terrain.
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
Weston Park museum and bandstand
Weston Park Museum first opened 150 years ago, originally in Weston House before the building was extended with a neoclassical design. The building houses both the museum and the Mappin Art Gallery (named after a Rotherham businessman who bequeathed his collection to the gallery).
The gallery was partially destroyed during the Sheffield Blitz in WW2 and, while the museum remained open to the public through the 50s and 60s, the art gallery was not reopened until 1965.
The Weston Park bandstand is the last surviving bandstand in the city and was built in 1900.
These pictures, and those to follow in the coming days, were all taken with the Fujica STX-1 that I bought on a whim as part of a job-lot of not-working cameras from eBay.
Fujica STX-1 & X-Fujinon 50mm f/1.9 FM on Agfa APX 100. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10.5mins @ 20°.
Taken on 6 September 2025
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