The Day All The Boats Came Home

The day all the boats came home... No fishing boats out at sea today its X-Mass day.

Canon A1 Canon 50mm f1.8 + Yellow Filter Film= Kodak Tri-X Dev= Agfa Photo Rodinal Special

Skegness November 06

Skegness beach. The FWD is towing the figure on the board, it was a very cold day and the seafront was almost deserted.

Canon A1 Canon 28mm/f2.8+orange filter. Film= Kodak Tri-X 400 Dev= Agfa Photo Rodinal Special

Please Do Not Feed The Birds!

The sign reads please do not feed the birds as they damage the buildings, lots of people do though.

Leica IIIF/ Collapsable Fed 50mm/f3.5 Fomapan 400+R09 1:40

River Bed

River Bed

I took this shot in the early summer when repairs were being made to the sluce gates at sluce Bridge in Boston. This is the only time I have ever seen the river completly dry.

Canon T70 Canon 28mm/f2.8. Ilford FP4 +Ilford ID11 Stock

Contax and the Clown

Boston

This shot is taken using a Contax III, this is 1940's 35mm Rangefinder camera.

It is fitted with a coated 50mm/f2 Sonnar. Kodak Tri-X400

The Sally-Ann

Nikon FE 28mm/f3.5 Nikkor. Ilford Delta 400 +Ilford DDX

Boston 10/12/06 ADOX / EFKE CHS 25 + APH09

I haven't shot any slow B&W film for a while, I have mainly been shooting Tri-X and Delta 400. I was using a Leica II last week in Norwich and using Plus-X pan and Pan F+. You get so much more detail with the slower emultions.

Saturday was a very clear sunny day, an ideal oppertunity to use a 25 ASA film.

ADOX CHS 25 is one of the very few 25asa films on the market.

Both shots are shot using my 28mm f3.5 Nikkor + Yellow #1 Filter.

The film is developed in Adolux APH09 AKA old formula Rodinal, I used it at 1-100, this is supposed to give you soft negatives and fine grain. The negs are a bit on the soft side for scanning with my clunky old scanner, but will print well.

Nikon FE 28/3.5 Nikkor

Boston 03/12/06 Leica IIC 5cm & 9cm Elmar

5 cm Elmar

9 cm Elmar










Couple of shots here from Boston , I was Testing a couple of new lenses and using Ilford pan F+
The Lenses are Leitz Elmar' s One is a coated 5cm f3.5 Elmar manufactured just after WWII and the other is a 9cm f4 Elmar manufatured just before WWII. In short they are good.
Both shots have been taken with a Leitz Yellow #1 filter Exopsure for the First shot is 1/100 @f8 the second shot using the 9cm lens is at 1/200 @f 5.6
There is a similar shot taken using Ilford FP4 in the June archive of this blog you can compare the Elmar to a 1970'S 50mm F2 Nikkor link is below.

http://newyorkmonochrome.blogspot.com/2006/06/windmill-in-boston-taken-from.html


Leica IIC Leitz Elmar 5cm f 3.5 & Leitz Elmar 9cm f 4 Film Ilford Panf+ Dev Agfa Rodinal 1-25

Couple of wide angle shots from Boston

Customs House Quey

Dolphin Lane

I took these two shots using an 18mm lens, this is a very wide angle lens and was rather expensive ..but good fun!!

Nikon FE + Nikkor 18mm f-4 Ilford Delta 400 EI 400 Dev Ilford DDX

Norwich 02/12/06 Leica IIC & PLUS-X PAN

I have not been using my Leica's much lately so I took my Leica IIC with me when I visited Norwich. It came with a 1948 vintage 5cm coated Elmar lens and a 1938 vintage un-coated 9cm Elmar lens, Both are in good order.

The two shots above are shot on Kodak Plus-X Pan (old emulsion) @125 asa and developed in Agfa Rodinal 1-50 The exposure was 1/30 @ f5.6

It was rather a gloomy day on Saturday but I think the camera has peformed well.. it is over 60 years old!

Makes a nice change from using a modern Nikon SLR.

Lincoln 18/11/06

Some People raising money for children in need at the weekend.

Nikon FE Nikkor 50mm f 1.8 Agfa Apx 100 Dev> Tetenal Neofin Blue

Sleaford Station

Nikon FE Nikkor 28mm-f3.5 + Yellow Filter
Agfa APX 100 Dev> Tetenal Neofin Blue 18mins

Still Life

These three shots are shot on Agfa APX 100 and developed Tetenal Neofin Blue.

What at film!! and it costs so little........

Nikon FE Nikkor 55mm-f3.5 Macro
Agfa APX 100 Dev> Tetenal Neofin Blue 18mins

Brighton Summer 06

A couple from the streets of Brighton.

Untitled

Graffiti

Nikon FM3A 28mm f3.5 nikkor Agfapan 400 / Dev Aculux2

Skegness Revisited

I visited Skegness in the early spring of this year (see Skegness on cold day in the archive) I visited again in the summer.

One Man And His Dog

Shelter

Smugglers Den

Bowling Green

Canon A1 28mm F2.8 Kodak Tri-X 400 Developed in Agfa Rodinal 25-1

The Tri-X Rodinal combination in this light gives high contrast good sharpness and very nice grain. Tri-X is one of my favourite B&W films.

Lincoln 11/11/06

Lincoln

18mm Up/Down river?

Where Have You Been?

18mm Under A Bridge

A Rather Gloomy day in Lincoln had to push my film to 800 asa in order to get usable shutter speeds.

Nikon FM3A Nikkor 28mm/3.5 & Nikkor 18mm/4.0 Ilford Delta 400 Ei800 Dev Ilford DDX 10.5 mins.

Edinburgh's Shame

Edinburgh's Shame

Nikon FM- Nikkor 35/2.8 Agfa Chrome 100

Chemical Warefare

Chemical Warefare.

While I was walking along Princes Street In Edinburgh I found this guy dressed for chemical warefare armed with a sturdy camera tripod. In this Post 9/11 world this might be a little dangerous? diden't they shoot someone who was armed with a table leg.

Anyway when I took his picture he marched off down Princes Street. Cool!!

Nikon FM3A Nikkor 28mm/f3.5 Kodak Tri-X 400. Dev- Rodinal Special 4-mins

Scary Carving

Scary Carving

I found this wooden carving in the Stump in Boston at the end of a row of seats for the quire.

The object on the the head of the figure is dog.

This shot is taken with My Nikon F2 Using a 200mm-f4 Lens wide open (Hand Held)

It is shot on Fuji Neopan 400 at EI400 Developed in Ilford Perceptol 1+1 for 15 mins.

I have not used this film before but I will say its good Stuff.

The shots in my last post are also shot on this film Developed in Ilford ID11

Here are a couple more shots from inside the Stump I forgot to scan them last week.

**Click to enlarge**

Norwich 07-10-06

Norwich Castle

Puppet Man

"Puppet Man" Has been peforming on the streets of Norwich for as long as I can remember (1995)

His puppets dance to the music.

More about Puppet Man From The Norwich evening News

http://new.en24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&itemid=NOED14%20Jul%202006%2010:05:26:670&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=search

Puppet Man

Seek Ye The Lord

This guy will stop you on the street and Bible bash you so look out!

Camera: Nikon FM and Nikon Fm3A-Nikor 35mm-f2.8 and Nikor 10.5cm-f2.5 (for close up of puppet man)

Film: Fuji Neopan 400 / Dev Ilford ID11 Stock 7.5 mins.

Continental Market Comes To Boston

Some stalls at the continental market in Boston

29/09/06

Fruit and Veg from Brittany

Sweets

Soap and and sauages

Canon A1 35mm-f3.5- Jessops pan 400-Paterson Aculux 2

Dutch Pancake

Canon A1 28mm f2.8 Fomapan 400 paterson Aculux 2

Pescod Square Everything Must Go!!!

Everything Must Go!!!

One of the shops in Pescod Square having a clear out.

Many of the new shops in this new shopping centere have closed.

I am told that in the first year the rates wer reduced, The full cost of the rates is forcing many shops to close.

The shop 2 doors down has been vacant for 9 months.

You can read all about Pescod square on the link below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2731489.stm

Kelso Abby

Kelso Abby

ADOX CHS 50-Agfa Rodinal 1-25

Nikon FM Nikkor 50mm/f1.8

Come And Join The Party

The traffic in Boston can be a nightmare at times. There has been calls for a bypass for years.
A political party has been set up called the Bypass Party, they will stand in the next council elections.
I am sure all the shop-keepers are rushing to join this party.

Nikon FM3A Nikkor 50mm-f1.8
Agfa APX400 Paterson Aculux2

Skegness 10-09-06 #2

Skegness

Canon A1 28mm/f2.8

Kodak Tri-X Agfa Rodinal 25:1

Skegness 10-09-06

Your Life

Nikon F 10.5cm F2.5

Kodak Tri-X agfa Rodinal 1:25-7mins

Looking For Crabs On Skegness Beach

Canon A1 28mm/f.2.8

Kodak Tri-X 400 / Agfa Rodinal 1:25-7mins

The Tri-X in the rodinal at 25:1 gives high contrast and a fair bit of grain.

This film is best developed 50:1 or even higher dilution in Rodinal.