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Went to Whitby a while back and wanted a decent shot of the Church, this was the other side of the Harbour that gave the Church a good viewpoint and also the lovely set houses overlooking the Harbour, taken an hour before sunset, nice low light. Fujifilm GA645zi Kodak Tmax 400 Yellow...

Had a short stay in the Lake district, just outside Keswick, the weather was not like my previous short stay in last October which was beautiful, this time the weather was dryish but on the dull side, I decided to use my 35mm camera as we would be walking a lot and glad I did considering. The...

I took an image and posted on the other forum a few years ago like this with my Digital Canon DSLR, this was taken with film. Hassleblad 500cm 50mm Distagon Kodak Tmax 100 Developed in Ilford DDX Scanned with Nikon 9000ed Silverfast Scanning Software

Pentax MX 28mm lens Kodak Trix 400iso Developed in Ilford 1D11

I have photographed this building with many cameras over the years, Digital, 4x5, 6x7 6x6 film cameras, this was taken is with one of the oldest ones Voigtlander Bessa folding 6x9 with a Heliar 105mm lens around 70 years old. About The original open air bath, situated to the rear of the current...

Voigtlander Bessa 11 Colour Heliar lens Fuji Acros 100iso Developed in Xtol 1 to 1 20c 9mins Scanned in Vuescan and Nikon 9000ed

Another set of images from a night out, wet cobbles this time :) all taken in Otley Voigtlander Bessa RF 6x9 folding camera Heliar f3.5 105mm lens Fuji Acros 100iso Exposures ranged form 20sec to 130sec Developed in Xtol 1 to 1 20c 9 mins (reduced from previous times) Scanned...

My ongoing project for this year and into the new year is photographing at night two main towns were I live, Otley and Ilkley, areas within these towns that you would not give a second glance in daylight, at night they come alive. I am using three vintage cameras to do this, the Rolleiflex...

Another evening walkabout in my home town of Otley, nice misty atmosphere to work with. Rolleiflex 3.5f planer lens Fuji Acros 100iso Developed in Xtol 1 to 1, 9.5 mins 20c Scanned in Vue scan in Nikon 9000ed

I suppose this stairs was inside once, more abstract than architectural I think Fujifilm ga645zi Kodak Trix x 400 developed in Diafine

Taken with Pentax LX SMC 100mm macro lens Fuji Acros 100 iso Orange Filter Developed in Kodak Xtol 1~1 20c Scanned in Vuescan in Nikon 9000ed

On Sunday morning I had a walk on Ilkley moor, it does inspire with all its history, the weather was near on perfect for me, this is what I took. All taken with Pentax LX 28 and 50mm lens with Orange filter Fuji Acros 100iso Developed in Kodak Xtol 1~1 9.5 mins 20c Scanned in Vuescan in Nikon...

On my recent trip to the Lakes, we timed a walk around Derwent water a little wrong and 3 miles from the Hotel the light was dropping fast, by the time we got back to our digs it was nearly dark, with no tripod I had to keep upping the iso to a max of 3200iso on Trix, these were the results...

All shots taken on my Pentax LX with 28,50, 135 lens and Orange filter. the Boat and leaf pictures which was on medium format. 35mm Fuji Acros 100 Developed in Kodak Xtol Medium format Kodak Trix @800iso Developed in Diafine 4+4 mins

An old farm dwelling of some sort in Dent, for those old enough you can see the old Anderson bomb shelter at the front. Fujifilm GA645zi Kodak Tmax 400 Developed in Xtol 1 to 1

Fujiifil 645z1 Kodak Tmax 400 Developed in Kodak Xtol 1 to 1

Taken this summer Fuji 645z1 Kodak Tmax 400 Developed in Xtol 1 to 1

Ebony sv45te 150mm lens Kodak Trix320 rated 400 Developed in Diafine

A disused weighbridge on the site of Otley station. Neither station nor railway line now exists but this weighbridge might have been used by a coal merchant on the site. This was common at one time as the coal was delivered directly to the merchants by rail. Ebony sv45te 90mm lens exposure...

The other night we had a powerful electrical storm, my home overlooks the valley in Wharfedale so a great opportunity to capture the strikes. Ebonysv45te Exposure 30mins @f16 Rodenstock 210mm Small ammount of front axis tilt given Kodak Trix 320 rated 400is0 Developed in Diafine A and B...