Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: Sigma17-70mm f/2.8-f/4.5 Film: Digital Notes: Now I know how supermarkets wrap their veggies in plastic. The result of a afternoon spent walking between Mylor Bridge and Restronguet. It’s been a while since I’ve used the D80…all those buttons make my brain hurt.
Aodin
Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: Sigma17-70mm f/2.8-f/4.5 Film: Digital Notes: Perthshire farm steading.
IWM North
Three wonderful days shooting buildings in Manchester. The Imperial War Museum North in another of my favourite buildings. The brutal shadows of the low afternoon Sun balance the graduated patina of the buildings metal skin….
The Lowry
Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: Sigma17-70mm f/2.8-f/4.5 Film: Digital Notes: Probably my favourite building in Manchester – The Lowry.
Lanhydrock Riverbank
Camera: Pentax K1000D converted with narrowband IR filter. Lens: Std Film: Digital Notes: With Covid lockdown rules being relaxed it was lovely to be able to get out and about again.
Imperial War Museum North
Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: Sigma17-70mm f/2.8-f/4.5 Film: Digital Notes: Three wonderful days shooting buildings in Manchester. The brutal shadows of the low afternoon Sun balance the graduated patina of the buildings metal skin. 13, August 2007: Oh my Gawd. This just made the final Twenty in the BBC’s ‘Britain in Pictures’ series
The Citadel: City 17
Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: Sigma17-70mm f/2.8-f/4.5 Film: Digital Notes: Three wonderful days shooting buildings in Manchester. This is the Beetham Tower, the tallest building in Manchester but bears a remarkable resemblance to the Citadel from Half Life 2. The other building is the Air & Space Hall at the Museum of Science and Industry. Manchester was shrouded in a glowing fog with a wonderful etherial light for both of the days we were there….
Spiral
Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: Sigma17-70mm f/2.8-f/4.5 Film: Digital Notes: The spiral staircase going up to the observation tower at the national Maritime Museum Falmouth. Love all the textural tomes off all that polished concrete.
St Allen Church
Camera: Nikon D80 Lens: sigma17-70mm f/2.8-f/4.5 Film: Digital Notes: Another one of those days where the light was just right. All the subtle tones fell nicely in place.
What a Mug
Camera: Bronica SQ-ai Lens: 80mm PS f/2.8 Zenzanon Film: FP4 rated at 125, ID 11 1:1 solution Notes: The first of many from an abandoned pottery somewhere in Cornwall. The light in this place was just magical. Camera: Bronica SQ-Ai Lens: 80mm PS f/2.8 Zenzanon Film: FP4 rated at 125, ID 11 1:1 solution Notes: The first of many from an abandoned pottery somewhere in Cornwall. The light in this place was just…
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