The famous Belleek Pottery, in Co.Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T30 on Acros film simulation mode, with (digital) red filter added in-camera.
X-T30, F=18mm, f/6.4 @ 1/160th sec on ISO100
Continue reading Belleek PotteryThe Diamond, Enniskillen, Co.Fermanagh. Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T30, on Acros film simulation with red filter.
Our Lady of the Assumption RC Church – a striking modern building situated on Downs Road, Newcastle, Co.Down.
Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T4 F=35mm, f/9 @ 1/125th sec on ISO400
The long closed Glarryford Station on the NIR line between Cullybackey and Ballymoney. The station was opened on 1st July 1856 by the then Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway, and was in operation until it was closed 2 July 1973.
Photographed with the Nikon FG20 on Ilford HP5
The Old Post Office at Lisbane, near Comber, Co.Down, now a restaurant.
Photographed with the 40 year old Nikon FG20, on Ilford HP5, ISO400.
This shot was part of a commercial shoot, back in 2012, to illustrate lighting facilities on railway platforms. It was originally shot in colour, and with a much wider angle, but to satisfy my black and white obsession, and to focus more upon the people in the shot rather than the original commission, I desaturated it in Photoshop (actually in Camera Raw) and cropped the image to achieve a more people orientated image. Did it work?
Photographed with a Nikon F700, F=24mm, f/16 @ 1 second exposure, on ISO3200. The camera was on a tripod.
I found this 2022 built motorcycle parked in Belfast today, – and I was transported back in my mind to the early 1970’s when I rode a Royal Enfield, – not dissimilar in style and shape to this beauty.
Holy Trinity Church Of Ireland, Main Street, Portrush, Co.Antrim.
Photographed with the 20 year old Nikon FM3a film camera on Ilford HP5, ISO400, and developed in Ilfosol 3.
No, I’m not abroad on an exciting holiday in the far east.
This tuk tuk is parked outside the Port Hotel in exotic Portrush. Photographed with the Nikon FM3a film camera on Ilford HP5, ISO400
Another glimpse into my camera collection: the Nikon FM2.
This classic camera has been in my possession since 1987, when I bought it new in the camera shop in Lisburn for £350, my first ‘real’ camera.
The FM2 was first made in 1984, and was the replacement for the Nikon FM; a mid-range camera aimed at the enthusiast and semi-pro photographer. (The Nikon F3 was the professional’s choice).
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