Carnanee Road, Templepatrick, Co.Antrim, sunset, on the 1st Day of British Summer Time, 31st March 2024, 8.17pm
Photographed with the Fujifilm X-T5 camera and a vintage Nikon 35-70 manual focus lens.
Carnanee Road
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Nikon/Fuji Combo
I’ve been messing around with a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 manual focus lens, attached to the Fujifilm X-T5, using an adapter made by K&F Koncept. The depth of field is amazing.
This shot of a cutlery drawer demonstrates the bokeh possible with a lens like this, and of course with Fuji’s ‘focus-peaking’ feature, manual focus is a doddle!
Crosskeys Inn
The Crosskeys Inn is a traditional thatched building in Co.Antrim, sited between Randalstown and Portglenone, north of Lough Neagh.
Photographed here with a Fujifilm X-T30 camera, F= 21mm, f/4 @ 1/1250th sec on ISO640. If the shutter speed seems a little fast for a static building – I agree! I’d just managed to capture a shot of a motorcycle and sidecar roaring by!
East Belfast Library
The public library at CS Lewis Square, on the Newtownards Road, in East Belfast.
Photographed with the Nikon FM3a on Ilford HP5, ISO400 film and developed in Fotospeed FD10.
Island Hill Panorama
Islandhill on 17th January 2024, tide out, bitter cold, but sunny.
Photographed with the Nikon FM3a, – two images with a 50mm lens at f/16, blended in Photoshop.
Queen’s University, Belfast.
Rarely is there anywhere to park a car in the vicinity of Queen’s University, – parking spaces are few and hotly contested, but on 27th December 2023, I was driving through the area on return from an appointment in South Belfast, when to my surprise, I found an empty space, right beside the Students’ Union. I quickly parked, and stepped out with the Fujifilm X-T30 fitted with an 18-135mm zoom lens.
Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T30, F=18mm, f/5.6 @1/125th sec on ISO250.
Because it was still student holidays, traffic around the university was light, and that helped quite a lot with the photography. I stood outside the Student’s Union to capture the main image, but it wasn’t long before some human interest occurred.
Continue reading Queen’s University, Belfast.One Down… Three to go?
The remaining three blocks of multi-storey apartments at Rathcoole, Newtownabbey. There were originally four blocks, built in 1965 by John Laing Construction, were 140 feet high, and contained 65 flats.
Lislea Mission Hall
Lislea Mission Hall, in the townland of Lislea, between Portglenone and Kilrea. Now long abandoned and disused, it has been boarded up, and become overgrown and is slowly crumbling away. Once would have been a meeting place for worship to groups of local resident, farmers and their friends, and their children.
Balligan Church
St Andrews Church (Church of Ireland) Balligan, near Ballywalter, Co.Down, on a bleak midwinter day.
Built in 1704, the church became famous for choral recitals and classical music, and was a popular venue. Choral Evensong was held on two Sundays each month until fairly recently.
Continue reading Balligan ChurchWhich camera is best…
There’s a common question asked, “Which camera is best for…” Add your own circumstances! Yesterday I was faced with a stark choice. I was at a country churchyard around dusk, and there was a magnificent sky behind the silhouetted church building and trees. I wanted that image! So here it is:-
So, what’s the answer to the conundrum? Which camera is best for a shot like this? The answer is…
Whatever camera you have with you!
In this case, just an iPhone 12!
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