PFM's Picture a Week 2024

[Gromit]

Really starting to 'get' the K-1 - the jpegs are a wee bit gorgeous.

Our village church in the morning's sun.

St Andrews Leasingham by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Pentax K-1/HD FA 28-105

 

[gintonic]

20240101_093333 by uh_simon, on Flickr

 

[Mr Perceptive]

A little stroll along part of the Weaver Navigation that I've not walked before (X100F in pocket!)


Rock Salt Conveyor, Winsford by David Yeoman, on Flickr


Rock Salt Conveyor 2, Winsford by David Yeoman, on Flickr

 

[PhilofCas]

Lovely Hebden Bridge today

 

[Gromit]

Late beech leaves by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Pentax K-1/FA 77mm Limited

 

[wulbert]

Shelter?

 

[mentalp]

Bringing in the New Year last night - Countdown2Ceasefire at Vauxhall Bridge

Countdown to Ceasefire by Pete, on Flickr

 

[gintonic]

20240101_093333 by uh_simon, on Flickr

clearly not the same angle but looking in the same direction, Google's new £1bn HQ in KingsX has clearly come along since 29/12/2019.

2019-12-29_06-54-38 by uh_simon, on Flickr

 

[eternumviti]

Shelter?

I've given myself neckache trying to sort that one out. Nicely done.

 

[eternumviti]

Having bought a pile of darkroom equipment at auction back in September, and then spending a fortune on filling gaps and replacing worn out or second rate items (transformer, lens, bulbs, filters, trays etc etc) - and, of course, paper, I've been slowly learning and relearning the ropes. Multigrade papers and filters were in their not so good infancy when I last spent serious time in a darkroom 40 odd years ago. Thankfully we now have youtube, which has been an absolute Godsend, and I bought a copy of Tim Rudman's fine tome, but by crikey the learning curve is long and expensive.

I particularly struggled with RC paper, as it seems to need so little time under the enlarger, and the results weren't differentiating themselves sufficiently from those from my faithful Epson 3880, so I finally took the plunge (ouch) into a couple of boxes of 10x8 Ilford Warmtine FB. Oh, what a beautiful thing it is too, slow to work, but it rewards patience, and it is a visual and tactile treat. I think I'm beginning to climb out of the abyss, but I have no doubt I'll trip over on those words in no time at all. If I can just get on top of the basics in the first few months of this year, I think I'm going to stretch myself on one of the great Andrew Sanderson's workshops before he draws stumps on them at the end of 2024.

 

[gintonic]

@Tony L can you pin this 2024 version (and perhaps unpin the 2023 version)

thanks

 

[Tony L]

Lovely Hebden Bridge today

I’ve cycled down the right hand side of that picture so, so many times! A regular route, including the bridge you are standing on! Can’t wait for the weather to improve and to get back out there!

 

[wulbert]

Having bought a pile of darkroom equipment at auction back in September, and then spending a fortune on filling gaps and replacing worn out or second rate items (transformer, lens, bulbs, filters, trays etc etc) - and, of course, paper, I've been slowly learning and relearning the ropes. Multigrade papers and filters were in their not so good infancy when I last spent serious time in a darkroom 40 odd years ago. Thankfully we now have youtube, which has been an absolute Godsend, and I bought a copy of Tim Rudman's fine tome, but by crikey the learning curve is long and expensive.

I particularly struggled with RC paper, as it seems to need so little time under the enlarger, and the results weren't differentiating themselves sufficiently from those from my faithful Epson 3880, so I finally took the plunge (ouch) into a couple of boxes of 10x8 Ilford Warmtine FB. Oh, what a beautiful thing it is too, slow to work, but it rewards patience, and it is a visual and tactile treat. I think I'm beginning to climb out of the abyss, but I have no doubt I'll trip over on those words in no time at all. If I can just get on top of the basics in the first few months of this year, I think I'm going to stretch myself on one of the great Andrew Sanderson's workshops before he draws stumps on them at the end of 2024.

Bringing back fond memories of my own time in a make-shift dark-room (cupboard) at my parent’s, with a “Gnome II” enlarger gifted by an uncle. I found it really exciting, but never relaxing, because I would get into a kind of creative frenzy trying to get a better and better image from my (poorly exposed) negatives and always feeling short of time and waiting for an impatient knock on the door.

(I was going to add a crude comment about having my hands inside the “Granny’s Knickers” changing-bag for loading 35mm film onto the developer tank spools but I’m above that kind of thing)

 

[wulbert]

Lovely Hebden Bridge today

Cracking picture. I’d love to visit that. It fills me with awe, and a kind of regret, that those people could build structures that were entirely functional but still retain a timeless beauty that enhances the built environment. I hope we can still do that nowadays.

 

[eternumviti]

Bringing back fond memories of my own time in a make-shift dark-room (cupboard) at my parent’s, with a “Gnome II” enlarger gifted by an uncle. I found it really exciting, but never relaxing, because I would get into a kind of creative frenzy trying to get a better and better image from my (poorly exposed) negatives and always feeling short of time and waiting for an impatient knock on the door.

(I was going to add a crude comment about having my hands inside the “Granny’s Knickers” changing-bag for loading 35mm film onto the developer tank spools but I’m above that kind of thing)

Yes, it's certainly something that can't be rushed!

I've converted the very inadequate dining room in my rented cottage into a temporary darkroom, but I would trust in sufficiently to handle undeveloped film, so I'm still using granny's old drawers for that bit.

 

[Rockmeister]

Having bought a pile of darkroom equipment at auction back in September, and then spending a fortune on filling gaps and replacing worn out or second rate items (transformer, lens, bulbs, filters, trays etc etc) - and, of course, paper, I've been slowly learning and relearning the ropes. Multigrade papers and filters were in their not so good infancy when I last spent serious time in a darkroom 40 odd years ago. Thankfully we now have youtube, which has been an absolute Godsend, and I bought a copy of Tim Rudman's fine tome, but by crikey the learning curve is long and expensive.

I particularly struggled with RC paper, as it seems to need so little time under the enlarger, and the results weren't differentiating themselves sufficiently from those from my faithful Epson 3880, so I finally took the plunge (ouch) into a couple of boxes of 10x8 Ilford Warmtine FB. Oh, what a beautiful thing it is too, slow to work, but it rewards patience, and it is a visual and tactile treat. I think I'm beginning to climb out of the abyss, but I have no doubt I'll trip over on those words in no time at all. If I can just get on top of the basics in the first few months of this year, I think I'm going to stretch myself on one of the great Andrew Sanderson's workshops before he draws stumps on them at the end of 2024.

your test prints are huge! Buy a test strip maker and save pounds!

 

[eternumviti]

your test prints are huge! Buy a test strip maker and save pounds!

Yes, does look a bit daft, but smaller ones in the first pic are only 5x7 RC, and at that size I was learning much more by printing tests of the whole frame. The exposure times were also way to short, even stopping right down. The larger ones are 10x8, with which I'm doing proper test strips at two-three grades and then a full-sized working print. Those shown are final prints on 10x8 warmtone mgfb.

 

[Rockmeister]

I used to love the darkroom! Making dodge and burn tools with bits of shaped card and coat hanger, thinking you had it in the right spot, turning the enlarger back on to find yourself too high with half the image blacked out, counting ‘one potato, two potato’…I built my first darkroom in ‘83 and after two more, but was still learning when I went digital 16 years later. Men in converted bathrooms have all my admiration!!

 

[eternumviti]

I used to love the darkroom! Making dodge and burn tools with bits of shaped card and coat hanger, thinking you had it in the right spot, turning the enlarger back on to find yourself too high with half the image blacked out, counting ‘one potato, two potato’…I built my first darkroom in ‘83 and after two more, but was still learning when I went digital 16 years later. Men in converted bathrooms have all my admiration!!

I stopped using a darkroom after my kids were born, just went over to colour prints for the family snaps and lost interest in 'proper' photography to a great degree. I bought my first DSLR in 2007 and quickly picked up interest again. I started to creep back into film about 8 years ago, almost entirely B&W with a hybrid workflow - developing the films and scanning into the digital realm using Nikon Coolscans, and printing using Epson Pro printers. The urge to set up a darkroom has been building momentum for a while. I'm fortunate in that I have a small former dining room which has adapted easily to a darkroom, so everything is ready and on standby whenever I feel inclined to spend an hour or two in there, all I need to do is pour the chems, flick the safelight on, and I'm away.

 

[Gromit]

Took a drive over to Newark this morning so on the way home popped into Newark Air Museum...

Vulcan mono by Boxertrixter, on Flickr

Pentax K-1/HD FA 28-105