ChrisROxford street.
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Rotating rail bridge; no longer used, this used to cross the canal [EDIT: in Oxford], and would be swung one way to allow canal traffic and then back to allow trains to cross!.
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Footbridge, by the junction of Sheepwash Cut and the Thames, Oxford.
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Canal bikes.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Window with people. I saw the fellow on the right with his stick, and was framing up the phto when the person on the left came round the corner. The building at then end is either a church or a college. #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
College entry.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-K 55mm f/1.8 lens, #IlfordFP4, yellow filter, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
The keep, Kenilworth Castle. Taken with an Olympus Stylus (mju) we (re-) found in a drawer, along with a Mamiya U. This is a test film for both. It works...
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Leicester's building, Kenilworth Castle. This was built specifically for one of Queen Elizabeth's visits, and extended for her last and longest visit, 450 years ago this month.
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Leicester's garden, Kenilworth Castle. A re-imagining of the garden built for Elizabeth. Bromide drag really strong in this one.
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Gatehouse, converted to a private house when the castle was "slighted" after the Civil War. This with the #MamiyaU whose lens is clearly quite a different proposition from the Olympus!
#Kentmere100, HC-110 dilution B
Oxford Castle and Prison. Now part of a fancy hotel!
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#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
Leicester's garden, Kenilworth Castle, again.
#MamiyaU, #Kentmere100, HC-110 dilution B.
The promise of this thread is, at least one from each roll of film. On this roll, we have #Sydney in 2000 in the #MamiyaU, and after reloading the unfinished roll, the local High Street in 2025, in my #PentaxME.
#KodakGold200, EI 200 in the Mamiya, EI 12 in the #Pentax, dev by Filmdev.
Back to Oxford, the Gloucester Green market.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"Bridge of Sighs", Oxford.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Path by the giant conifer (possibly Wellingtonia?) at Leek Wooton.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Tree trunks. This group of trunks see to radiate from the same spot, perhaps grown up versions of root suckers from long ago?
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Fallen.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Pillar in the clearing. For no good reason I can see, this classical pillar stands in a clearing in the arboretum.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Multiple trunks. Not sure what kind of shrub this was, perhaps a rhododendron? [EDIT: It appears it was a Portuguese Laurel!]
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"The Common" 1. Usually a common in England was open space for grazing; this is sloping land apparently used for gravel pits in the past.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"The Common" 2.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
"The Common" 3.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Queen Anne's Lace in the graveyard.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Bit of a swirl...
#PentaxME, #Vivitar 28mm f/2.8, ND8 filter, expired AgfaColor 100 at EI125, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Oooh, stripey! (In Crackley Wood.)
#PentaxME, #Vivitar 28mm f/2.8, ND8 filter, expired AgfaColor 100 at [EDIT] EI 25, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Walking. Just an experiment: set the shutter speed at 1-3 seconds, then open it while walking into the scene.
#PentaxME, #Vivitar 28mm f/2.8, ND8 filter, expired AgfaColor 100 at EI 25, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Second swirl. Here we have horse chestnut blossom, bluebells and some pink and white blossom //i don't remember.
#PentaxME, #Vivitar 28mm f/2.8, ND8 filter, expired AgfaColor 100 at EI 25, dev/scan by Filmdev.
Enough of this colour stuff. The Tipperary pub, that once served airmen from a nearby airfield, now a JLR proving ground. All closed up, sadly.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
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#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
Doorway in St Nic's Church. The elaborate stonework was moved here from St Mary's Priory, closed by Henry VIII, for the visit of Queen Elizabeth, 450 years ago this year.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
The Pound. This little yard is the site where stray animals used to be impounded in the 16th and 17th centuries, owners having to pay a fine for their release. The shape marked with bricks shows the site of the wartime ARP wardens' hut, also the site where one of the local cricket clubs (The Wardens) was founded!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Bench by the pond.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Three trees (four trunks).
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Woodland path.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Dark clouds over Abbey Fields.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Some lads.
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Canoes on the upper (Warwickshire) Avon.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.
Posh farmhouse.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Well-used footpath.
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You lookin' at me?
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Castle drama.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Swan family. Down to 4 cygnets now (one wandered into a nearby road), but they are nearly as big as their parents. Thriving despite the lake having shrunk to a third of its size in the drought.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Broken.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Wild hop vine.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Broken tower. I think this must be an observation tower for shoots in this woodland, though I've never seen another one like it.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Pond at Warwick University.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Castle garden. View of the "slighted" keep from the reconstructed Elizabethan garden at Kenilworth.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Cat on a bench (in the castle). EDIT: I forgot #Caturday
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordPanF, home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Holyrood #trichrome 1. With this film I really struggled to get natural colours where they should be, and the wind was maybe too strong to get subtle "glitches".
#Pentax ME, Vivitar Series 1 28mm f/2.8, red, green and blue filters, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned, 3 frames combined in Affinity Photo..
Holyrood Park #trichrome 2. Arthur's Seat is the peak here.
#Pentax ME, Vivitar Series 1 28mm f/2.8, red, green and blue filters, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned, 3 frames combined in Affinity Photo..
Holyrood Park #trichrome 3. Swans and flowers.
#Pentax ME, Vivitar Series 1 28mm f/2.8, red, green and blue filters, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned, 3 frames combined in Affinity Photo..
Holyrood Park #trichrome 4. Swans, flowers and people. That weird coil is on one of the three negatives; in something so glitchy it seemed best to leave it!
#Pentax ME, Vivitar Series 1 28mm f/2.8, red, green and blue filters, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned, 3 frames combined in Affinity Photo..
Holyrood Park #trichrome 5. St Anthony's Chapel on the hill again. Does it work for #FensterFreitag?
#Pentax ME, Vivitar Series 1 28mm f/2.8, red, green and blue filters, #Kentmere100, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned, 3 frames combined in Affinity Photo..
Keith Devereux@carusb .. Wonderful trichrome.
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oldfartjmb says FREE PALESTINEChris, what is delightful image! My eyes just kept wandering here and there wanting to examine the next lush piece. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Urban CameraWe have them dotted about all over the place here. Hardly a single wooded area facing onto open fields which doesn't have one or two.
@uc So is the purpose observing shoots as I speculated? EDIT: this is inside the wood, but facing a long narrow open area.
@shom @uc Most shooting in these parts is of pheasant and partridge, usually done in an open field with the birds driven over the guns by beaters, who are separated sideways by a distance to help them not kill each other! This doesn't fit that model quite. It could be for deer, but you might have to sit there for a few weeks!
We use them as hunter's shelters, and some hunt from within them rather than walking out and searching. Similar to observation towers, but for a bloodier purpose.
Benoît Jones