Merseyside mono

Had to visit someone next to the park and took 5 minutes to take a shot of the pavillion in the middle. A dog walked in to see what was going on and I got this.


Amidst an empty Southport beach, I also shot this on the K10D and converted to mono. Shot with the grad for the sky detail - having to shoot most things with it on as I can't get it off the lens....

More from the toy camera

Holga

Picked up a couple of Holgas from Ebay. The plastic lens version - 120N - is a real horror to get in focus and it gives virtually no contrast in the negs. It does however give the real dreamlike 100 year old quality.
The glass lens - 120GN - however is a little marvel but the voice in the back of my head says it's too high tech with the glass lens and it's images too sharp and well developed. It's still a $20 toy camera right??

Lunch in the city

Manchester again - got 40 mins or so for a lunch break and wanted to pop into George's barbers to give him a print of the shot I'd taken previously. He seemed chuffed.
Grabbed these shots as well.



Also managed to get this when driving to Runcorn. Converted mono through Lightroom as seems the norm at the minute and contrast boosted / blues dropped back for more sky definition.

Wasdale

Never been up as far as Wasdale in the Lake District. Absolutely jaw dropping - got there quite late in the day so didn't get to see as much as I would have liked but the colours and light were phenomenal.

Thinking in Mono

Was up near the lakes and although the weather was clearing, a clump of fog sat on top of one of these hills and refused to clear. I managed to get some shots and converted to black and white.
Sometimes when you see the image, the colour drains away and while you're looking all you're focussing on is the depth of contrast and how it all looks desaturated.

Washed up at the beach

There's been some really bad weather here in the northwest over the last few days - gales, rain, sleet and some snow.
On Thursday night / Friday morning a cargo ship got hit by a wave which knocked it off course and on to the beach at Cleveleys near Blackpool.
I went across to have a look.