It has a reputation for producing excellent bokeh. Certainly some of these backgrounds are interesting. I’ve done very little post-processing

Canary Wharf

Some views of the bankers across the river







Thames Path

Mainly down by the breakers







These were taken at shutter speeds of 1/60 and below, most at 1/30. I don’t think I could handhold an SLR with a fast 90 lens successfully/consistently at 1/30

Slightly disturbing, if a little over-dramatised. Loving the little guy to the right

Which is a shame ‘cos I don’t have £2.75k to invest in a new one and probably never will.

Bar code

I use an Epson Perfection V750 for medium format with inserts from Doug Fisher . Looks like I’ll have to use it for 35mm too now. Rats.

The good news is that with Vuescan, I can be creative. The image above is actually the 6 negs from a roll that I was testing a Summicron 90/2 lens. MASSIVE file, nearly a 600MiB tiff, but hey! It could be fun. There is a sliding scale of F stops on this image too.

Spot the books!

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Don’t you ever laugh as the hearse goes by, For you may be the next to die.

ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh how happy we shall be

They wrap you up in a big white sheet, From your head down to your feet.

ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh how happy we shall be

They put you in a big black box, And cover you up with dirt and rocks.

ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh how happy we shall be

Your stomach turns a slimy green, And pus pours out like whipping cream.

ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh how happy we shall be

You spread it on a slice of bread, And that’s what you eat when you are dead.

ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh how happy we shall be

I’m not usually a fan of cars but I might make an exception for this one. Even at £40.00 a pop for the petrol just to drive around Deptford it would be so cool.

Apparently it is the only one of these Cadillac hearses in the country. I can believe it.

And to make it more fairy-tale still, it had a previous life rusting away in a Louisiana field.

Two sides of a 1952 Cadillac hearse… More to follow

“to protect and serve”

Emergency 911

Beware pickpockets and loose women

From Kentucky, USA to a shed roof in Deptford. Wonderful stuff. I couldn’t make it up.

Head line

There is so much going on in this photo it is hard to know where to begin!

It is unexpected treasure and I’ve lots of photos to post. Thank you Fred!

Old

Newer

Broken

The bottom two photos were taken with a 1936 LTM Leitz Elmar 90/4 mounted on the M6. The broken windscreen shows that it can be remarkably sharp. The top photo was taken with a 1970′s Leitz Summicron 35/2 IV and manages to look more like the results I’d expect from the Elmar… But I like it.

I also like Hank Williams though.

This post has no relevance to the Three Lions badge worn by the England ‘football’ team… except perhaps the second and the final photo. Images of banjo’s and the cow’s arses were unavailable, but there is a horse’s arse.

Camera & dev

Leica M6, Leitz Summicron 35/2 & Leitz Elmar 90/4, Ilford Fp4+ EI 100, Rodinal 1+50 14 minutes

Scott Tracy and stiletto shoe… whose icons?

More brick wall from the Deptford Project.

As usual, fabulous coffee. The cake is made by Ajay and highly recommended – as is all his cooking.

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