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Unrelated Rubbish

Found a couple from before Xmas from ‘Up North’ when it was very cold. Push chair Coke Only just got round to developing them. Took a risk with the Tri-X and threw it in with the FP4+ and stand developed it for 3 hrs at 1+200 in Rodinal. It shouldn’t have worked, but I like…

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I Found A Hat

I found a plastic fedora down by the river. Malcolm Allison’s ghost? I like the ‘painted’ background effect of the Summicron. Bit buggered with the jpg compression but looks great on the original.  It was quite windy and got blown about because it was so light. So I thought I’d just photograph it where…

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Background Works

Just testing the Summicron 90/2 which I intend to be using for a series of portraits later this year. 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…

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