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Stillness and a high tide.
Digital. 35mm Summilux. December 2016.
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Beach front housing styles.
Ilford HP5 at 800, Ilford DD-X 1+4. 50mm Summicron R. November 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Walking down The Lane towards the incoming high tide.
M6, 35mm Summicron, Ilford HP5 at 400, Microphen 1+1. Mersea Island, November 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A tree and some beach huts illuminated by a street lamp.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. Mersea Island, December 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The gnomes are left out to sunbathe while the beach huts are being painted.
From a recently finished roll of HP5 film started in the summer.
Summicron R 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 800, processed in DDX at 1 + 4. June 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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No wind and so no waves. Ideal conditions for a paddle boarder I suppose.
From a colour digital file. DC Vario Summilux at 70mm, 640 iso. December 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Looking across the Blackwater estuary towards Bradwell at high tide and just after sunset today.
Digital at 1600 iso, 35mm Summilux. November 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Three visitors relax in the installation at Tate Modern of Liquid Crystal by Gustav Metzger.
Originally made in 1965 and re-created later with computer control. Far out.

Digital P&S. Summilux at approx 35mm equivalent. June 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Oyster Smack CK159 Dorothy on a mooring. Mersea Island. April 2016.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5+ at 400. Ilford DD-X 1+4.
© John Banting 2016.

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Two people watching the sunset.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5+ at 400. Microphen 1+1. Mersea Island. October 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Three people watching the sunset.
Digital. 50mm Summilux. Mersea Island. October 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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An image from thirteen years ago this month in Kingston upon Thames.
Ilford Delta 3200 at 800 in Perceptol 1+0, 40mm Summicron-C. October 2003.
© John Banting 2003.

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A slipway, West Mersea, late in the afternoon in January 2016.
Ilford HP5 at 800 in Microphen 1+1, 35mm Summicron. January 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Business is slow for the Gondoliers on a misty morning near to the Piazza San Marco, Venice.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. October 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Another photograph of wooden poles sticking out of the water, but from a different location for a change, which is the reason I could not go to the talk by Martin Parr at  Firstsite
in Colchester last week.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. October 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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There has been an exhibition of Martin Parr's work on at  Firstsite
in Colchester this summer. I have been a few times because there is a lot to see, but unfortunately I won't be able to go to his talk on 29th September.
This photograph is the selection from Common Sense.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. September 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The vessel  RIIS 1 being watched as it is winched onto a berth at Peter Clarke's Boatyard on yesterday's high tide.
Digital, 50mm Summilux. September 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The composer Neil Ardley talks to the audience after the last ever performance of Kaleidoscope of Rainbows.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5+ in ID-11 1+1. South Bank, London, April 2002.
© John Banting 2002.

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From early summer in 2001. The mirrored ball near to @Bristol.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Tri X in ID-11 1+1. Probably May 2001.
Apologies if this has been posted before.
© John Banting 2001.

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A family watching the sunset from the beach.
From a colour Digital file. 28mm Summicron. August 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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From May or June 2000. A lunchtime concert in progress as I passed through The Barbican Centre.
M6, 35 Summicron, HP5 in ID-11 1+1.
© John Banting 2000.

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08:50hrs, walking to the office with breakfast in hand. Southwark area.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux. June 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Punting, Cambridge.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux. July 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Interacting with the orange carpet wall at Tate Modern. Pixels, but no colour this time.
Digital, 50mm Summilux. July 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Fishing from Barmouth Bridge.
Digital, 28mm Summicron. July 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Tate Modern.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux. June 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The new extension at Tate Modern.
Digital , DC Vario Summilux at 35mm June 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The choir give a performance at the Food Festival.
Digital , DC Vario Summilux at 35mm (probably). Mersea Island, May 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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For some, perhaps a memory of The Prisoner, for others just a childrens entertainment.
Digital , DC Vario Summilux at 24mm (probably). Mersea Island, May 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A paddleboard being carried down to the water.
Ilford HP5+, Ilfotec DD-X 1+4. R6.2 50mm Summicron R, May 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Donald gets his boat "Pearl" ready to be taken down to the water after some restoration work .
Digital, 28mm Summicron. West Mersea, May 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Tidying up in the greenhouse with early evening sunlight.
M6, 35mm Summicron, FP4+ at 125 in Ilfotec DD-X 1+4. May 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A cottage catches the late afternoon light.
West Mersea.
M6, 35mm Summicron, HP5+ at 800 in Microphen 1+1. March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The setting sun just catching the tops of the grasses. Some lens flare was inevitable.
West Mersea.
M6, 35mm Summicron, HP5+ in DD-X 1+4.Early April 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The Art Cafe window at night - a black and white version. Mmm, that's better.
West Mersea.
Digital, 50mm Summilux. April 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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The Art Cafe window at night.
West Mersea.
Digital, 50mm Summilux. April 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Clouds during the last few hours of Storm Katie.
Looking from Mersea Island towards Tollesbury.
M6, 35mm Summicron, Ilford HP5 at 800 in Microphen 1+1. March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A snap from April 1976 when I was attending the first workshop held at The Photographer's Place run by Paul Hill.
I have recently started to scan some of my old films because they seem to be fading fast.
Ilford FP4 at 200 asa in D-76. Minolta SRT303 with a Rokkor lens.
© John Banting 1976.

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The Blackwater Estuary.
Digital, 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M. Mersea Island, March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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High water along the Coast Road earlier this month.
M6, Ilford FP4 at 200, Microphen 1+3. Mersea Island, March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A viewer's hands at an exhibition of photographs.
iPhone5, London, March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A very red car. I waited for a short while but nobody wearing a red coat walked by.
(I had been to see the Vogue 100 and Saul Leiter exhibitions earlier in the day, so I'll blame that for the splash of colour).
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at 50mm, (probably). Southbank, London, March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A couple walking their dogs on the boardwalk at high tide.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at 70mm. Mersea Island, March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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A fishing boat heads out at high tide, Mersea Island.
M6, Ilford FP4 at 200. Microphen 1+3. March 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Visitors listening to a guide in the Accademia Gallery, Florence.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux. Florence, February 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Plaster casts and visitors in the hall of models within the Accademia Gallery.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at 35mm. Florence, February 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Somebody taking their dog for a paddle along Coast Road during the high tide on Wednesday afternoon.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at 28mm. Mersea Island, February 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Looking along Coast Road into the sunlight.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at 35mm. Mersea Island, February 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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For those of you in the north of the UK who are looking for Storm Imogen, it's down here if you want
to come and get it. This photograph was at the time of the approaching Storm Henry.
Digital, 28mm Summicron. Mersea Island, February 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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Looking towards Packing Shed Island on a murky January evening.
Ilford HP5+ at 800. Microphen 1+1. 90mm Tele Elmarit-M. Mersea Island, January 2016.
© John Banting 2016.

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