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One more image made in 2021 and posted in 2021.
Ilford HP5 at 800. Microphen 1+1. 90mm lens. December 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
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It has been so dull for so long. I haven't averaged a roll of film a month this year so I went out this once again dull morning.
Loaded that roll of Delta 400 that expired a year ago set at 800 to be processed in Microphen.
After the first few shots the sun came out. It didn't take long to cloud over again though.
Ilford Delta 400 at 800. Microphen 1+1. 90mm lens. December 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
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The White Hart closed in 2013 and is now being re-developed. Photographed at about the time of the winter solstice today.
Digital. 35mm lens. December 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
Happy holiday and stay safe please.
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From November, looking across the Blackwater Estuary towards the Dengie Peninsula.
Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini HC dilution B. Probably using a 50mm lens. November 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
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RIIS 1 is back in the boatyard for the winter months.
Digital. 28mm. November 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
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I think it is a seagull.
Ilford HP5 at 400, Bellini Euro HC dilution B. 50mm Summicron. October 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
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A coach heading down Coast Road passing some Sunday morning bikers stopping for a break.
Ilford HP5 at 400, Bellini Euro HC dilution B. 90mm Tele Elmarit-M. November 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
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Two photographers capture some wading birds (I guess) down by the Hard.
After a recent processing failure I remembered to add the developer to the water this time.
Ilford HP5 at 400, Bellini Euro HC dilution B. 90mm Tele Elmarit-M. November 2021
Image © John Banting 2021
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The houseboat Mojo.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. September 2018.
Image © John Banting 2018
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Frame 35, and the final one to be posted from the 36 exp roll of film shot earlier this month.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Frame 31 of the 36 exp roll of film shot on a late afternoon walk earlier this month.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Frame 23 of the 36 exp roll of film shot on a late afternoon walk earlier this month.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Bellini film developers - I have tried the Duo Step (Diafine), Eco (Xtol) and now Euro HC (HC110).
I still have some Duo Step left, used all the Eco then saw the HC110 substitute on NTPhotoworks when re-ordering.
I think the HC is very nice, (not sure about shelf life for it though), it has only a 5 mins processing time for HP5 at 400.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Frame 19 from the 36 exp roll of film shot on a late afternoon walk earlier this month.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021.
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This is frame 10 from the 36 exp roll of film shot on a walk earlier this month.
This couple walked a short distance, then stopped and looked at a phone, or some handheld device,
before walking a little further and stopping again to look at the device. They did this several times.
I wonder what it was.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Monkey Beach, the garden building and the tree fallen onto the sand as shown in previous posts.
That is 6 of the first 7 frames from a 36 exp roll of film now posted, none of which would normally have been selected to post, but
I thought it might be interesting to show a frame a day from the roll of film. No, don't worry, I won't be posting all 36 frames.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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A garden building near to the foot of Monkey Beach steps gradually losing the battle with the wind and rain.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Laminated signs in English and 3 other languages warning against illegal shellfish harvesting.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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From the same spot as the previous photograph, but looking up through the hedge and fallen tree on the beach towards Coast Road.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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A little further along the beach from the previous post.
Few people around, possibly because no one has any petrol to get here.
The tree which blew down onto the beach a year (or two?) ago is still growing.
Summicron 50mm, Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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A walk along the beach after the rain had stopped to use or maybe waste some film.
Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini EuroHC 1+31. October 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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I was processing the image for my previous post the other evening when these clouds caught my eye.
It has mostly been blue sky, blue sky with fluffy clouds or more often just heavy grey sky recently.
And the pigeon was nicely positioned as well.
Digital, 28mm Summicron. September 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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A hazy sunny morning back in April.
Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini Eco (Xtol). 35mm Summicron. April 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Some woodwork being replaced during a few days of low tides.
Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini HC at dilution B, 1+31. 50mm Summicron. September 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Following an online watercolour class.
This HC-110 developer replacemnt held the highlights nicely.
Ilford HP5 at 400. Bellini HC at dilution B, 1+31. 50mm Summicron. August 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Just a little light drizzle, then a few seconds after this image a proper downpour.
So I didn't stay around to watch any of the Regatta - too wet and too crowded.
Digital. 50mm Summilux. August 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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A Thames Barge decked out for Regatta Day.
Row boats ready for the start of the "bag over your head" event.
Digital. 50mm Summilux. August 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Computer visual aids.
Digital. 50mm Summilux. August 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Repaint in progress.
Ilford HP5 at 400 in Bellini Eco (Xtol). 50mm Summicron. July 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Steven on his boat Gypsy Rose.
Ilford HP5 at 400 in Bellini Eco (Xtol). 35mm Summicron. May 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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What looks like a battle between nature and a bungalow.
Nature gets my bet.
Ilford HP5 at 400 in Bellini Eco (Xtol) diluted 1:1.6 ish to use up what was left. 50mm Summicron. July 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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I didn't manage to capture the pouring rain with this handheld shot of about 1/4 second.
I had hoped to see people running up the road, but everyone wisely sheltered, so had to make do with the pickup truck.
Ilford HP5 at 400 in Bellini Eco (Xtol) diluted 1:1.6 ish to use up what was left. 50mm Summicron. July 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Two of the boats removed from the marsh in May were towed to The Hard before going off to wherever boats go when they aren't boats anymore.
Wherever that is, they have gone there now.
Ilford HP5 at 400 in Bellini Eco (Xtol). 50mm Summicron. June 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Following on from the previous post, HSL145 is still slowly falling apart next to the Lifeboat Station.
This was 2 weeks ago, and also shows the lifeboat being launched but only for a training session, fortunately.
Ilford HP5 at 400 in Bellini Eco (Xtol). 50mm Summicron. June 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Next to the Lifeboat Station, HSL145 is still slowly falling apart.
This was 2 months ago, but I haven't checked recently.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. April 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Some of the abandoned, or less seaworthy boats have been removed from the marsh just recently.
This image shows the last mooring line on 'Toujours' being cut so it can be towed away from the marsh on a high tide last week
Digital. 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M. May 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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The loom is now in the new shed.
35mm Summicron, Ilford HP5 at 400, Bellini Eco (XTOL). May 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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The National Museum of Photography Film and Television, Bradford.
Digital. A borrowed Canon S7 point and shoot with a zoom lens. 2004
Image © John Banting 2004
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895

 

Street art.
Digital. Sigma 18-50 zoom lens. Hoxton / Shoreditch area. September 2005
Image © John Banting 2005
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A day of wind, sunshine and showers, and here is the next hailstorm approaching.
Digital. Q/28mm Summilux. May 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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893

 

Another image that might have been taken in the late 1960s, but was photographed this morning.
I haven't seen a Renault 4 around for a long time. This one is French registered.
Ilford HP5 at 400, Bellini Eco (Xtol), 35mm Summicron. Coast Road, West Mersea.
Image © John Banting 2021
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York engine shed, sometime in 1968 approximately.
Ilford Sportsman 125 and Ilford FP3. Lots of retouching to remove dust and scratches.
Image © John Banting
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Sea mist along the estuary today. Digital. 35mm Summicron. April 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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890

 

The houseboat (right foreground) has been removed (demolished) and replaced. Unfortunately, I didn't get to photograph the removal/demolition.
Ilford Delta 400 at 800. Bellini Eco (Xtol). 35mm Summicron. February 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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889

 

Lockdown hairdressing.
Digital. 28mm Summicron. March 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Lockdown photograph of someone by the light of the Google home page. Digital. 28mm Summicron. March 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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We had some nice clouds here as well the other day.
Digital. 21mm Voigtlander Color Skopar MC. March 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Another frame from what seemed like a never ending roll of film.
Ilford Delta 400 at 800. Bellini Eco (XTOL), 35mm Summicron. January 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Houseboats and sunset. From what seems like a never ending roll of film.
I finally managed to finish this film today. Started it on a dark early January day - hence rated at 800. Ilford Delta 400 at 800. Bellini Eco (XTOL), 35mm Summicron. January 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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The Old Lifeboat Station, West Mersea, photographed with almost the very last of the daylight.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. February 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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The Company Shed. Coast Road, West Mersea.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. Late afternoon, February 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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