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The kitchen of a Prayer and Meeting House.
Digital, 35mm Summicron. June 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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The section of Pingle Hill passing underneath the railway line at Gainsborough Central Station.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. June 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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CK91 resting on the shingle bank for some small maintenance jobs, now ready to be refloated on the incoming tide.
Ilford FP4 at 125, DD-X 1+4. 35mm Summicron. May 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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From the archive. The sleeping lady and enthusiastic photographer in the Great Court, British Museum.  

Ilford HP5 in ID-11 at 1+1. Probably a 35mm Summicron. July 2002.  

© John Banting 2002.

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Aaaah, a roll of film at last. The first since February. Sorry. 
HP5 at 400 in DD-X 1+4. 21mm Cosina Voigtlander. May 2017. 
© John Banting 2017.

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A trench, pipework and builders.
Digital, 35mm Summicron. April 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Walking through the wall.
(The reflection of the museum visitor walking past the photograph taken in West Berlin in1963).
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at approx 28mm equivalent. April 2017.
© John Banting 2017. I do not know who took the museum image.

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Clouds over the Blackwater estuary.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at approx 28mm equivalent. Late afternoon, January 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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We found a cafe on Wilhelmstrase in Berlin where you could get a nice scone and coffee. You could also buy a nice steel vintage bike if you wanted.
I didn't. It would have messed up my Ry*nA*r cabin baggage allowance.
Digital, 35mm Summicron. April 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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As the tide goes out the shingle spit becomes visible.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at 35mm equivalent. Late afternoon, January 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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A Toyota pickup in a high tide in January. No harm done.

Digital, 35mm Summilux. West Mersea, January 2017.  

© John Banting 2017.

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A fast food outlet at sunset.
Digital, 50mm Summilux. March 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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A W.I. meeting hall photographed in late December 2016.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. December 2016.
© John Banting 2017.

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The sunset seen from the car park of the Oyster Bar, Coast Road one weekend earlier this month.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5 at 1600, DD-X 1+4. February 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Oyster Smack CK44, Mayflower, with mast removed in Peter Clarke's boatyard West Mersea for restoration work.
Digital, 28mm Summicron. February 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Sunflowers from last year in an allotment in Chelmsford.
Digital, 50mm Summilux. February 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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One of those dull and dreary January days, perfect for rating film at 1600asa.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5 at 1600. DD-x 1+4. January 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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The last customers of the day. The Art Cafe, Mersea Island.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5 at 1600. DD-x 1+4. January 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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For some, a ride in the cart through yesterdays high tide along Coast Road.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5 at 400. DD-x 1+4. January 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Monkey Beach cottage catches almost the last of the daylight.
Digital. DC Vario Summilux at 24mm equivalent. ISO 800.
Mersea Island, January 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Stillness and a high tide.
Digital. 35mm Summilux. December 2016.
© John Banting 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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