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The lighthouse at Southwold.
Digital. DC Vario-Summilux at about 28mm. October 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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A misleading shadow. Coming and going along the Southbank, London
Digital. 35mm Summilux. August 2017.

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"That's a nice camera" I said to Jim looking at the Olympus Trip on top of the sideboard.
"Well if you like cameras... " he replied, opening the door below.
One for Andrea
Digital. 35mm Summicron. September 2017.

© John Banting 2017.

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A portrait taken during a recent workshop in Machynlleth.
I had to use a standard lens for my part of this exercise.
Digital. DC Vario Summilux at 50mm.

© John Banting 2017.

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Building repairs, Machynlleth. September 2017.
Digital. DC Vario Summilux at approx 35mm.
© John Banting 2017.

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Adjudicating the oyster shucking contest featured in the previous post.
Digital. DC Vario Summilux at approx 24mm.
© John Banting 2017.

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Early in September the Mersea Island Dredging competition for boats under sail takes place.
About ten crews turned out.
Just before the Dredging Match prize giving, which takes place on Packing Shed Island, this oyster shucking competition was held.

© John Banting 2017.

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Sun hats on for the West Mersea Town Regatta.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at about 28mm. August 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Watching the Round The Island sailing event yesterday.
Digital, 35mm Summicron. August 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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The windbreak.
Digital, 35mm Summicron. August 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Listening at the large acoustic mirror.
Another image from 2006.
M6, CV 21mm. HP5 at 400 in Aculux 2. July 2006.
© John Banting.

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An image from September 2006. Baloon seller, South Bank, London.
M6, 35mm Summicron. September 2006.
© John Banting.

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New Toys. Not mine of course. Richard, the builder, was very happy with his replacement bench saw.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. July 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Decorating equipment and tubs of paint.
Digital, 35mm Summilux. July 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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The Plasterer's Radio.
Digital, 28mm Summicron. July 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Plaster drying out.
Digital, DC Vario Summilux at 28mm equivalent. June 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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Building work in progress.
iPhone 5. June 2017.
© John Banting 2017.

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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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