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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.
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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.
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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.
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The loom is now in the new shed.
35mm Summicron, Ilford HP5 at 400, Bellini Eco (XTOL). May 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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Company Shed. Coast Road, West Mersea.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. Late afternoon, February 2021.
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Gowen Ocean Sailmaker building, Coast Road, West Mersea.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. February 2021.
Image © John Banting 2021
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Looking across to Bradwell on a still January afternoon.
The high iso on this old digital camera looks a bit film like. Maybe.
Digital. 24mm equivalent on a Nikkor DX zoom. January 2021.
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Just after the sun had disappeared behind the clouds the Shingle Bank makes a nice curve against the water.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. January 2021.
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Houseboats on the Blackwater estuary, Essex.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. January 2021.
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Three people follow the outgoing tide along a shingle bank.
Digital. Q/28mm Summilix. January 2021.
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The low December sun just lights up the wet walkway through the marsh.
35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5 at 800. DD-X 1:4. December 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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Looking eastwards waiting for 2021 to arrive? Hmmm, probably not, since this was taken in November, but a nice thought.
35mm Summicron. Ilford HP5 at 1600. DD-X 1:4. From November 2020.
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Some film, perhaps some inspiration and somewhere to store the results. I hope you had a happy holiday.
iPhone6. December 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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Approaching midday on the winter solstice - very dull and wet weather, like most of December seems to have been.
Digital. Q/28mm Summilux. December 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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The grown-ups throw stones at a mooring bouy while the rest of the group watch.
Ilford HP5 at 1600 in DD-X. 35mm Summicron. Mersea Island, November 2020.
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Looking across to Cobmarsh Island from the shingle bank.
Ilford HP5 at 1600 in DD-X. 35mm Summicron. Mersea Island, November 2020.
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The Company Shed, West Mersea, closed during Lockdown 2 and on a very dull day.
Ilford HP5 at 1600 in DD-X. 35mm Summicron. November 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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Exploring a shingle spit as the tide goes out.
Digital, Q/28mm Summilux. The Blackwater Estuary, October 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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Looking across the Blackwater Estuary towards Bradwell.
Digital, and heavily cropped from a landscape format original. 35mm Summicron. November 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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Watching a late October high tide.
Ilford FP4+ at 200 in Ilford DD-X. 35mm Summicron. October 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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Power and telephone lines and posts to the houseboats.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. November 2019.
Image © John Banting 2019
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The former Dunkirk Little Ship now known as RIIS 1 is winched onto the slipway for the winter.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. October 2020.
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Trying out a different film, Kodak 5222 Double X. It feels like it has a heavier acetate base, as film used to be.
Kodak Double X at 250, processed in Bellini BW D96. 35mm Summicron. October 2020.
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The Rule of Six, yesterday. Nice clouds though.
Digital. 28mm Summicron. October 2020.
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It is very dull, wet and windy today as Storm Alex passes through, so some more knitting gets done.
(I have just received 3 rolls of Kodak 5222 Double XX film from Nik and Trick, so I will give this a try later this month, hopefully).
Digital. 28mm Elmarit-M. October 2020.
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Following on from my previous post showing the remains of WW2 High Speed Launch, HSL145 fully exposed at low tide, this is the scene at the next daytime high tide.
Digital. 50mm Summilux. September 2020.
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The remains of a WW2 High Speed Launch, HSL145 fully exposed at low tide.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. September 2020.
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 All shapes and sizes. This boat is being lowered down the slipway, presumably to be floated on the afternoon high tide.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. September 2020.
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Disused oyster beds in Strood Channel at low tide.
Digital. 35mm Summilux, September 2020.
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Fishing boat P989 in for maintenance.
35mm Summicron, FP4 at 200 in Bellini Duo Step. September 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
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Now looking unseaworthy and uninhabitable but still anchored amongst the other houseboats.
35mm Summicron, FP4 at 200 in Bellini Duo Step 2020. Image © John Banting 2020
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Looking into the window of the Violin Shop. Woodbridge, Suffolk. Digital. 28mm, July 2020. Image © John Banting 2020
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Water proofing a boat built with over-lapping timbers. 

The gentleman told me that the boat had been built for his parents in the 1950's.  

Ilford FP4 at 200. Bellini Duo Step (3 1/2 mins in A and B), July 2020.

Image © John Banting 2020.

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Two girls and a puppy documenting their day out with a selfie in front of the houseboats. 
Ilford FP4 at 200. Bellini Duo Step (3 1/2 mins in A and B), July 2020.
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Another image of the caulking of the hull of the vessel Saxonia. 
Ilford FP4 at 200. Bellini Duo Step, June 2020.
Image © John Banting 2020
(I am still here doing photo-ey things, and keeping an eye on you regularly, but just haven't snapped very much recently).
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Caulking the hull of the vessel Saxonia. (They haven't actually bolted a Land Rover Defender to the boat). 
Ilford FP4 at 200. Bellini Duo Step, (nice!), June 2020.
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