755

Trying to keep the jazz cool at the RHS Hyde Hall Garden event.
On a very hot day these musicians stayed in the shade.
Digital, 35mm Summicron. Essex, August 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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754

I went to the Four Corners Gallery in Bethnal Green to listen to the talk "Half Moon Photography Workshop: the inside story."
The speakers included Mike Goldwater, Ron McCormick, Jennie Matthews and Paul Trevor.
And nice to see Ed Barber remembered on the poster outside. A very interesting story. I never did visit the original Half Moon Gallery but did buy Camerawork magazine for a while.
Digital, 28mm Summilux. Bethnal Green, July 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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A reminder of cloudy days. A high tide on the River Colne at Wivenhoe floods part of the riverfront although the river barrier was closed. 
Digital, 35mm Summicron. Wivenhoe, Essex, January 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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A balloon seller wisely uses the balloons as an umbrella in the scorching hot sun. 
Digital, 35mm Summicron. Kingston upon Thames, July 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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The chairs at the fishermen's hut at The Hard, West Mersea. 
M6, FP4 at 200, DD-X. 50mm lens. June 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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750

A shiny red Ford Cortina GT parked behind a beach hut. 
A scene from the mid 1960's captured today, but not on film.
Digital, 28mm. June 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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749

The Maid of Honour gives a speech as darkness falls. 
Red Barn near Hopland, California.
Digital, 28mm. May 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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748

A girl runs onto the beach talking excitedly into her phone and waving a ukulele.
Just after sunset, Santa Barbara, California.
Digital, 28mm. June 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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747

A magician entertaining wedding guests with a few card tricks..
Digital, 28mm. May 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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746

After some modification and repair work over winter Pearl is collected from Donald's yard and taken back onto the water.
Digital, 55mm Sonnar. May 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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745

From February 1977. A former workshop becomes a playground before re-development work starts.
Ilford HP4 at 650 in  Aculux. Minolta SRT303, 28mm Tamron. Potton, Bedfordshire 1977.
© John Banting 1977/2018.

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744

A photographer setting up a tripod ready to photograph the abandoned boat on the shingle bank.
Ilford HP5 at 400. DD-X 1+4. M6, 35mm Summicron, Mersea Island, April 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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743

July 1976, we were invited to a wedding in Rotherham. The signage is for Rawmarsh Shopping Centre.
Ilford FP4 rated at 200, processed in Acutol. Minolta SRT303 and Rokkor 50mm.
© John Banting 1976/2018.

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742

At the local Horticultural Society spring show.
Digital. 35mm Summicron. Mersea Island, March 2018.
© John Banting 2018.


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741

Maintenance to mast  head equipment in a boat yard in West Mersea.
Digital. DC Vario Summilux at 70mm. Mersea Island, March 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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From December 1975. The bodyshell of a Morris Marina car against the black corrugated iron fence of a vehicle scrap yard.
Minolta SRT303, probably a Rokkor 50mm lens. Ilford FP4 at 400, but under developed in D-76.
© John Banting.

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739

On film, and on a slightly warmer day a family watch the high tide near Monkey Beach steps.
M6, 35mm Summicron. Delta 400 at 800 in DD-X. Mersea Island, March 2018.
© John Banting 2018.

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738

The dog walker keeps the cold easterly wind on his back at high tide today..
The BBC Question Time programme should have been broadcast from Mersea Island today,
but has been switched back to London because of the weather and public transport problems.
Digital. Nikkor zoom at about 35mm.

© John Banting 2018.

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The ship in the background is called Oregis, and had run aground at Tynemouth following an engine failure. This is from March or April 1974.
The tug is the Northsider to assist with recovery.
Canon FP, 50mm. Ilford FP4 at 125 in D76.

© John Banting.

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736

A feeding opportunity for some seagulls while a fishing boat waits for the tide.

Digital. DC Vario Summilux at 70mm. The Blackwater Estuary, Late afternoon, February 2018.
 

© John Banting 2018.

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