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


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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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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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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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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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A band of cloud carried along the estuary on a strong westerly wind.
I didn't have to wait very long to get this image.
Digital. 35mm Summilux. Mersea Island, January 2018.

© John Banting 2018.

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The Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, March 1974. Not previously scanned or printed.
The negative is quite damaged but with image processing and at this size it looks OK on screen.
Canon FP, 50mm Canon lens, FP4. Probably D76.

© John Banting 1974/2018.

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733

Photographed almost directly into the setting sun giving some flare on the filter.
Mersea Island, Essex.
Digital, 35mm Summicron. Early December 2017.

© John Banting 2018.

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It seems like ages since we saw the sun, but at lunchtime today the clouds broke.
Looking across the Blackwater Estuary towards the decomissioned Bradwell power station.
Digital, DC Vario-Summilux at about 70mm. January 2018.

© John Banting 2018.

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An oyster washing shed along Coast Road, Mersea Island. December 2017.
M6, 35mm Summilux.  Ilford HP5 at 400 processed in DD-X

© John Banting 2017.

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The moon rising over 3 rowing boats on the shingle bank.. 
Digital. 35mm Summilux. Mersea Island, December 2017.

© John Banting 2017.

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Abandoned house adjacent to a boatyard, or a boatyard in the grounds of an abandoned house. 
Not sure which.
Digital. 35mm Summilux. November 2017.

© John Banting 2017.

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Part of the Hyundai sponsored exhibit in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern. 
Digital. DC Vario Summilux at approx 28mm. December 2017.

© John Banting 2017.

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A tired tourist rests near the Tower of London. 
Digital. DC Vario Summilux at approx 35mm. June 2017.

© John Banting 2017.

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I think that this should read 'Gowen Ocean Sailmakers' 
M6, 35mm Summicron. HP5 at 400 in DD-X. December 2017.

© John Banting 2017.

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