Made the Peak District on Sunday morning. Up at 4:30, on location by about 6 – 45 mins before dawn. It was a pretty misty start up by the Cat & Fiddle. Headed down towards the Goyt Valley and popped the ol’ wellies on to do some stuff in a stream. Got some interesting shots in there, and managed to keep my feet dry! Well dry-ish. On inserting my left foot into the first boot, I discovered that it still had rain in it from the previous day, as I’d left them outside after jet washing the drive. DOH!
After the stream stuff, I jumped back in the car and headed over to Macc forest. The mist had lifted by this time and the sun appeared intermittently. I donned hiking boots, grabbed tripod and set off on foot. After about 20 minutes I realised that this was a bad idea. The Billingham bag I use for film is so damned heavy and uncomfortable! I really should have emptied the LowePro rucksack before I left but I hadn’t envisaged doing much walking. So I trapsed back to the car and headed off elsewhere. Quite where I ended up, I’m not sure. It was by a small stream down the bottom of a single track road, but I got some great shots here too.

All shot with T-Max 400 and processed in T-Max developer. I used some Ilfotol this time too instead of washing up liquid as my wetting agent and there is a vast improvement in the clarity of the negs. I’m afraid that I think I’ll be ditching the Mobberley film in favour of Kodak from now on.

Another work in progress. Not quite decided they layout and format of this yet, so I’ve posted the best of the bunch. Got some from Sandbach & Cannock still to post. Need to investigate some references to make a more informed decision on the layout.

To see more, go here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobsdad/sets/72157604048185918/

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Shot on Sunbank Lane in Hale Barns on a very cold and misty morning late last week. Shot with Fuji RVP100F.

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Shot at the Roman Baths in Bath in mid Jan on a very cold and wet Sunday morning. Finally got round to dev’ing the film, and scanning the negs. I am pleased that I managed to capture the mist coming off the pool.

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Shot at dawn in Dunham Massey about 3 weeks ago. Finally got round to dev’ing the film and scanning the negs.