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Technology curmudgeon with a background in electronics, software and video game development. Mostly posting about photography, synths, making things or random thoughts.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 1d

I thought the Fletchers Performing Arts Theatre in Nottingham would be worth a return visit and with the low winter sun it did not disappoint.

📷 OM-Systems OM-5ii, 12-45, f/4

#Nottingham #photography #BlackAndWhite

The brushed black cladding on the Fletchers Performing Arts Theatre catching the low winter sun, digital photo processed to B&W with quite a bit of blue filtered out.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 3d

Posh Primark

The Primark store in Belfast, it was gutted in a fire in 2018 and reopened in 2022 after an extensive rebuilding program.

📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200

#photography #filmPhotography #Belfast

The view of the front of the Belfast Primark from across the road, it's an impressive read brick Victorian building with a clock central on the roof. Shot on B&W film

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 8d

Knot going anywhere.

Two sets of ropes holding a refloated and heavily damaged small boat on the Trent and Mersey canal.

📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 50mm f/1.7
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200

#UkCanals #photography #filmPhotography

A shallow depth of field shot of the bow of a small boat that has been refloated but has obviously spent a while sunk in the canal. One set of ropes is very dirty and the other much cleaner and added for extra security. Shot is B&W

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 9d

If you're enjoying yourself, it's all good 👍

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 9d

Quarter Mile bridge Alrewas.

📷 Pentax ME Super
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200

#UkCanals #filmPhotography #photography

Looking towards a narrow foot bridge that takes the towpath of the Trent and Mersey canal over the river Trent near Alrewas, it has turn left arrows on it to guide boaters towards the lock to take them off the river, there are a couple of swans very off in the distance. Photo is taken on B&W film

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 12d

Happily surprised how this turned out, the B&W film makes the rust on the corrugated sheets standout. I'm also getting a bit of a John Smith's - The Black Tower vibe from it but that might be more in my head.

#Lurgan #filmPhotography #photography

The extended roof line of a factory looks like a giant rusty corrugated shed has been put on top of it. B&W and shot on Kentmere 200 35mm film.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 14d

A few more Nottingham photos I shot a month ago while trying out 35mm Kentmere Pan 200 film.

#Nottingham #filmPhotography #photography

The top part of Nottingham college with Fletchers Performing Arts Theatre in the lower left with it's black panelling . Photo is black and white and was taken on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200.

Looking down the path between the columns under the tramway as it goes past Nottingham college. Photo is black and white and was taken on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200.

The Pigeon Milk - "We milk the birds so you don't have to" street art from Nottingham near the Board Marsh bus station. Shot on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200 black and white film.

Street art on the retaining wall for the steps that lead up to Collin Street from Nottingham College. Shot on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200 black and white film.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 16d

Is this the Lion King?

📷 Pentax ME Super, 50mm f/1.7

#Nottingham #filmPhotography #photography #BlackAndWhite

A man sits on one of the lions outside the market hall in Nottingham, his baseball cap also has a crown and he carries a staff the end looking like a microphone. Shot on Kentmere 200 B&W film.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 18d

The path leads on....

...back to the car.

#CarsingtonWater #Fomapan200 #filmPhotography #photography

A portrait aspect ratio B&W photo of a gravel path snaking along the top of Carsington Water dam with the reservoir on the left.

From a 35mm roll of Fomapan 200 that could have probably done with being shot at 100 ISO.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 19d

Pedalos on the river Lagan, Belfast.

Not something I expected to see, I imagine they've been removed now for the winter, this was in September.

#Belfast #Fomapan200 #filmPhotography #photography

Lots of pedalos tied up on the river Lagan in Belfast in September shot on B&W film taken from near Waterfront Hall looking downstream.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 20d

Broken but not defeated.

#filmPhotography #photography #CarsingtonWater #MonochromeMonday

A tree stands to the left of a gravel path around Carsington water, one of its trunks has split revealing a mass of light splintered wood but it still stands.

Fomapan 200
Yellow filter hence the high contrast to the inner wood.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 21d

White's Tavern Belfast.

From a trip in September, it's the first frame off a roll of Kentmere 200 I shot, before frame 1 hence the light tunnelling marks on the left.

#filmPhotography #photography #Belfast

A black and white photo of ally behind White's Tavern with beer kegs stacked to the right. On the left of the photo are small light patches, this is due to light tunnelling in the film substrate being scattered buy the sprocket holes. Something you might find when using the frames before 1 is shown on the camera.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · Sep 27

Here's a few photos from this morning's wander from Fradley Junction to Alrewas (Quarter Mile Bridge) and back. Finished off a roll of B&W in the Pentax then switched to my new OM-5(ii) which has been a joy to use. These are all from the OM-5, was a bit of a grey sky day.

#canal #photography

A green narrow boat passes on the canal on the left of the image after passing under a brick bridge.

Moored narrow boats, one call no.2 the other side with the bow of another boat this side of the canal on the left

One eye missing on this boat, a refloated wreck with one capsule shaped windows now missing.

Looking along the river Trent towards Alrewas from the far end of Quarter Mile Bridge which sits in the right hand side of the image

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · Sep 21

I thought I'd give the Helios 44-2 a test in the bright sunlight after I dismantled it and cleaned up the fungus and oil earlier this week. Even after cleaning it looked pretty grotty but surprisingly it handled bight highlights and the sun quite well 😀

A red post box on a grey pole, focus is slightly out but the background shows the Helios swirl.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · Sep 20

Lovely photos, are you shooting this at 200 or nearer 100 ISO? I've a 35mm roll of this to play with but didn't get great results with the original version which I feel I under exposed.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · Sep 20

It's a grey and "meh" day so dug this out of my unprocessed raw files.

I remember visiting a Japanese (iirc) supermarket on the ground floor of this building back in the 90's, now it's sitting empty awaiting the Broadmarsh redevelopment.

#Nottingham #Photography

An empty building on the edge of the Broadmash redevelopment in Nottingham, the shop in the ground floor is boarded up, a couple walk past on the pristine new walkway. The photo is black and white.

Matt @matt303.bsky.social · Sep 14

Well thank you for your service 😆

I spotted this in the skate area under the tram bridge over the train station in Nottingham.

#StreetArt #Nottingham #phoneography