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Phil
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Hobby film photographer in Scotland.
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Here is a work for poets -
Carve the runes
Then be content with silence

From "A Work For Poets" by
George Mackay Brown
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Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Made and fitted a new foam seal to the Praktica back, not the neatest but better than it was. If I stop down the 50mm lens past f5.6 the aperture blades are sticking. In the meantime I've attached my CZJ 29mm f2.8 lens. Meter needs to be set to overexpose by 2/3 stop. Waiting on film coming 🙂👍📷
Praktica MTL3 camera with lenses and caps. New foam seal fitted to rear door of SLR film camera.
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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More shadows.

Camera: Pentax K2 + SMC 50mm f2
Film: Kentmere 200

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Two women underneath a tree cast shadows in Dundee City Centre.
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Curved railings in Dundee with shadows this time.

Camera: Pentax K2 + SMC 50mm f2
Film: Kentmere 200

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Curved railings casting shadows on cobbles and flagstones in Dundee City Centre. People are walking about their business.
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Some autumn leaves from a few weeks back in Dundee.

Camera: Pentax K2 + SMC 50mm f2
Film: Kentmere 200

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Black and white photo with leaves lying around the trunk of a tree that is encircled by a protective wrought-iron cage. A square metal grid covers the roots of the tree.
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Blew my lottery scratchcard winnings, £10,at a charity shop in the town this morning. Hoping this one lasts longer than my previous Praktica. Battery from former West Germany, so it's not been changed recently, no apparent leakage damage. Will need to make a new light seal again though. Happy.
December 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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£65, annual membership fee for a local photographic group, not including corduroy breeks, tweed jacket or SD cards ...
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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This has been my rig for the past few days. I got the 'S' just after the 'EE' and had them both repaired at the same time. This is my first roll of film (XP2 Super) through the 'S', still got quite a lot of frames left to expose. It's fun to use, nice and light.
Photo of an Olympus Pen S with a rope camera strap, light meter and 3D printed lens cap.
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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... London calling at the top of the dial ...

July 2022

Camera: Olympus XA3
Film: Ilford XP2 Super

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Black and white photo looking up towards Westminster Bridge with the Elizabeth Tower and Big Ben in the background.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Had a small win on a lottery scratchcard 😉 £10.

First time I've bought one in years.

Going to put it towards a new-old camera 😁
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Two photos at the top of the Cairnwell. One looking past the foot of an antenna mast. In the other, a young couple admiring the view. I didn't have the heart to walk past them so waited a while and sat admired the view to the side.

Camera: Pentax K2 + 50mm SMC f2
Film: Kentmere 200

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A black and white photo, the bottom of a thin steel structure's leg in the foreground. In the background layers of hills occupy the horizon, each layer becoming lighter the further towards the horizon they lie. In the top left, a small hexagon of light, the result of looking towards the sun with light passing through the lens's aperture blades. A black and white photo. In the foreground, gravel and small stones on the ground. Further back are larger stones, towards the right, a stack of stones, at the far right a young couple are sitting on the ground, admiring the view. In the background a small river winds its way along its path between the feet of the hills.
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Checking the phone.

Camera: Pentax K2 + SMC 50mm f2
Film: Kentmere 200

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Black and white photograph of a man walking along checking his mobile phone. He is illuminated in a triangle of light made between shadows.
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Cairnwell chairlift at Glenshee a couple of weeks back.

Camera: Pentax K2 + SMC 50mm f2 lens
Film: Kentmere 200

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Black and white photograph at the top of a three-abreast chairlift, the top pulley and mast are shown. Black and white photo of the top station of a chairlift with the operator's hut and the top pulley and mast shown.
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Two photographs of Dundee mod band Strawberry Bank performing in the city centre last Sunday evening.

Camera: Carl Zeiss Jena Werra 1
Film: Ilford Delta 3200

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Black and white photo of two saxophonists, a trumpeter and two singers at microphones. A black and white photo of two saxophonists, a trumpeter, a drummer, two guitar players and two singers at microphones.
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Curved railing in Dundee.

Camera: Pentax 17
Film: Kodak Gold 200

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A 3D curved railing in Dundee city centre.
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Me aged about 9 or 10, half-frame slide by my Dad. Almost certainly at Aviemore.
For what it's worth, I still look like this when I drive.... scared-to-death, crash-helmet and dungarees 😬😂
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Will post up a half frame photograph later on today. Last night I was scanning some of my parents old half frame slides, cardboard mounts, looks to have been Kodachrome. I remember my Dad talking about an Olympus Pen but I don't know which model they had.

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Photo of a half frame slide in a cardboard mount
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Two photos from Saturday afternoon. There was a fibre at the edge of the Werra's film gate, ach well, something else to check before loading film 😀

Camera: Carl Zeiss Jena Werra (Olive)
Film: Ilford HP5+
Dev: Ilfosol 3, 1+9 6min30sec @ 20C
Scan: Plustek 8300i

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Black and white photo of two bare trees in the centre with pine trees at the sides, hills in the background. Black and white photo of a shoreline and small clumps of seaweed with pinetree covered hills in the background.
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Just developed a roll of HP5+ that I ran through my olive Werra on Saturday
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November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Snowing quite heavily just now ❄️❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Light up

Camera: Pentax K2 + SMC 50mm f2 lens
Film: Kentmere 200

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Close up black and white photograph of Harley Davidson motorcycle headlamps.
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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.... big-man around town with the roll of Delta 3200 Professional ....

🤣

This will likely end in tears, however it's loaded and I'm doing it anyway.

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Carl Zeiss Jena Werra 1 camera with black and silver striped plastic front insert. There is a KEKS EM-01 mounted on the cold-shoe set into the later curved top plate. Also on the top plate is the simple flush fit round shutter release button. In front of the camera is a roll of 35mm Ilford Delta 3200 Professional and the threaded plastic lens cap. The lens cap has a series of thin silver stripes that nicely compliment the aforementioned front plastic insert.
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Lol

My wallet is safe for another day

😂
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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A photo I took a few weeks ago on the bike path between Dundee and Broughty Ferry. Looking out across the River Tay.

Camera: Pentax 17
Film: Kodak Portra 400

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A photo looking through metal railings, the bottom rail has a bend, of a dinghy with an orange sail close to the shoreline. In the background, looking through the railings is Broughty Ferry Castle.
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I started scanning my Mum and Dad's slides tonight. I wanted to share this slide my Dad had made of my Grandad around thirty years ago. He's seen standing in front of his hives, my Dad used to help him. The little dots in the image are bees flying around.

Camera: Olympus XA3

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A slide / positive photograph my Dad had made of my Grandad in his white overalls standing in front of his beehives.
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM