Category: Black & White.

Derelict buildings.

Derelict building that now no longer exists in its present form: it has been almost completely knocked down & rebuilt as part of the ‘old buildings & castles, refurbishment programme’ here in Oman.
One of those places that needed care when entering as each time I visited; it was more dilapidated and definitely unsafe.
Sand, dust, cobwebs, fallen plaster and precarious floor supports.

Nikon F4 – T-Max 400 pushed to ISO 1000.

Hanging by a filament.

Spiders web.Nikon F – Micro Nikkor 55mm f2.8 AIs lens.

The Spider’s Web

It hangs where daisies mauve and white
Stand dreaming in the morning light,
A spider’s web, a fairy thing
Whose threads to daisy-petals cling,
And quiver in the sunlit air;
And on the cobweb here and there
Round beads of amber dew are hung
By elfin fingers deftly strung
Along each gleaming silver thread.
The hairy spider-witch has fled,
And crouches in a huddled heap,
Beneath a daisy, half asleep.

And for this hour of sun and dew,
The web belongs to me and you!

 Enid Blyton Book of Poetry 1934

Nikon F – test film.

Nikon F - test filmFujifilm Neopan 400 @ box speed in Microdol-X 1+3. 22c for 15.5 mins with Kodak style agitation.
No filter, just a slight increase in contrast as compensation for image scan.

Ho & it was taken yesterday morning at Qurum Natural Park near Muscat – more of these later, as it is a lovely place for an
early morning walk & not a long drive from my house.

As an after thought for anyone interested: this was exposed using the camera meter, so I think my TLC has worked quite well.

Another old film from the back of my freezer.

Storm clouds over towerUnknown film found in my freezer – marked in my writing  100asa B&W exposed: put it through Microdol-x 1+3 and gave it Ilford FP4 times.
Used the first 3 frames for a clip-test in case I could tell from the markings what film it was (it had been loaded from a bulk roll and the canister was a reusable one) but no clue other than frame numbers. Looking at the subject matter, it was probably from the early 90’s prior to the Nizwa – Muscat dual carriageway as these palm trees are now protected by a flood defence wall.

I keep my films in plastic freezer boxes with a small packet of silica-gel, but this one along with a couple of E6 films, had escaped !