Old Style.

Nikon 35Ti with T-Max 400 @ box speed.
Playing in Photoshop – in the darkroom, I would use wet tissue paper to achieve the same result.
As thin as possible & wet so that it is semi-translucent.

Plastic bag.

Nikon F2sb with Tokina 35-70 f2.8 Ais AT-x lens. On Fuji Neopan 400 pushed two stops.

Quite often find (abandoned ?) bags hanging from a tree branch – especially in the middle of nowhere….
There never seems anything in them.

Door in abandoned building.

Nikon F4 with AF Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens. Made on T-Max 400 @ iso 320.

Sunset with palm trees.

Nikon F4 with AF Nikkor 50mm f1.8. Made on Ilford FP4plus @ iso 100.
I definitely needed the zone system for this exposure & two bath development.

Needs very careful printing so that the shadow detail doesn’t go totally black – so hope the scan looks ok.

Crooked clasp.

Nikon F2sb with Tokina 35-70 f2.8 lens – made on Kodak Tri-x.

Jebel Misht lost in cloud.

Nikon F4 with Sigma 28mm f2.8 Ais lens. On Kodak Plus-x.

Tree root in rocks – Jebel Shams.

Nikon F4 with AF Nikkor 50mm f1.8D. Made on Kodak Plus-X at box speed.

Just as a matter of interest: it’s lashing it down with rain here in Bausher !!! welcome after the heat of the last couple of weeks, but unexpected.

Old pot & plant.

Nikon F3 with Tokina 35-70 f2.8 Ais AT-X lens. Kodak T-Max 400 @ iso 320.

Leaves catching the light.

Early evening sun through the window.

Reuse of Umm an-Nar tombs – Necropolis of Bat.

For anyone interested in a little bit of information about the latest archaeological research regarding the Necropolis of Bat, of which the two tombs depicted above are part. See the link below:
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 45 (2015): Stephanie Döpper.

2014_SemArab_Doepper
Click the above link & click again on the new page – it will open a pdf file.

She discusses the reuse of Umm an-Nar tombs in the area and some of the interesting finds being made.

Cloud build-up Masirah.

A lazy build-up of clouds over a beach at Masirah Island.

Another from my tinted flower series.

Nikon D800 with Tokina 35-70 f2.8 Ais AT-X lens.
Another from the flower series.

Back from holiday.

Another garden flower.
Nikon F4. 50mm Nikkor f1.8 – Kodak Tmax 400 @ 320 iso.

Back from a months holiday in UK, not strictly a holiday: working in the garden and house maintenance……… But the weather was exceptionally good for once.

The Wall.

A folly ?

Three little stones.

“I like the Walrus best,” said Alice, “because you see he was a little sorry for the poor oysters.”
“He ate more than the Carpenter, though,” said Tweedledee. “You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that the Carpenter couldn’t count how many he took: contrariwise.”
“That was mean!” Alice said indignantly. “Then I like the Carpenter best—if he didn’t eat so many as the Walrus.”
“But he ate as many as he could get,” said Tweedledum.

This was a puzzler. After a pause, Alice began, “Well! They were both very unpleasant characters—”

From: Through the Looking-Glass.

Sand Comet.

Sand Comet ?

Wadi Rocks.

Wadi rocks.

Nikon F2Sb with Tokina 35-70 f2.8 Ais AT-x lens. made on T-max 100 film.

Leaf against palm No2.

Bronica S2a. Nikon Nikkor ‘O’ f2.8 50mm lens. Ilford HP5 plus @ 320 iso.

Leaf against palm trunk.

Leaf against palm trunk.
Bronica S2a. Nikon Nikkor ‘O’ f2.8 50mm lens. Ilford HP5 plus @ 320 iso.

Stepping stones.

Catching up with my backlog: I forgot that I had taken this when I was out & about early in the year – there is a colour version taken in February.
Where does the time go ?

This one made with Bronica S2a: Nikon Nikkor O – 50mm F2.8 lens