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No creative photography, but some creative cooking

No creative photography, but some creative cooking. My own recipe.

Salmon baked in a caper, mustard & horseradish cream sauce, with crisped jacket wedges, broccoli and carrots, topped with parmesan. Served with fresh samphire.

#homecooking #salmonrecipe #samphire #ownrecipe

Where it all began. Sifting through old neglected

Where it all began.
Sifting through old neglected portfolio cases and found these two prints of mine of Southend-on-Sea, taken in 1967.
They were part of a portfolio submission for an open photo exhibition in the town.
Very few people were making images like this in the UK back then. They were rejected, of course.
#southend #monochrome #personalarchive #blackandwhite

The first sweet pea, battling the elements of our

The first sweet pea, battling the elements of our most peculiar summer.
#flowersofinstagram #sweetpeas #raindrops

Noon sun. #shadow #wroughtiron #burystedmunds

Noon sun.
#shadow #wroughtiron #burystedmunds

Sun - lamp - cobwebs Needs to be viewed at full si

Sun - lamp - cobwebs
Needs to be viewed at full size. Will IG ever let you do that I wonder?

Bark art. #trees #bark #leaves #shadow

Bark art.

#trees #bark #leaves #shadow

Some things are best left in colour. It ain’t ea

Some things are best left in colour.
It ain’t easy being green.

#wildflowers #nettle #cowparsley #green

A visit to The Range never disappoints. It’s one

A visit to The Range never disappoints.
It’s one of the best curiosity shops I know.
@therangeuk #wondrousthings

Wetlands #suffolk #covehithe

Wetlands
#suffolk #covehithe

St Andrew’s, Covehithe The original large church

St Andrew’s, Covehithe
The original large church was built in the 14th/15th centuries. The smaller church within was built in 1672 and is still in use.
#oldchurch #covehithe #historicbuildings #suffolk

Toned Tulip This rather unique metallic gold effec

Toned Tulip
This rather unique metallic gold effect was created by bleaching & toning a silver gelatin print in thiocarbamide and then selenium.
Bit of a long-winded process, but worth it.
Original negative 5x4 Polaroid Type 55, print on Fomatone MG Classic fibre base paper.
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#polaroid55 #largeformat #largeformatphotography #ishootfilm #blackandwhitephotography #toning #foma1921 #fomasince1921 @foma_cz #mgclassic #realphotography #darkroomprint #tulip #tulipsofinstagram

Split-toned Lith Print From the same Polaroid Typ

Split-toned Lith Print

From the same Polaroid Type 55 negative as the last post, printed on Foma Fomatone MG Classic fibre-based paper. Developed normally, then bleached and re-developed in Moersch EasyLith until the split point is reached. It's the only paper that will do this effectively these days.

It's very satisfying when it works but it ain't easy and you never know what you'll get! Each print is unique.

#lithprint #splittoned #secondpasslith #largeformat #sinar #5x4 #rodenstock #sironar #macrophotoraphy #ishootfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #analogcamera #polaroid #type55 #vintagefilm #stilllife #bnwphotography #tulipsofinstagram #tulip #blackandwhiteflowers #blackandwhitephotography #fomatone
#Foma1921 #fomasince1921 @foma_cz

Tulip Swansong Picked the dying heads and pointed

Tulip Swansong
Picked the dying heads and pointed the 5x4 camera at them today.
Scan of Type 55 Polaroid negatives

Sinar P, Rodenstock Sironar-N 150mm lens, 90 second exposure at f32.

#largeformat #sinar #5x4 #rodenstock #sironar #macrophotoraphy #ishootfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #analogcamera #polaroid #type55 #vintagefilm #stilllife #bnwphotography #tulipsofinstagram #tulip #blackandwhiteflowers #blackandwhitephotography #butisitart

Fading, battered by wind, rain & hail, they’re j

Fading, battered by wind, rain & hail, they’re just becoming interesting…

#tulip #tulipsofinstagram #flowersofinstagram

Tempted to say “Back to my roots”, but they’

Tempted to say “Back to my roots”, but they’re not roots.
Can’t resist contorted ivy stems.

#bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #naturalforms #ivy #butisitart

Homemade gyoza, interesting to do and very tasty,

Homemade gyoza, interesting to do and very tasty, but life’s too short when there’s a Japanese takeaway up the road.
#japanesefood #homemadefood #experimentalcooking #gyoza

St Mary's Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds. One of the

St Mary's Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds.
One of the lesser known visual treats of this town is when the cow parsley and (I think) rocket here are allowed to run riot.

#digital #fujiX100T #burystedmunds #stmaryschurchyard #springflowers #wildflowersofinstagram

Strangely timeless window display. #blackandwhitep

Strangely timeless window display.
#blackandwhitephotography #digital #fujix100t

Green Alkanet and matching gate. #alkanet #wildflo

Green Alkanet and matching gate.
#alkanet #wildflowers #flowersofinstagram

Finally… One out of the eight latest @lovewilko

Finally…
One out of the eight latest @lovewilko tulips actually matches the packet illustration!
#tulips #tulipsofinstagram

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Last reviewed/updated: Monday, May 4, 2020

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