Bring Back Smog! — by Bruce Robbins on January 20, 2014

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The Great Smog of London, 1952. Whose bright idea was the Clean Air Act of 1956? Copyright of the Daily Mail Smog. That wonderful mix of smo...

How to get the James Ravilious look — by Bruce Robbins on June 14, 2023

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It's a shame, but not uncommon for artists, that James Ravilious didn't receive the respect and appreciation he deserved for his ...

Part Two: Tri X/Acurol-N - The dull day film search goes on! — by Bruce Robbins on April 15, 2014

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The pics here are some others from the roll of Tri X I shot in dull and misty conditions and developed in Spur Acurol-N to see if the combin...

Misty farmyard - looking back — by Bruce Robbins on November 09, 2011

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For the benefit of JD, who I think was wondering where the track in the previous post featuring the misty farmyard went, here's a shot...

Dampness Continued... — by Bruce Robbins on December 29, 2011

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These pics are from the F90x and Rollei Retro 100 but I've cropped them to my favourite square format. The 3:2 35mm format always seems ...

Firstcall 400s: In search of a "dull day" film — by Bruce Robbins on October 28, 2013

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A good partnership? Some more testing needed. I don't mind using a tripod with medium or large format cameras but it just doesn't se...

Misty day at the fleet air base — by Bruce Robbins on July 30, 2013

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I managed to get along to HMS Peewit  a few days ago just in time for the infamous North Sea Haar to drift in across the water. I love condi...

Honouring a War Hero — by Bruce Robbins on June 12, 2014

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Graham's war grave at Arbroath Western Cemetery A few days ago Cath and I took the dogs for a walk through a cemetery in nearby Arbroath...

Ditching the 'pod. — by Bruce Robbins on March 24, 2020

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On the basis that readers who still frequent this blog do so because they like photography and not epidemiology, I'm not going t...

Tri X/Acurol-N: Final Shots — by Bruce Robbins on April 30, 2014

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Kingoodie Harbour. This scene tends to have a strange fascination for me. I think some sort of winch must once have sat in the hole to haul ...