Black and White Photos
Still on my film rampage. I have shot some B&W film around the UK. There is a lot of B&W film around though some makers like Agfa are out of business. I ordered some Fuji as this is more prevalent in the UK than Kodak. The company sent me a roll of Fomapan as well. Turns out Foma is Czech company from the Soviet days. They make film B&W film the old fashion way.
I took the Fomapan to North Yorkshire a few weeks ago when we visited Vicki's parents. On the way home we stopped by Rievaulx Abbey which was a Cisterian Abbey built around 1000 AD. It thrived for a few hundred years but was closed by Henry VIII during his reformation of the Catholic Church. It fell into ruins which are impressive even today. Vicki used to play in the ruins when she was growing up. It is now an English Heritage site.
On the ridge above the Abbey there are a series of follies.
Here is the Abbey from the Rye river valley floor.
It was mostly an overcast day at this point.
This is the view from the ridge above looking down into the Abbey. It is easier to get a sense of the expanse of the place from up here. The great thing about B&W is that the brightly colored cars are practically invisible.
Here is one of the follies on the ridge above. Here the sun was just about to come out making the subsequent photos a bit better.
A folly from a distance.
Finally close up...
I also took some photos one evening after work in Bath. This was done on some Fomapan 100. The sun was bright and the pictures were a bit overexposed. I will have to remember to underexpose a stop or so.
This is the view from a conference room at my office. This is a complex of buildings consisting of the town hall, guild hall and art museum. The bas relief sculpture is quite amazing.
Another view from the conference room looking past the guildhall and towards the Abbey. The conference room is called Abbeyview.
This is the entrance to the Roman Baths with the top of the Abbey just beyond.
A stone arch over the street near the Baths.
The Abbey with some modern sculpture in the plaza.
Finally some photos taken around Godmanchester.
There is a nice walk towards Huntingdon along the river. We encountered these cows here.
An apple tree in the backyard.
A flower.
A Swan on the River Great Ouse.
I took the Fomapan to North Yorkshire a few weeks ago when we visited Vicki's parents. On the way home we stopped by Rievaulx Abbey which was a Cisterian Abbey built around 1000 AD. It thrived for a few hundred years but was closed by Henry VIII during his reformation of the Catholic Church. It fell into ruins which are impressive even today. Vicki used to play in the ruins when she was growing up. It is now an English Heritage site.
On the ridge above the Abbey there are a series of follies.
Here is the Abbey from the Rye river valley floor.
It was mostly an overcast day at this point.
This is the view from the ridge above looking down into the Abbey. It is easier to get a sense of the expanse of the place from up here. The great thing about B&W is that the brightly colored cars are practically invisible.
Here is one of the follies on the ridge above. Here the sun was just about to come out making the subsequent photos a bit better.
A folly from a distance.
Finally close up...
I also took some photos one evening after work in Bath. This was done on some Fomapan 100. The sun was bright and the pictures were a bit overexposed. I will have to remember to underexpose a stop or so.
This is the view from a conference room at my office. This is a complex of buildings consisting of the town hall, guild hall and art museum. The bas relief sculpture is quite amazing.
Another view from the conference room looking past the guildhall and towards the Abbey. The conference room is called Abbeyview.
This is the entrance to the Roman Baths with the top of the Abbey just beyond.
A stone arch over the street near the Baths.
The Abbey with some modern sculpture in the plaza.
Finally some photos taken around Godmanchester.
There is a nice walk towards Huntingdon along the river. We encountered these cows here.
An apple tree in the backyard.
A flower.
A Swan on the River Great Ouse.
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