function BuildGallery (PageName){ ImageFolder = "../images/gallery/photos/"; ThumbFolder = "../images/gallery/thumbs/"; document.write ( // "

Click on a thumbnail to see an enlarged picture.
Click on the camera symbol to see the camera that took the shot.

" "" ) if(PageName=='2009-05May-10.htm'){ MakeTableRow('mopani_triptych'); MakeTableRow('hosta_topview'); MakeTableRow('wood'); MakeTableRow('tri_ruin'); MakeTableRow('fountain'); MakeTableRow('sunlit_window'); MakeTableRow('knight'); MakeTableRow('backlit_leaf'); MakeTableRow('trebuchet'); MakeTableRow('warwick_castle_01'); MakeTableRow('warwick_castle_02'); } if(PageName=='09-04Apr-09.htm'){ MakeTableRow('ar_fruitbowl_clr'); MakeTableRow('ar_fruitbowl_bw'); MakeTableRow('ar_orchid'); MakeTableRow('ar_bikemodel'); } if(PageName=='09-04Apr-01.htm'){ MakeTableRow('old_wheels'); MakeTableRow('official_car'); MakeTableRow('dryleaf_study'); MakeTableRow('groby_pool'); MakeTableRow('hostaleafstill_01'); MakeTableRow('hostaleafstill_02'); MakeTableRow('boat_house'); MakeTableRow('tractor'); MakeTableRow('garden_weed'); MakeTableRow('rufford_doorway'); MakeTableRow('steel_wheels'); MakeTableRow('tractor_wheel'); MakeTableRow('elvaston_01'); MakeTableRow('dappled_light'); } if(PageName=='2008-007.htm'){ MakeTableRow('frosted_hosta'); 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MakeTableRow('station_entrance'); } if(PageName=='samples_FUNCAM_6x6WA.htm'){ MakeTableRow('woods_01'); MakeTableRow('woods_02'); MakeTableRow('woods_03'); MakeTableRow('woods_04'); MakeTableRow('woods_05'); MakeTableRow('woods_06'); MakeTableRow('woods_07'); MakeTableRow('woods_08'); } if(PageName=='samples_FUNCAM_9x6CP.htm'){ MakeTableRow('groby_pool'); MakeTableRow('hostaleafstill_01'); MakeTableRow('hostaleafstill_02'); MakeTableRow('boat_house'); MakeTableRow('tractor'); MakeTableRow('garden_weed'); MakeTableRow('rufford_doorway'); MakeTableRow('steel_wheels'); MakeTableRow('tractor_wheel'); MakeTableRow('elvaston_01'); MakeTableRow('dappled_light'); } if(PageName=='samples_FUNCAM_35mm.htm'){ MakeTableRow('glass_globes'); MakeTableRow('craggy_rocks'); MakeTableRow('old_wheels'); MakeTableRow('official_car'); MakeTableRow('dryleaf_study'); } if(PageName=='samples_FUNCAM_anamorph.htm'){ } if(PageName=='samples_FUNCAM_trichromy.htm'){ MakeTableRow('tri_ruin'); } if(PageName=='samples_FUNCAM_panorama.htm'){ MakeTableRow('pan_tree'); } if(PageName=='samples_CP6060-29-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('cropston_res_01'); MakeTableRow('cropston_res_02'); MakeTableRow('old_john_01'); MakeTableRow('rose_02'); MakeTableRow('anstey_pub'); } if(PageName=='samples_CP9060-40-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('street_scene_01'); MakeTableRow('showboat'); MakeTableRow('daimler_garage_2'); MakeTableRow('rotor'); MakeTableRow('grove_park_01'); MakeTableRow('abbey_park_01'); MakeTableRow('bolsover_01'); MakeTableRow('bolsover_02'); } if(PageName=='samples_FP135-26-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('brush'); MakeTableRow('spacectr_012'); MakeTableRow('spacectr_03'); } if(PageName=='samples_FP6045-29-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('belvoir_castle_01'); MakeTableRow('skull'); MakeTableRow('boston_church_01'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_01'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_02'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_03'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_04'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_05'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_06'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_07'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_08'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_09'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_10'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_11'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_12'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_tree_01'); } if(PageName=='samples_FP6045-50-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('zak'); MakeTableRow('scott'); MakeTableRow('buttermarket_01'); MakeTableRow('demontford'); MakeTableRow('ticketoffice'); MakeTableRow('courtyard'); MakeTableRow('nottingham'); } if(PageName=='samples_FP6060-18-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('standing_stone'); MakeTableRow('tree_diffuse'); MakeTableRow('harley'); } if(PageName=='samples_LF5X4-36-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('lf_bradgate_02'); MakeTableRow('lf_bradgate_03'); } if(PageName=='samples_MF6060-30-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('lboro_canal'); MakeTableRow('monument_1'); MakeTableRow('lboro_church'); MakeTableRow('towles_hosiery'); } if(PageName=='samples_MF6060-38-XXX.htm'){ MakeTableRow('iron_bridge'); MakeTableRow('horse'); MakeTableRow('steam_engine_02'); MakeTableRow('mooring_ring'); MakeTableRow('steam_engine_03'); } if(PageName=='gallery_01.htm'){ MakeTableRow('iron_bridge'); MakeTableRow('pan_tree'); MakeTableRow('zak'); MakeTableRow('scott'); MakeTableRow('golden_leaf'); MakeTableRow('old_wheels'); MakeTableRow('bradgate_04'); MakeTableRow('horse'); MakeTableRow('old_john_01'); } if(PageName=='gallery_02.htm'){ MakeTableRow('belvoir_castle_01'); MakeTableRow('frosted_hosta'); MakeTableRow('rose_02'); MakeTableRow('treetrunk_graves'); MakeTableRow('frosted_leaves'); MakeTableRow('warwick_castle_01'); MakeTableRow('hoster_leaf_01'); MakeTableRow('plant_patterns'); MakeTableRow('lf_bradgate_02'); } if(PageName=='gallery_03.htm'){ MakeTableRow('harley'); MakeTableRow('memorial_crosses'); MakeTableRow('jaguar'); MakeTableRow('street_scene_01'); MakeTableRow('brush'); MakeTableRow('rufford_doorway'); MakeTableRow('dappled_light'); MakeTableRow('buttermarket_01'); MakeTableRow('showboat'); } if(PageName=='gallery_04.htm'){ MakeTableRow('demontford'); MakeTableRow('sunlit_window'); MakeTableRow('hostaleafstill_01'); MakeTableRow('ticketoffice'); MakeTableRow('lboro_canal'); MakeTableRow('steel_wheels'); MakeTableRow('cropston_res_01'); MakeTableRow('cropston_res_02'); MakeTableRow('jetty'); } if(PageName=='gallery_05.htm'){ MakeTableRow('lf_bradgate_03'); MakeTableRow('golfer'); MakeTableRow('daimler_garage_2'); //MakeTableRow('steam_engine_02'); MakeTableRow('rose'); MakeTableRow('mopani_triptych'); MakeTableRow('boston_church_01'); MakeTableRow('cherries'); MakeTableRow('elvaston_01'); MakeTableRow('engine_boiler'); } if(PageName=='gallery_06.htm'){ MakeTableRow('tractor_wheel'); MakeTableRow('groby_pool'); MakeTableRow('spacectr_012'); MakeTableRow('spacectr_03'); MakeTableRow('school_house'); MakeTableRow('fair'); MakeTableRow('rotor'); MakeTableRow('fountain'); MakeTableRow('grove_park_01'); } if(PageName=='gallery_07.htm'){ MakeTableRow('vincar'); MakeTableRow('abbey_park_01'); MakeTableRow('mooring_ring'); MakeTableRow('dryleaf_study'); MakeTableRow('boat_house'); MakeTableRow('trebuchet'); MakeTableRow('steam_engine_03'); MakeTableRow('little_gate'); MakeTableRow('backlit_leaf'); } if(PageName=='gallery_08.htm'){ MakeTableRow('nottingham'); MakeTableRow('garden_weed'); MakeTableRow('anstey_pub'); MakeTableRow('wood'); MakeTableRow('bolsover_01'); MakeTableRow('bolsover_02'); MakeTableRow('cook_grave'); MakeTableRow('lboro_church'); MakeTableRow('engine_detail'); } if(PageName=='gallery_anamorph_01.htm'){ MakeTableRow('an_engine_wheel'); MakeTableRow('an_great_central'); MakeTableRow('an_engine_wheel_2'); MakeTableRow('an_engine_yard'); MakeTableRow('an_station_clock'); MakeTableRow('an_rowing_club'); MakeTableRow('an_notts_forest'); MakeTableRow('an_cinema'); } if(PageName=='gallery_anamorph_02.htm'){ MakeTableRow('an_rushes_01'); MakeTableRow('an_bandstand'); MakeTableRow('an_playground'); MakeTableRow('an_bus_shelter'); MakeTableRow('an_rushes_03'); MakeTableRow('an_railings'); MakeTableRow('an_rushes_02'); MakeTableRow('an_cotter_pins'); } if(PageName=='gallery_array.htm'){ MakeTableRow('ar_ellie'); MakeTableRow('ar_flowers'); MakeTableRow('ar_rhodedendron'); MakeTableRow('ar_nissan'); MakeTableRow('ar_gargoyle'); MakeTableRow('ar_fruitbowl_clr'); MakeTableRow('ar_fruitbowl_bw'); MakeTableRow('ar_orchid'); MakeTableRow('ar_bikemodel'); } if(PageName=='gallery_joiner_01.htm'){ MakeTableRow('mm_radio'); MakeTableRow('mm_kirbycastle_01'); MakeTableRow('mm_green_cones'); MakeTableRow('mm_kirbycastle_02'); MakeTableRow('mm_pliers'); MakeTableRow('mm_kirbycastle_06'); MakeTableRow('mm_notts_castle_02'); } if(PageName=='gallery_joiner_02.htm'){ MakeTableRow('mm_undercarriage'); MakeTableRow('mm_inkitchen'); MakeTableRow('mm_kirbycastle_03'); MakeTableRow('mm_navigation'); MakeTableRow('mm_star_us'); MakeTableRow('mm_light_trails'); MakeTableRow('mm_propellers_02'); MakeTableRow('mm_sweets'); } if(PageName=='gallery_panorama.htm'){ MakeTableRow('mm_lough360'); MakeTableRow('mm_wharf'); MakeTableRow('mm_notts_castle_01'); MakeTableRow('mm_white_dome'); } //document.write("
") document.write("") // ") } function MakeTableRow (Image) { //ImageFolder = "../images/gallery/photos/"; //ThumbFolder = "../images/gallery/thumbs/"; //if(Image=='') {WriteTable(Image,112,100,"cam_FUNCAM","Title","Film/exposure","")} if(Image=='abbey_park_01') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Bridge","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 3 seconds @ f157.","I took two shots of this scene from exactly the same spot, one shown here (9cmx6cm) and another on the 6cmx6cm format. Click this link if you want to see how they compare.")} if(Image=='anstey_pub') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Public house","Ilford Delta 100. 1 second @ f114.","This picture has been such a pain! This is the result of my THIRD visit to this scene. Initially, I took a shot of the pub having not really noticing the mish-mash of lines & ironwork on the road. On my second visit an accident with the film resulted in a ruined exposure. My patience with a final third visit resulted in this shot showing all those paving details.")} if(Image=='an_bandstand') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Bandstand","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 10 seconds @ f164.","This picture has some great patterns in it & conforms nicely to the thirds rule. The wall on the left fits the frame perfectly, I don't know if that was luck or skill on my part.")} if(Image=='an_bus_shelter') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Bus shelter","Fuji Superia ISO100. 3 seconds @ f164.","I set up my tripod inside the bus shelter with the sunlight streaming through the glass panels. I love all the patterns & dramatic curves here.")} if(Image=='an_cinema') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Bike at the cinema","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 4 seconds @ f164.","I set my tripod up close to the entrance of the cinema, the bike would undoubtedly be an interesting element in the final picture so I worked the composition to make sure it was included too.")} if(Image=='an_cotter_pins') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Cotter pins","Fuji Superia ISO100. 90 seconds @ f164.","I suppose you want me to describe this... this steam engine part was undergoing maintenance & I knew the cotter pins would make a focal point of the picture. The camera was angled to include them & I got lucky.")} if(Image=='an_engine_wheel') {WriteTable(Image,333,100,"cam_AN68-001","Steam engine wheel","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 minute @ f164.","I was trying to use the circular wheel to creative effect but this hasn't turned out as I expected. Never the less a pleasing picture has resulted so I shall call it a success.")} if(Image=='an_engine_wheel_2') {WriteTable(Image,333,100,"cam_AN68-002","Steam engine wheel","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f164).","I really enjoyed my previous picture of the steam engine wheel so I thought I would have another try. This time the linkage had been disassembled for servicing. The conversion to monochrome gives enphasis to the lovely textures & tones.")} if(Image=='an_engine_yard') {WriteTable(Image,300,100,"cam_AN68-002","Engine yard","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f164).","With the camera aimed groundwards, the service pit is distorted nicely. I had to crop my tripod leg off though (that's the picture, not the actual tripod leg!).")} if(Image=='an_great_central') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Great central railway station","Fuji Superia ISO100. 10 seconds @ f164.","This picture was taken on the platform of the Great Central Railway. You can see to the left the train carriages at rest. Some great patterns are evident in this picture.")} if(Image=='an_notts_forest') {WriteTable(Image,300,100,"cam_AN68-002","Football ground","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f164).","This is a football ground right next to the river (just seen on the left running UP!). The tree design is the emblem for the football club, the aiming triangles prove their worth giving a very tidy composition.")} if(Image=='an_playground') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Playground","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 15 seconds @ f164.","This picture is quite difficult to understand, it is a climbing frame with three vertical bars, The bright horizontals are like the rungs of a ladder, the children climb with their feet on these & polish them brightly.")} if(Image=='an_railings') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Railings","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 10 seconds @ f164.","This building features elsewhere in the galleries but here I tried to profit from all the highly polished stainless steel railings.")} if(Image=='an_rowing_club') {WriteTable(Image,333,100,"cam_AN68-002","Rowing club","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f164).","This was a very unimpressive scene & I remember thinking is it worth a shot? It goes to show that if you follow your instinct it may work out in the end.")} if(Image=='an_rushes_01') {WriteTable(Image,333,100,"cam_AN68-001","Shopping area","Fuji Superia ISO100. 3 seconds @ f164.","I imagine it would take some convincing that this picture is genuine as it looks so bizarre. Well it is genuine, no joining in software or other tricks were used, it is exactly as the camera saw it.")} if(Image=='an_rushes_02') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-001","Shopping area","Fuji Superia ISO100. 3 seconds @ f164.","There was a conscious effort on my part to place a central feature in this photograph. I also made an attempt to include the sculpture which has slid off the bottom left corner. Miles off - never mind!")} if(Image=='an_rushes_03') {WriteTable(Image,333,100,"cam_AN68-001","Shopping area","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 3 seconds @ f164.","This picture (rather pleasingly) divides nicely into thirds presenting a composition which I find satisfying to look at.")} if(Image=='an_station_clock') {WriteTable(Image,400,100,"cam_AN68-002","Clock","Fuji Superia ISO100.","The aiming triangles have proved their worth here, my subject (the clock) is precisely where I placed it in the frame.")} if(Image=='ar_bikemodel') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Bike model","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f87.","A shot of a simple wooden bike model.")} if(Image=='ar_ellie') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Ellie","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f164).","I asked Ellie to pose for me & she obliged. An unexpected effect has come from the slats of the table, they produce very pleasing patterns on the photograph. If you look closely at the foreground the slats are different in each image.")} if(Image=='ar_flowers') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Flowers in monochrome","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f87).","Of my first set of pictures, this one is the best. You can view it from afar & enjoy the seemingly random patterns formed by the flowers. Alternatively you can move in close & enjoy the detailed view of one of the images. To add to this, each image is slightly different which add interest.")} if(Image=='ar_fruitbowl_bw') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Bowl of fruit","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f87.","This shot of a bowl of fruit has been converted to monochrome using the blue channel. It has created some quite striking tones & the oranges now look almost black.")} if(Image=='ar_fruitbowl_clr') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Bowl of fruit","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f87.","Here we have a bowl of fruit taken from the kitchen. The repetition of images has created lovely patterns with the fruit shapes.")} if(Image=='ar_gargoyle') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Gargoyle","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f87).","I do like this picture just because of its photogenic qualities. The gallery of faces peering from the picture make an attention grabbing photograph. Add to this, the 3D effect from this picture is really, really good.")} if(Image=='ar_nissan') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Nissan emblem","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f87).","This is another close-up where each image is slightly different. This legitimises the camera to me, as it would be difficult to achieve the same result using alternative means.")} if(Image=='ar_orchid') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Orchid","Fuji Superia ISO100. 46 seconds @ f87.","I decided to rescan this negative having seen the highlights in some of the petals blow out. This is better with detail revealed in the petals.")} if(Image=='ar_rhodedendron') {WriteTable(Image,250,100,"cam_MH13560-22-001","Rhodedendron","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f87).","I don't really see the point of multi images if we have a repetition of the same picture, I could achieve much the same effect using a single picture in software. This picture demonstrates poor application, with practically identical images. The camera was tilted at an angle to produce an interesting effect.")} if(Image=='backlit_leaf') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Backlit leaf","Kodak Portra 160NC. Time unrecorded @ f197.","The sunlight was shining through this large leaf displaying a wonderful spectrum of colours. It was quite windy (note the purple blurr to the right) so I had to wait for my moment.")} if(Image=='belvoir_castle_01') {WriteTable(Image,116,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Belvoir castle","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 3 seconds @ f114.","To be quite honest I don't know what I have done to extract such a lovely 'mood' from this colour negative. Maybe it was the detailed dodging & burning that I did, emphasising details such as window frames & stripes in the grass for example. These things are subtle but have considerable impact on the final photograph. I enjoy the composition in this shot too.")} if(Image=='boat_house') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Boat house","Fuji Neopan ISO400. 15 seconds @ f256.","My tripod was set in place to position the boat house precisely between the tree trunks. And what character those trees have!")} if(Image=='bolsover_01') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Bolsover castle","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 10 seconds @ f131.","Out came the camera & film for my first shot of the day. It then dawned on me that I had left the take up spool at home. There was no choice but to waste my spare film for a spool. I had a gut feeling that the archway would be good for a photograph. Without that arch you will see a much diminished photograph.")} if(Image=='bolsover_02') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Bolsover castle","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 10 seconds @ f131.","I thought maybe the 'mirrored' doorways through the building would make a good picture. Looking at it now, it is the elaborate facade that makes the picture attractive with my original intentions lost.")} if(Image=='boston_church_01') {WriteTable(Image,116,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","The 'Stump'","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 3 seconds @ f114.","I think the high contrast of this monochrome conversion works really well. I don't understand where the ghosting comes from around the sprocket holes (answers on an email please).
Equivalent to 22mm lens using the 35mm kit.")} if(Image=='bradgate_04') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Landscape view","Ilford Delta 100. 1 second @ f114.","From the summit of Bradgate Park there is a super view of the county of Leicestershire in England. The low autumnal light was cutting across the ground features at a low angle creating this lovely effect.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_01') {WriteTable(Image,113,150,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_02') {WriteTable(Image,133,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_03') {WriteTable(Image,133,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_04') {WriteTable(Image,113,150,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_05') {WriteTable(Image,133,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_06') {WriteTable(Image,113,150,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_07') {WriteTable(Image,113,150,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_08') {WriteTable(Image,133,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_09') {WriteTable(Image,133,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_10') {WriteTable(Image,133,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_11') {WriteTable(Image,113,150,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='bradgate_tree_12') {WriteTable(Image,113,150,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Ancient tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","Tree study.")} if(Image=='brush') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FP135-26-001","Hair brush","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 10 seconds @ f102.","This is one of those pictures that you take without really knowing if something good will come. With other photographs we can tweak the composition by cropping at the printing stage, because of the sprocket holes we do not have that luxury with these pictures so I am especially pleased with positioning of the subject in this picture.")} if(Image=='buttermarket_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,150,"cam_FP6045-50-001","Market","Agfa Optima ISO100. 2 secs @ f179.","This lovely monument is actually a butter market and was built in 1793. At this time this was a thriving market town trading in all manner of goods. ")} if(Image=='cherries') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"X","Morse","Agfa Optima ISO100. 45 minutes, f-number not known.","This shot was set up in my dining room, on a chair with a black background with a single desk lamp aimed at it. It has long been one of my favourite shots. Why is it called Morse? Whilst the film was being exposed I went into the other room & watched the TV for 45 minutes, Morse.")} if(Image=='cook_grave') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Cook grave","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f114.","This is the gravestone for the parents of the explorer James Cook. The tree in the background seems to radiate from the gravestone & the colours are simply delicious.")} if(Image=='craggy_rocks') {WriteTable(Image,133,100,"cam_FUNCAM_35mm","Rock texture","Fuji Sensia ISO100. 10 seconds @ f102.","There are some fabulous patterns & textures in these rocks. And where the sky breaks into the sprocket holes adds another interesting facet to this picture. Converted to monochrome on the PC.")} if(Image=='cropston_res_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Reservoir","Iford FP4 ISO125. 15 seconds @ f114.","The camera caught me by surprise with this shot, the angle of view is so huge. I didn't intend to include the pumping station on the right hand side, it just sneaked in! I think that anyone that takes a landscape photograph with vapour trails in it, deserves to be flogged. Have I got away with it? You be the judge. Incidentally the ghostly trails in the water are some swans that came to check me out.")} if(Image=='cropston_res_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Reservoir","Iford FP4 ISO125. 15 seconds @ f114.","I had to climb a gate & position the tripod over a wall to get this picture. Dramatic skies are fantastic & this picture doesn't disappoint. I am pleased I ignore 'rules' of composition, we are told that picture elements should lie on thirds but the horizon positioned centrally doesn't detract one jot in this photograph (or above).")} if(Image=='daimler_garage_2') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Daimler dealership","Ilford Delta 100. 45 seconds @ f131.","I was driving around, a film in my camera & desperately lacking inspiration. Then, at the side of the road I noticed an amazing structure. This dealership looked like a sparkling jewel box full of delightful things (Bentleys). It appeared to be constructed entirely of glass. I like the reflection of the clouds rushing by at the top of the windows.")} if(Image=='dappled_light') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Pools of light","Kodak Portra 160NC. 20 seconds @ f256.","I love the way the tree roots emerge from the ground looking like they are snakes. The roots have been eroded & polished by the passage of many feet along this lakeside walk. The sunlight was coming through the tree branches creating lovely patterns (and being a little tricky for us photographers).")} if(Image=='demontford') {WriteTable(Image,116,100,"cam_FP6045-50-001","DeMontfort University","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 30 seconds @ f164.","This is a view across the canal situated in the city of Leicester. I love the weird shape of the rooftops on this university building. The blurred white figures on the water are in fact swans.
Sky burned in, converted to monochrome & duotoned (hint of orange & green).")} if(Image=='droplets_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Water on leaves","Fuji Provia 400 ISO, 15 seconds @ f197.","A sprinkle of water on these leaves has added some sparkle. Maybe a bit too much though....?")} if(Image=='droplets_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Water on leaves","Fuji Provia 400 ISO, 40 seconds @ f197.","There's some great geometric patterns in the leaves of this plant, I have photographed it several times & always enjoy the results.")} if(Image=='dryleaf_study') {WriteTable(Image,112,100,"cam_FUNCAM_35mm","Serpents","Ilford PanF ISO50. 7 minutes 30 seconds @ f126.","An interesting photograph can be created like this simply by carefully arranging dry leaves on back lit paper. Click here to see a similar setup.")} if(Image=='elvaston_01') {WriteTable(Image,180,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Elvaston castle","Kodak Portra 160NC. 4 seconds @ f256.","This building is called Elvaston Castle, I have no idea why because it is obviously a house not a castle. It's a great place for a stroll with lovely gardens, a lake & rolling lawns. This picture shows the slight curvature of field from my camera, look at the building, it seems to 'fan' from top to bottom.")} if(Image=='engine_boiler') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6SW","Boiler","Ilford PanF ISO50. 10 seconds @ f75.","The sun seemed to be coming low, striking this steel fabrication & enhancing all the lovelt textures, especially those rivets. My camera was positioned for a low viewpoint & aimed up. This is a boiler for a steam engine. It is a steel cylinder. There was actually a man sat inside this working on it when I was looking around it!")} if(Image=='engine_detail') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6SW","Steam engine detail","Ilford PanF ISO50. 90 seconds @ f75.","My camera for this shot is an extreme wideangle. To get the subject to fill the frame I had to be right up close, I was almost on top of the mechanism.")} if(Image=='fair') {WriteTable(Image,100,125,"cam_CP9060-40-001","The fair","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 10 seconds @ f131.","Every year the fair comes to town for only a few days. The atmosphere is absolutely transformed when it arrives & the air is filled with smells & noise & lots of screaming too. I look at these rides & fully understand why they scream. I only had black & white film & wondered if I could make any pictures work as the fair (obviously) is full of colour. Things did work & I am pleased with this shot.")} if(Image=='fountain') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Fountain","Kodak Portra 160NC. Time unrecorded @ f197.","As I went past the fountain I saw the algae foam which was on the surface. The colours were fabulous so I had to stop & set my camera up for a shot.")} if(Image=='frosted_hosta') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"X","Dead Hosta leaves","Fuji Superia ISO100. 3 minutes 40 seconds @ f236.","The leaves had fallen from this plant & the decay process had begun. Shape & colour had drained away revealing lovely patterns & a subdued colour pallette. An overnight frosting added more texture to the leaves.")} if(Image=='frosted_leaves') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"X","Frosted leaves","Fuji Superia ISO100. 7 minutes @ f236.","I thought the air was as still as stone but a little bit of movement is evident during this long exposure revealing some movement in the air. The buds appear to be sharp with the leaves showing some motion blur.")} if(Image=='garden_weed') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Garden weed","Kodak Portra 160NC. 20 seconds @ f256.","I had just pulled this out of the garden when I thought... that would make a nice subject for my camera! The specimen was placed on paper & lit from below, to see a similar setup click here.
Grain & a tritone were added in software, the resulting picture looks quite reasonable.")} if(Image=='glassandbrick') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6SW","Glass and brick","Fuji Superia ISO100. 5 seconds @ f75.","A simple symetrical composition turns a town building into an interesting study of shapes & patterns.")} if(Image=='glass_globes') {WriteTable(Image,140,100,"cam_FUNCAM_35mm","Glass globes","Jeesops Diamond Fine ISO100. 30 seconds @ f102.","I noticed that a wire fence had been constructed using bent steel bars, with glass globes suspended in loops of steel. I thought 'how creative' & decided to take my shot. Converted to monochrome.")} if(Image=='golden_leaf') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"X","Golden leaf","Fuji Superia ISO100. 14 minutes @ f236.","This leaf was frosted hard to the ground, as you can see it is faultless & it looked beautiful in the morning light.")} if(Image=='golfer') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"X","Frustrated golfer","Agfa Optima ISO100. 16 seconds @ f138.","These artifacts were on display in the window of an amusement arcade.")} if(Image=='groby_pool') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Groby pool","Fuji Acros ISO100. 30 seconds @ f256.","The geese were very restful despite lots of people throwing food for the birds a matter of yards from where I stood. The chances were that they would move during my exposure but they moved very little & have added greatly to the composition.")} if(Image=='grove_park_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,150,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Sculpture","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 6 seconds @ f131.","It was quite a windy day when I shot this and standing there what struck me was how much the supports, made of sheet steel, flexed in the wind. Despite this the overall structure remained rock solid - what a clever design.")} if(Image=='harley') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FP6060-18-001","Harley Davidson","Fuji Superia ISO100. 90 seconds @ f71.","I saw this motorcycle in the car park, it was my only shot of the day. The diffusion/spot filter adds a dream like quality to the metal & chrome work. Converted to monochrome. Tri-toned black/dark-red/yellow. Note: to compensate for the light lost when using the spot filter, I apply a 4 stop over exposure which explains the long exposure time for such a fast aperture.")} if(Image=='horse') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-38-001","Horse","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 1 second @ f150.","I hoped this fine animal would stay still long enough during my brief exposure, just a little movement around the rear legs gives the game away.
Multi format camera using the flat plane - 18mm lens equivalent (135 format).")} if(Image=='hoster_leaf_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Decaying Hosta leaf","Fuji Provia ISO400. 20 seconds @ f197.","Our Hosta is a magnificent plant at its best. The snails love it too. A leaf had fallen & begun to decay, as you can see some lovely colours were on display just to be captured on film.")} if(Image=='hostaleafstill_01') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Leaf study #1","Fuji Acros ISO100. 35 seconds @ f256.","The remains of this leaf were placed on greaseproof paper which was lit from below with a lamp. You don't need a fancy setup to get great results. To see my setup for this shot click here.")} if(Image=='hostaleafstill_02') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Leaf study #2","Fuji Acros ISO100. 1 minute @ f256.","The remains of this leaf were placed on greaseproof paper which was lit from below with a lamp. Great pictures can be achieved with modest equipment & some ingenuity, see my setup for this shot click here.
It's a pity I clipped the top off this leaf so this picture could have been better.")} if(Image=='hosta_topview') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Hosta from above","Fuji Neopan ISO400. 5 seconds @ f197.","New spring time growth appeared from this garden plant. I found the tones, curves & shapes interesting. The tripod was positioned with the camera aimed directly downwards to capture the shape of those unfurling leaves.")} if(Image=='iron_bridge') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-38-001","Iron bridge","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 5 seconds @ f150.","Looking at this picture now I am not sure what attracted me to take a picture. Never the less I am pleased with it & luck played its part with flare coming into play. This makes a picture of patterns - flare, rivets & trees.
Multi format camera using the flat plane - 18mm lens equivalent (135 format).")} if(Image=='jaguar') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"X","Jaguar","Agfa Optima ISO100. Exposure unrecorded.","We are always told to exercise care when shooting into the light when using our cameras. I love throwing caution to the wind when using my pinhole camera because it always yields dramatic & unexpected results. To me this flare could be shards of glass thrown out by the panther leaping to its freedom.")} if(Image=='jetty') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"X","Jetty","Agfa Optima ISO100. 3 seconds @ f196.","I didn't anticipate the patterns made by the sun on the water, but when I saw the photograph I really liked it. Maybe you do too.")} if(Image=='knaresborough') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Knaresborough","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f114.","This is a beautiful area. Castle ruins stand proud, overlooking this river scene with steps descending down to the river bank. Half way down the steps, this vantage point offers a great view.
I saw the cross & wanted it for my foreground composition. On reflection though, this is a picture of the cross, rather than the cross acting as a foreground in the picture.")} if(Image=='knight') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Knight","Kodak Portra 160NC. 6 minutes @ f197.","There were so many people around, maybe it wasn't the best idea to take a picture. Undeterred, I discretely set up my tripod close to an opposing wall, opened the shutter & watched the people buzzing around. The movement of the people has hardly left a trace on the negative & they have all but disappeared. Colour negative converted to black & white.")} if(Image=='lboro_canal') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-30-001","Canal bridge","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 5 seconds @ f157.","I really like this one, it comes nowhere close to the brilliance of an Atget but it has a bit of that flavour do you think? If I were to be dissatisfied though (as ever), is that sky too bland?")} if(Image=='lboro_church') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-30-001","Church","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 5 seconds @ f157.","I have visited this church several times, always looking for a new angle to find a more pleasing composition. On this particular visit I discovered that groundworks had been carried out. The gravestones had been arranged into islands & I found a position that gave lead in lines with some help from the overhanging tree branches too. The result is one of my best pictures of the church.")} if(Image=='lf_bradgate_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_LF5X4-36-001","Park","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f142).","I have visited this park on so many occasions it feels like a second home but I have never before taken a picture from this position. I don't know why as it is a very photogenic position. This colour scan has been converted to monochrome in software.")} if(Image=='lf_bradgate_03') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_LF5X4-36-001","Bradgate park","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f142).","After constructing this camera I thought maybe I had made it with too wide a viewing angle. A consequence of that wide angle are the distortions evident in the corners of this picture. It is a signature effect of seriously wide pinhole cameras & imparts a distinctive character into the picture. Converted to monochrome in software then warm grey/black duotone applied.")} if(Image=='little_gate') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Little gate","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f114.","This gateway is the entrance to the church in Great Ayton, England. I like it very much because it has the passage of time etched onto it, from the crooked weathered stone post to the worn step.")} if(Image=='memorial_crosses') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"X","Memorial crosses","Fuji Acros ISO100. 5 minutes @ f236.","I was in the churchyard & noticed a memorial basket had been placed beneath a cross. I set my camera up & during the exposure spent the moments contemplating whilst trying to keep my hands warm.")} if(Image=='mm_green_cones') {WriteTable(Image,204,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Building feature","Fuji Superia ISO100. 30 seconds @ f102.","For each of my exposures I moved around this feature so that each part of the picture would be slightly different. I really enjoy the muted colours in this picture, and of course the peculiar shapes formed by the upward looking viewpoint.")} if(Image=='mm_inkitchen') {WriteTable(Image,156,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Taken from the kitchen","Fuji Superia ISO100. 30 seconds @ f102.","I wanted lots of stainless steel items for this shot, but had difficulty finding what I wanted in our kitchen. Some forks & a grater were all I could find so these were put to use.
Of particular note here is the depth of field, we can look through the holes of the grater to see the other side of it, with near & far features rendered equally sharp.")} if(Image=='mm_kirbycastle_01') {WriteTable(Image,178,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Three towers","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 3 seconds @ f102.","This photograph gives me so much satisfaction. I love the composition of the three towers. The trees form lovely patterns & the placement of the slender branch laden with autumn leaves (centre) adds a beautiful element. The original picture had a fourth tower but I didn't think it worked very well & so it was cropped off. To see the original picture click here")} if(Image=='mm_kirbycastle_02') {WriteTable(Image,279,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Morph","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 3 seconds @ f102.","Each exposure in this photograph has a seamless transition to the next, almost morphing from one thing to another as the eye travels across the picture. Therein lies its strength as a composition.")} if(Image=='mm_kirbycastle_03') {WriteTable(Image,442,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","House of horrors","Ilford FP4 ISO125.","This photograph manages to make an ordinary ruin look really sinister. The picture was achieved by taking shots at regular intervals whilst moving parallel to the subject.")} if(Image=='mm_kirbycastle_06') {WriteTable(Image,331,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Golden leaves","Fuji Superia ISO100. 3 seconds @ f102.","Generally this picture has worked as I envisioned. I wanted the golden leaves as 'bookends' to the picture so that is where I began & ended. Luck plays its hand in the middle exposure & the snippet of water provides continuity with the water in the frame ends.")} if(Image=='mm_light_trails') {WriteTable(Image,356,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Light trails","Fuji Superia ISO100. 90 seconds @ f102.","This was my last picture of the day. I consciously moved around the street between each exposure but I was expecting the light trails to be a lot more 'close-up'. Despit that I still like the picture. Each exposure was 90 seconds long.")} if(Image=='mm_lough360') {WriteTable(Image,427,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Street panorama","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 minute @ f102.","This is a full, 360º panorama using 6 exposures. If you look to the extreme left & right of the frame you can see the same, distant building twice.")} if(Image=='mm_navigation') {WriteTable(Image,332,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Navigation pub","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f102).","The canal cuts through the city of Nottingham & I was wandering around looking for subject matter. This pub stood out, right next to the canal & one of the lock gates. Flare has added something special to this picture, something that can never be planned.")} if(Image=='mm_notts_castle_01') {WriteTable(Image,235,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Nottingham castle","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f102).","The lighting here was about as difficult as you could imagine. Low angle sunlight straight into the camera with areas in shadow. Despite that I am pleased with my exposure and amazingly there is no flare. Three exposures give a 180º view.")} if(Image=='mm_notts_castle_02') {WriteTable(Image,236,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Nottingham castle","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f102).","The back of Nottingham castle can be seen high up on the summit of a sheer rock face. I aimed my camera up using the trees for effect. Shame part of the castle appears as a white-out but the sun lit it directly making it almost inevitable over exposure would occur.")} if(Image=='mm_pliers') {WriteTable(Image,358,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Pliers","Fuji Superia ISO100. 10 seconds @ f102.","I noticed my set of pliers with bright yellow handles & matte silver jaws - they certainly had colour. As a monochrome picture though, it really sings.
Just how many pairs of pliers are here......?")} if(Image=='mm_propellers_02') {WriteTable(Image,314,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Propellers","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f102).","Movement between the exposures has produced an apparent graceful arcing of the engines flowing through the picture almost flying into the frame & out once more.")} if(Image=='mm_radio') {WriteTable(Image,443,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","My radio","Fuji Superia ISO100.","I love radio. There is a receiver in the kitchen, one in the garage & in the bedroom - I even have one in the bathroom! This is my Roberts digital radio, a fantastic piece of technology.")} if(Image=='mm_star_us') {WriteTable(Image,221,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Fuselage","Ilford FP4 ISO125. Exposure unrecorded (f102).","I find this picture most pleasing. Rather than rotate the camera between exposures, here I followed the aircraft in a parallel line producing joins almost unnoticed. A Black-Red-Yellow tritone gives the picture a lovely tone which looks as good printed as it does on screen.")} if(Image=='mm_sweets') {WriteTable(Image,299,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Sweet packets","Fuji Superia ISO100. 10 seconds @ f102.","At one point I had converted this picture to monochrome, but revisiting it it seemed such a shame to lose all those lush colours")} if(Image=='mm_undercarriage') {WriteTable(Image,240,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Undercarriage","Ilford FP4 ISO125. Exposure unrecorded (f102).","This cargo plane is huge! I saw the undercarriage & moved around it taking three exposures. What I like here is that the blending has worked so well you have to look twice to figure out that there are not three wheels, just one wheel three times.")} if(Image=='mm_wharf') {WriteTable(Image,226,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","Wharf","Fuji Superia ISO100. 30 seconds @ f102.","This area has recently been redeveloped, some flats, clean surrounds & moorings for boats. When I was taking my pictures there were youths hanging around heckling me too! Three exposures were used here giving a view of 180º.")} if(Image=='mm_white_dome') {WriteTable(Image,291,100,"cam_PJ60-26-001","White dome","Fuji Superia ISO100. Exposure unrecorded (f102).","If this place looks special on the photograph you should have been there! It is extraordinary, the glass towers & bright white dome make it feel like a set of a science fiction movie. It is the site of Her Majesties Revenue & Customs so maybe you would understand why I felt a little nervous here.")} if(Image=='monument_1') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-30-001","Monument","Fuji Reala (pulled 1 stop). 2 seconds @ f157.","This monument is on the bank of the River Trent in Nottingham. The flat plane was used in the camera for this shot & delivers characteristic perspective effects & vignetting.
Multi format camera using the flat plane - 18mm lens equivalent (135 format).")} if(Image=='mooring_ring') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-38-001","Mooring ring","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 5 seconds @ f150.","I noticed this iron ring cast into the concrete & decided to attempt a shot including it. I used a stone beneath the front of the camera to give a slight upward slant. The rest of my family are enjoying a coffee whilst I am messing around.
Multi format camera using the flat plane - 18mm lens equivalent (135 format).")} //if(Image=='mopani_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='mopani_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='mopani_03') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='mopani_04') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='mopani_05') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} if(Image=='mopani_triptych') {WriteTable(Image,284,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Triptych","Fuji Neopan ISO400. 1 minute 30 seconds @ f197.","This wonderful piece of wood looks incredible & almost like stone. It proved more difficult than I first thought to get any good pictures from this subject, it demanded some thought & careful placement of the camera to get the best results.")} if(Image=='nottingham') {WriteTable(Image,116,100,"cam_FP6045-50-001","Nottingham city","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 20 seconds @ f164.","I simply love everything about this picture, the colour, the ghostly blur caused by traffic and the subject - a contrast of new and old. The round, glass building looks like something from outer space set against the more traditional foreground buildings. I had the tripod pitched up on a traffic island with the traffic buzzing around me. I must be NUTS!")} if(Image=='official_car') {WriteTable(Image,112,100,"cam_FUNCAM_35mm","Official car","Ilford PanF ISO50. 8 seconds @ f126.","I have no idea what this is but it is interesting enough to photograph.")} if(Image=='old_john_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Old John","Ilford Delta 100. 1 second @ f114.","The lovely side light shows this monument off to its best & gives the picture a beautiful peace & tranquility.")} if(Image=='old_wheels') {WriteTable(Image,112,100,"cam_FUNCAM_35mm","Wheels","Ilford PanF ISO50. 1 minute @ f126.","These old wheels were casually placed against the shack, with good framing a picture was ready & waiting - it was all about isolating the subject. I like how the sprocket holes seem to echo the gaps in the centre of the wheels.")} if(Image=='pan_tree') {WriteTable(Image,283,100,"cam_FUNCAM_panorama","Tree","Fuji Superia ISO100. 45 seconds @ f197.","I thought at the time the sprawling roots of this tree would make a great panoramic picture. They have contributed to a very pleasing shot using my MDF/mountboard panoramic camera.")} if(Image=='plant_patterns') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"X","Plant patterns","Fuji Superia ISO100. 7 minutes @ f236.","There were clear dividing lines across these patterns in the garden. I moved in close & exploited them to produce a composition of thirds (roughly). The original colour photograph was converted to monochrome to bring emphasis to the great patterns.")} if(Image=='pstation') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"X","Pumping station","Agfa Optima ISO100. 4 seconds @ f196.","This is a local reservoir. Years ago I remember seeing this reservoir comletely drained to facilitate the building of this pumping station. For me, the flare adds a dreamlike quality to this picture.")} if(Image=='railway_pub') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"X","Railway pub","Fuji Acros ISO100. 5 minutes @ f236.","This public house has lots of character & I always enjoy seeing it.")} if(Image=='rose') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"X","Rose","Agfa Optima ISO100. 4 minutes @ f130.","A still life with the camera about one inch from the subject. I must confess, I am chuffed to bits with this one, it has a real 'painterly' quality to it. The colours are quite different to those I actually saw at the time.")} if(Image=='rose_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Rose","Ilford Delta 100. 0.5 second @ f114.","As I wandered around the park with my wife, we came upon a discarded bunch of red roses. I am intrigued by the story behind them but that is something I will never know. I moved one of the flowers into the sunlight, rested the camera on the ground with a slight upward tilt, then took just one shot. I love the composition here with the different shaped rock formations either side.")} if(Image=='rotor') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Loughborough fair","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 10 seconds @ f131.","I am a little disappointed that I had not tilted the camera slightly more skywards to include the top of the ride. However, I still like the offset composition here. It was a devil of a job to find somewhere out the way of feet where I could pitch my tripod. I always try to remain discrete & curteous with my tripod by not hindering anyone, sometimes it does compromise the picture a little bit.")} if(Image=='rufford_doorway') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Doorway","Fuji Neopan ISO400. 8 seconds @ f256.","I tried to get right on top of the wall on the right here so as to exploit the depth of field from the pinhole camera. Slight curvature of the paving stones reveals this camera to be a curved plane design.")} if(Image=='school_house') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","School house","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f114.","The shape & pattern of the branches around the window immediately caught my eye. I was very close & expected the window frame to fill my picture, as someone once said to me about wideangle cameras 'Get close, then closer still'.")} if(Image=='scott') {WriteTable(Image,100,150,"cam_FP6045-50-001","Scott","8 seconds @ f164.","This fella is Scott. He was a little reluctant to pose for me initially but then warmed to the idea. There's slight movement of the head here but I don't want to start getting Vicorian by using head clamps!! On second thoughts it might do him some good!!
Converted to monochrome & tritoned.")} if(Image=='showboat') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Showboat","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 45 seconds @ f157.","This seating is a recent addition to our town centre. I am not so sure it is a good idea to make seats out of stainless steel, have the council never heard of piles!! Either way the graphic lines & reflective nature make good camera fodder. The building clearly shows the distortion inherent with this camera. Compare that to the paving at the bottom, avoid straight lines & it isn't so apparent.")} if(Image=='six_lads') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Six lads","Fuji Superia, 1 second @ f114.","I was setting up to take a picture of the book shop when a group of lads came for a chat. They asked me to take a shot & I was pleased to do so. One of the scally's opened my shutter whilst I was distracted which I snapped shut but it resulted in the ghost of a street lamp to the left of the building. I took a second shot, closer still but that didn't work as well as my first shot, here.")} if(Image=='skull') {WriteTable(Image,116,100,"cam_FP6045-29-001","Silverware","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 2 minutes @ f114.","Belvoir Castle, is the home of The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum & on display is this silver mounted skull cigar holder with cross bones. This macabre piece (it is a real skull) represents the motto of the regiment - 'Death or Glory'. The camera was placed right up close to the glass cabinet, to other visitors it must have seemed as if I was hogging the best view.")} if(Image=='spacectr_012') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FP135-26-001","Space centre","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 3 seconds @ f102.","This is the home of the national space centre in Leicester. I think it is an astonishing building with a semi-translucent 'bubble' to house a rocket & at the rear pipes & vents that look like giant exhaust pipes. This shot has been worked to bring out its graphic shapes & curves with punchy contrast. I also shot this using a 6cm x 6cm superwide, click this link to take a look.")} if(Image=='spacectr_03') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FP135-26-001","Space centre","Jessops Diamond ISO100. 1 second @ f102.","This was one of my rule-breaker shots, shooting directly into the sun. It has given me the dramatic flare I was looking for. This picture is astonishing for another reason though, whilst checking the individual colour channels of my colour negative scan I saw the disc of the sun. I have never seen this in lens photography & wonder if it is something special to pinhole??")} if(Image=='standing_stone') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FP6060-18-001","Standing stone","Ilford FP4 ISO125. Exposure unrecorded (f71).","With the extreme wide angle of this camera I had to be almost on top of my subject. I used the low angle sunlight to emphasise the hard shape of the stone. The diffuse effect comes from the use of the centre spot filter.")} if(Image=='station_entrance') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6SW","Station entrance","Ilford PanF ISO50, 5 seconds @ f75.","I had a very satisfying afternoon at the steam train station. As I left I had one exposure left, I turned toward the entrance & took my last shot of the day.")} if(Image=='steam_engine_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-38-001","Steam engine","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 6 seconds @ f150.","The engine moved to this end of the carriages, valves were opened & steam was billowing out with lots of noise too. I didn't get too close & I set my camera down on the platform then opened the shutter. The depth of field means the platform surface, only inches away, is equally sharp. Does the flare work for this shot.....")} if(Image=='steam_engine_03') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-38-001","Steam engine","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 5 seconds @ f150.","I saw the engine come to rest & I rushed to take up position. I had to lift the tripod up over railings, with those railings between me & the camera I set about taking my picture. The presence of the man adds an interesting feature to the shot and the presence of smoke & steam has contributed to some lovely tones in this picture enhanced with a tritone.")} if(Image=='steel_wheels') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Rusty steel","Kodak Portra 160NC. 43 seconds @ f256.","These look like flywheels from a machine to me (the actual machine is unknown). They make a great subject for the pinhole camera, with their shape, textures & muted colours.")} if(Image=='street_scene_01') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"cam_CP9060-40-001","Street scene","Ilford FP4 ISO125. 1 second @ f157.","Them thieving vandals, I don't believe it, they would nick anything. The clock hasn't got any hands!
I wanted to use odd camera angles on this one trying to find something more dynamic. There are nice details in this picture like the man in the car, the stone (and the clock). Plenty of contrasting shapes & textures make for 'eye candy'.")} if(Image=='sunlit_window') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Window","Kodak Portra 160NC. Time unrecorded @ f197.","When setting up my shot I obviously had a choice of manouevring the camera to include the reflection of the sun or finding a position where the sun would be obscured. I chose to include it for an added dimension to the picture & took my chances with the flare that would undoubtably result.")} //if(Image=='thornton_001') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='thornton_002') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='thornton_003') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='thornton_004') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='thornton_005') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='thornton_006') {WriteTable(Image,125,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='thornton_007') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} //if(Image=='thornton_008') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"","","","")} if(Image=='ticketoffice') {WriteTable(Image,100,150,"cam_FP6045-50-001","Tickets","Agfa Optima ISO100. 2 secs @ f179.","This is the ticket office at the Quorn, steam railway station. I like the image of the man, caught by chance if I am honest. I am still not sure if pinhole photographs have superior contrast to 'lensed' photographs due to lenses (however good) lowering contrast. Either way this shot exhibits good contrast with 'punchy' saturation and really rich colours. On 2 year out of date film too!!")} if(Image=='towles_hosiery') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_MF6060-30-001","Factory","Cassette camera/Curved plane - 10mm lens equiv. Ilford FP4. 5 seconds @ f157.","This is a busy junction in my home town. It is grey,dark & oppressive. That's why I like it. The old factory contrbutes to the gloom in the tight confines. There are several large scale buildings in this area (now redeveloped) that were once part of this factory. The roads look empty but you can just make out the blur of traffic as it passed in front of the camera.")} if(Image=='tractor') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Old tractor","Kodak Portra 160NC. 12 seconds @ f256.","Initially it was the fabulous texture of the corroded bodywork (left side) that attracted me to take this picture, cropping from an original 9x6cm frame has diluted some of my original intentions. Slight curvature of the brickwork reveals the signature effect of a curved plane.")} if(Image=='tractor_wheel') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_9x6CP","Tractor wheel","Kodak Portra 160NC. 4 seconds @ f256.","The camera had to be placed literally in the well of this tractor wheel to get up close to the lovely colours. A splash of sunlight really lifted things & it was awkward trying to avoid casting a shadow of the camera on the subject.")} if(Image=='trebuchet') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Trebuchet","Kodak Portra 160NC. Time unrecorded @ f197.","According to Wikipedia, this Trebuchet (a medieval catapult) is the largest working example in the world. It is a very impressive structure so I chose a frame filling composition. Converted to black & white.")} if(Image=='treetrunk_graves') {WriteTable(Image,150,100,"X","Tree in graveyard","Fuji Acros ISO100. 1 minute 50 seconds @ f236.","This is not a composition I would normally go for, the tree trunk cuts straight through the frame creating a dividing line. It is a composition that doesn't always work for me but in this instance I quite like the result.")} if(Image=='tree_diffuse') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FP6060-18-001","Tree","Ilford FP4 ISO125. Exposure unrecorded (f71).","A shot taken with the centre spot filter fitted giving the diffused effect.")} if(Image=='tri_ruin') {WriteTable(Image,100,150,"cam_FUNCAM_trichromy","House ruin in Trichromy","Fuji Neopan ISO400. Time unrecorded @ f197.","This picture proves the effectiveness of the trichromy process & how it is possible to obtain a colour picture from black & white film.")} if(Image=='vincar') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"X","Vintage car","Agfa Optima ISO100. 3 seconds @ f196.","I saw this lovely old car parked in the car park. The film had been in the camera for months before it was used which explains the coloured vignette. Modified in Photoshop.")} if(Image=='warwick_castle_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Warwick castle","Kodak Portra 160NC. Time unrecorded @ f197.","I chose my vantage point along the river bank so my picture of the castle would be framed by the grasses. It pays to look around for the best position to take your picture from.")} if(Image=='warwick_castle_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Warwick castle","Kodak Portra 160NC. Time unrecorded @ f197.","The tree on the lawn offered the perfect foreground interest with overhanging branches & broken shadows on the grass. After a little walk to find my preffered spot, the tripod was set up to exploit what the tree had to offer.")} if(Image=='wood') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6LF","Wood","Fuji Neopan ISO400. 1 minute 50 seconds @ f197.","A close up section of this piece of wood reveals the textures & patterns within it.")} if(Image=='woods_01') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 6 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='woods_02') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 6 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='woods_03') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 6 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='woods_04') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 6 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='woods_05') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 12 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='woods_06') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 6 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='woods_07') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 6 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='woods_08') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_FUNCAM_6x6WA","Woodland","Kodak 160NC. 6 secs @ f130.","Woodland scene.")} if(Image=='ye_olde_sweetshop') {WriteTable(Image,100,100,"cam_CP6060-29-001","Olde sweetshop","Fuji Superia ISO100. 1 second @ f114.","This little scene in Knaresborough looked lovely so I had to stop for a quick photograph.
An inscription on the building states - Established in 1728.")} if(Image=='zak') {WriteTable(Image,100,150,"cam_FP6045-50-001","Zak","8 seconds @ f164.","Let me introduce Zak. I asked him to pose for me in exchange for getting his picture on the internet. He has certainly achieved perfect stillness which is so difficult for kids.
Converted to monochrome & tritoned.")} } function WriteTable (Image,ThmbWid,ThmbHgt,CamPage,PicTitl,Exposure,Descrpn) { //if (CamPage == 'cam_FP135-26-001') {var Exposure = ("35mm camera, equivalent to 18mm lens. " + Exposure)} //if (CamPage == 'cam_CP9060-40-001'){var Exposure = ("9cm x 6cm, equivalent to 10mm lens on 135 format. " + Exposure)} //if (CamPage == 'cam_CP6060-29-001'){var Exposure = ("6cm x 6cm, equivalent to 10mm on 135 format. " + Exposure)} var ExpoCellHgt = 25; // THIS VARIABLE SETS THE HEIGHT OF THE EXPOSURE DETAILS CELL var RowSpacer = 20; // THIS VARIABLE SETS THE HEIGHT OF THE SPACER/ROW BELOW EACH PICTURE BLOCK var gallerywdth = 720; // THIS VARIABLE SETS THE WIDTH OF THE GALLERY var ThumbTxtSpcr = 10; // THIS VARIABLE SETS THE GAP BETWEEN THE THUMBNAIL ON THE LEFT & THE TEXT ON THE RIGHT document.write( "" + "
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" //----------------------------------------------------- // THUMBNAIL CELL + "" //----------------------------------------------------- + "" + "
" + "" + PicTitl + " -
" + Descrpn + "
" ) if (CamPage != 'X') { document.write( "\"This" ) } document.write( "" + Exposure + "
" + "
" + "" //----------------------------------------------------- // SPACER ROW + "" ) }