Shops on Mesnes Street, Wigan.

Shops on Mesnes Street, Wigan
Kodak Plus-X
Pentax SP500
Meyer-Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith

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Crossroads on the path. Woodland, dead ahead!

Crossroads
Kodak Plus-X
Olympus OM-2

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The Civic building is almost finished with it's multi million quid refurbishment. I used to pay my rent there when it was owned by the Council.

Civic Reborn
Kodak Plus-X
Pentax SP500
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tanker parked up, waiting for it's next fill.

Tanker
Kodak Plus-X
Olympus OM-2

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My walk took me through the local woodland along the nice new path. Solar and Wind power charges batteries in the lamp posts ready to illuminate the path at night.

Through the woodland
Kodak Plus-X
Olympus OM-2
Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 + filter
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New Coffeehouse photographed with my Pentax SP500, Meyer-Optik Gorlitz 30mm f/3.5 Lydith with orange filter on Kodak Plus-X. I finally ticked one off my bucket list of film to try before I die.

New Blog Post
This week I talk about trying a classic film for the first time. Kodak Plus-X

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Birds gathering for a free lunch

Free Lunch
Pentax SP500
Fomapan 400 with yellow filter and developed with FX55

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This Swan is a bold chancer, always hoping for a free lunch!

That Bloody Swan!
Pentax SP500
Fomapan 400 with yellow filter and developed with FX55

#fairhavenlake #FX55 #fomapan400 #pentaxsp500 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

Plenty of benches to sit on and enjoy the scenery

Benches at Fairhaven Lake
Pentax SP500
Fomapan 400 developed with FX55

#prestondock #FX55 #fomapan400 #pentaxsp500 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

Sailing boats moored at Preston Dock

A few of the boats that are moored at Preston Dock
Pentax SP500
Fomapan 400 developed using FX55

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Bouys on display at Preston Dock. They once marked out the navigation channel in the Ribble Estuary.

The Bouys
Pentax SP500
Fomapan 400 & yellow filter

#prestondock #FX55 #fomapan400 #pentaxsp500 #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

A very frozen Coalbrookdale Fountain in Mesnes Park, Wigan on a bitterly cold day in December 2022

Frozen Fountain at Mesnes Park in 2022
Pentax SP500
Ilford HP5
I have enjoyed my retrospective look at my photography over the last few years. New Blog is published every Wednesday.😎
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