Willow tree and bird, Pocklington to Melbourne Canal Head
The Pocklington end of the Pocklington to Melbourne Canal in East Yorkshire, UK. The canal is more navigable from the Melbourne end, near York and there is just a short stretch of water here before it gives way to weed and reed for a good distance before opening up to free flowing water. This was taken on a late afternoon stroll along the canal path back in March and I was taken by the beautiful willow tree reflected in the canal. It was shot on expired film (Kodak Tmax 100 ASA b&w neg., process before 02 1998!) using a Nikon F301 35mm SLR, with a Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AI super-wideangle manual focus lens and I used an orange filter to enhance contrast in the sky, as well as helping the willow branches to stand out nicely. The film was hand processed using Ilfotec-DDX developer at native 100 ASA and I used some excellent Ilfotol rinse aid in the final wash, leaving virtually no watermarks or dust on the negatives to have to spot out after digitisation. I used a Plustek 8200Ai film scanner to digitise the negs to DNG raw files and Capture One Pro 23 to do the post processing.
Willow tree and bird, Pocklington to Melbourne Canal Head
The Pocklington end of the Pocklington to Melbourne Canal in East Yorkshire, UK. The canal is more navigable from the Melbourne end, near York and there is just a short stretch of water here before it gives way to weed and reed for a good distance before opening up to free flowing water. This was taken on a late afternoon stroll along the canal path back in March and I was taken by the beautiful willow tree reflected in the canal. It was shot on expired film (Kodak Tmax 100 ASA b&w neg., process before 02 1998!) using a Nikon F301 35mm SLR, with a Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AI super-wideangle manual focus lens and I used an orange filter to enhance contrast in the sky, as well as helping the willow branches to stand out nicely. The film was hand processed using Ilfotec-DDX developer at native 100 ASA and I used some excellent Ilfotol rinse aid in the final wash, leaving virtually no watermarks or dust on the negatives to have to spot out after digitisation. I used a Plustek 8200Ai film scanner to digitise the negs to DNG raw files and Capture One Pro 23 to do the post processing.