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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Seeing it's Friday lets have a #fensterFreitag Converted Warehouse - Newark-on-Trent 📷️️ Pentax K1000, 28-50mm SMC Zoom 🎞️ Foma Ortho 400, Rodinal 50:1 for 10 mins at 20C #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite #NewarkOnTrent

A side lit wall of a converted warehouse next to the river Trent, a small very recessed window is set into the thick rendered wall with a blocked off door under it. At the bottom of the wall was brown dead undergrowth showing up black with this ortho film, to the left of the door is a small rectangular lamp and to the right of the window two cables leave the wall and then run up it like an upside down T.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Down to the beach - Chapel St Leonards, Oct 2026 I'm not sure orthochromatic film was the best choice for the beach. 📷️ Pentax K1000, 28-50mm SMC Zoom 🎞️ Foma Ortho 400, Rodinal 50:1 for 10 mins at 20C #filmPhotography #FomaOrtho400 #blackAndWhite #ChapelStLeonards

A black and white film photograph of a promenade with railings leading down to the beach with the sea and an almost clear sky. Over time the sand has built up and filled with dune grass (Marram grass) so there is not much of the steps down any more.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yup, a lot of people just think of climate change has a nice warm summer, it'll only be when food prices start climbing and supply of some staples becomes a thing that the penny might drop.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Done Fishing - Chapel St Leonards, Oct 2026 📷 Pentax K1000, 28-50mm SMC Zoom 🎞️ Foma Ortho 400, Rodinal 50:1 for 10 mins at 20C #filmPhotography #FomaOrtho400 #blackAndWhite #ChapelStLeonards

A grainy orthochromatic photo of two fishermen on a sandy beach packing up their fishing rods to leave now the tide is going out, they are to the centre left of the image, the rest of the beach is featureless as is the sky except a few wisps of cloud.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Turbines and Trees - High Peak Trail. A bit of fogging on this and another frame which I expect was from my changing bag, this was my first go at developing 120. 📷 Rolleiflex 3.5F 🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200, Rodinal 50:1 for 11 mins (too long?) at 20C #filmPhotography #blackandWhite #peakDistrict

A clump of low trees in the middle foreground to the left with two large wind turbines to the right, one much closer than the other and nicely fills the upper right of the square photo. I the lower left corner there is a little fogging of the negative.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wind Power - Near Harboro Rocks on the High Peak Trail. 📷 Rolleiflex 3.5F 🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200, Rodinal 50:1 11mins (too long?) at 20C #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite #peakDistrict #120film

A square 6x6 medium format black and white photo of a pylon and to each side of it in the distance are large wind turbines.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Taking in the view - Chapel St Leonards 2026 Threw my old LX3 in the bag alongside my film camera on a day out to the seaside, I leave it in program mode, set to slightly under expose and use it like a point and shoot. #ChapelStLeonards #photography

A square colour photo of an empty beach with a slither of sea 2/3rds of the way up the image, a blue sky and in the foreground a zigzag of the edge of the promenade with a mobility scooter and light blue bin.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well the results from my first go at developing 120 at home came out well, negs are a bit dense but expected that and should have knocked a minute or so off the dev time. The one thing this has show up is the Rolleiflex is having a few issues and probably needs a CLA. #120film

The backing paper and take up reel of a roll of 120 film.

A roll of 120 black and white film hanging up to dry in a shower.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Peek a Moo in cyanotype. An A4 cyanotype contact print of a black and white photo taken near Youlgreave, UK #cyanotype

An A4 cyanotype print of a bull looking over a dry stone wall in the Peak District, the image is blue and the edges are broken up brush strokes.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The owl and the wheat sheaf - Moira Furnace. 📷 Rolleiflex 3.5F 🎞️ Kodak Gold 200, lab dev, home scan. #filmPhotography #mediumFormat #rolleiflex

A close up of a gate post where the top of the post is carved into an owl and the top of the upright part of the gate curves over and is carved as a wheat sheaf. Behind the gate is a blurred wooded area with patches of bright sky through the canopy. The image is square and shot as a 6x6 negative on 120 colour film.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Pinocchio Cafe - Atherstone 2026 📷 Minolta AL-F 🎞️ Harman Phoenix 2 @ 160 ISO #filmPhotography #Atherstone

Pinocchio Cafe with some seats outside on the pavement and a bright red awning with their name on, the text is slightly glowing due to the experimental film.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

With 14 years of working in aviation software maybe I should apply to run NATS, at his pay grade I'd only need to last a year 😆

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Curve Theatre - Leicester The light and sky were very flat when I took this, I imagine on a better day you could spend quite a while at this building. 📷 OM-5ii, OM-System 12-45mm f/4 Pro #Leicester #blackAndWhite #photography

The right two thirds of the image are taken up of the Curve Theater Leicester with a shorter 70's building behind it. The theatre is a large glass box with horizontal sunshades where every floor would be, the actual auditorium is a building within a building. The image has been converted to black and white, blacks and whites have been pulled in a little and noise added to look a little more like film.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Curve Theatre and street light - Leicester 2026 Something digital for a change while on a quick wander around Leicester. 📷 OM-5ii, OM Systems 12-45mm f/4 #photography #Leicester

A red sandstone building fills the right quarer of the image while the rest is filled with the louvred windows of the Curve theatre, intersecting these are greenish lines that are either lights or windows on the other side of the building. In the foreground is an illuminated street lamp with a banner for St Georges Cultural Quarter in dark blue with white text.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sit back and watch the game - Donisthorpe Memorial Park, Sept 2026 📷 Pentax K1000, SMC 28-50 Zoom 🎞️ Rodinal 50:1 for 8.5 mins at 20C #filmPhotography #believeInFilm #BlackAndWhite #Donisthorpe

Looking from a shady spot on a raised bank, in front a small bench with a view over the playing fields sits with trees to either side.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bench with no view - Albert Village Lake 2026 The bench looked over a lake on a reclaimed clay pit, the ground was a mix of grey clay and stones, slowly nature prevailed. 📷 Pentax K1000, SMC 28-50 Zoom 🎞️ Fomapan 100, Rodinal 50:1 for 8.5mins at 20C #FilmPhotography #blackAndWhite #AlbertVillage

A black and white photo of a bench from behind, at the bottom of the photo is a light coloured path, behind the bench is a thick reed bed that now obscures any view of the the lake.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ann Bradford - Donisthorpe Cemetery, 2026 Donisthorpe Cemetery has a lot of collapsed headstones, probably from ground movement being next to the coalmine. 📷 Pentax K1000, SMC 28-50mm Zoom 🎞️ Fomapan 100, Rodinal 50:1 for 8.5 mins at 20C #filmPhotography #believeInFilm #blackAndWhite #Donisthorpe

A portrait black and white 35mm photo of the grave of Ann Bradford with the headstone to the right of the image, it's a bright day and the sun is almost side on to the ornate headstone.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah, shop bread is a shocking one for salt, I don't put much salt in the dough when making pizza and it doesn't seem to make much difference.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Bottle Kiln - Woodville 2026 This area was once a big producer ceramic products, especially pipes, one of the main artifacts of this history are the bottle kilns scattered around. 📷 Pentax ME Super 🎞️ HP5+, Rodinal 50:1, 11 mins, 20C #believeInFilm #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite #Woodville

A bottle kiln behind a concrete panel fence, large clumps of Buddleia over hang the fence by the kiln, the photo is square and black and white

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

That should say that the film was Ilford HP5+, that's what I get for posting before my 2nd mug of tea of the day 😉

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Stig @stigofthedump.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's that lighthouse again, and again and .. 📷 Pentax 17 🎞️ Kodak 100 TMAX - D23 #BelieveInFilm #filmphotography #HFF

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Royal Albert Dock - Liverpool 📷 Pentax ME Super 🎞️ XP2 400, Rodinal 50:1 for 11 mins #FensterFreitag #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite #Liverpool

A black and white photo looking up at the curved corner of a brick warehouse at Albert Dock in Liverpool, tall rectangular windows sit in columns, one of which has been opened.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Lifeguards Post - Mablethorpe, July 2026 📷 Pentax ME Super 🎞️ Ilford XP2 #filmPhotography #mabelthorpe #blackAndWhite

A landscape 3:2 black and white film photograph of a lifeguard hut at the top of the seawall that steps down to the beach towards the right of the image with the beach and sea in view and clouds visible in the sky.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

St Giles Church, Matlock, May 2025 From a roll of Fomapan 400 in 120 that came back from the lab with blotches in the sky, shot on a Rolleiflex 3.5F. #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite #matlock

St Giles Church, Matlock a stone church on a prominence, the photo is taken from the main gate looking up towards the church, the path is on the left and leads to the main entrance under the tower and to the right are headstones.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wow, I'm going to have to research this, I'm just 3D printing a pinhole camera but that's next level 👏

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Grey, Black and Blue - The old John Lewis car park Sheffield. 📷 Pentax ME Super 🎞️ Kodak Pro Image 100 - lab dev, home scan, NegPy conversion #sheffield #filmPhotography #kodak #negpy

The top corner of a concrete car park fills a square format photo, dark gaps let light and air into the structure, above a small amount of blue sky is visible.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Here's a final two from last week's Youlgreave hike. 📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 28mm f/2.8 🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100 developed in Rodinal 50:1 for 14 mins. #filmPhotography #monochromeMonday #believeInFilm #Youlgreave

A row of old grave stones some dating back to the 1700's, close up wide angle shot with bright sunlight and shade, photo is black and white

Youlgreave church taken from the graveyard side with graves in the foreground. Photo is black and white.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This way it seems - Youlgreave, Peak District. 📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 50mm f/1.7 🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100, Rodinal 50:1 14 mins #believeInFilm #filmPhotography #peakDistrict #blackAndWhite

An aged wooden public footpath post now standing at an angle shows it's age, it had been treated with something quite dark at some point which made the white "Limestone Way" writing stand out. You'll find this at the bottom of Holywell Lane, Youlgreave. The photo is black and white.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

That's a familiar spot, I was surprised to see it all closed up.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Dead tree in wall - Youlgreave The dead tree that's set into a stone wall as you cross a foot bridge over the river Bradford. 📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 50mm f/1.7 🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100, Rodinal 50:1 for 14 minutes. #filmPhotography #believeInFilm #BlackAndWhite #PeakDistrict

A dead tree set into a stone wall reaches into the sky on a foot bridge over a small river. behind the tress are fields turned light with the dry weather and trees.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Peek-a-Moo - Youlgreave, Peak District A bull peers over a wall near the farm at Conksbury. 📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 50mm f/1.7 🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100, Rodinal 50:1 for 15 minutes. #filmPhotography #PeakDistrict #BlackAndWhite

A young bull looks over a dry stone wall that makes up the lower half of the photo, behind the bull is a field and in the distance the tree covered far side of the valley. Image is black and white.

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Wil Overton @wiloverton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Another one ticked off the list - managed to get an Amiga mag cover. Time to get the A500 down from the loft, I reckon!

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Having a quick play with NegPy to convert my colour negatives, seems to do a reasonable job using auto although this is maybe a little cool for Kodak Gold in 120 which I shot on the Rolleiflex 3.5F. #filmPhotography #canals #ukcanal #moira

The Moira Furnace trip narrow board being prepared for the day, behind it is a weeping willow.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Below the rail lines - Atherstone Station. Something a little different from my recent posts. 📷 Minolta AL-F 🎞️ Harman Phoenix II at 160 ISO #filmPhotography #atherstone #dank

A light under a rail bridge blows out its highlights and leaves a halation glow, plant life clings on to the damp bricks around the light and above riveted ironwork reflects the dim glow.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We're not supposed to talk about that 🤫 (Fomapan?)

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Concrete Shelters - Mablethorpe 📷 Pentax ME Super 🎞️ Ilford XP2 Super #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite #mablethorpe

Conical concrete weather shelters with benches inside set in a curve, they are in a depression just back from the sea front, the outside was dark blue and the inside white.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sett Valley, Derbyshire. 📷 Minolta AL-F 🎞️ Harman Phoenix II, lab dev, home scan. #filmPhotography #Derbyshire #PeakDistrict

A view across the Sett Valley, in the lower foreground slightly blurred grass and across the valley green fields and clumps of trees, sandstone cottages group together in a patch of bright sunlight. Shot on Harman Phoenix II which makes blues and greens really pop.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

All Saints Church - Thrumpton, UK 📷️ Minolta AL-F 🎞️ Fomapan 100, Rodinal 50:1 for 8.5 minutes #filmPhotography #Nottinghamshire #blackAndWhite

The side of an old stone church (13th century) is highlighted by the midday sun while the grass and some gravestones are still in the shade giving a dream like light to the scene. The image is black and white and shot on film.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Future Pool - Meadowside Leisure Centre 📷 Minolta AL-F 🎞️ Harman Phoenix II at 160 ISO, lab dev, home scan. #filmPhotography #burtonUponTrent

White modular panels with dark windows make up the upper floor of this swimming pool building, to the right is a brick and black painted steel staircase, the sky is a very saturated blue.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's been very localised, driving back from Nottingham about 2pm it got so heavy it was headlights on and wipers on constant but once past Ashby everything was still dry.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Albert - Dutch barge, river Soar. 📷 Minolta AL-F 🎞️ Fomapan 100, Rodinal 50:1 for 8.5 minutes #canal #filmphotography #blackAndWhite

A side on black and white film photograph of a Dutch barge moored on the river Soar, the bow is to the left, behind the bow is a weeping willow tree.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Big Culverts. No messing around on the floodplain with the new Walton-on-Trent bridge. 📷️️️ Pentax ME Super 🎞️ Fomapan 400@250, Rodinal 50:1 11 mins #filmphotography #blackAndWhite #WaltonOnTrent

A JCB Telehandler viewed via two of the very big culverts they are including in the roadway for the new Walton-on-Trent bridge, the bridge is quite slim concrete with temporary barriers on the top, in the foreground is some dry long grass. The photo is black and white film.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Yup, we're off for a wander before it gets too warm, there's so much heat soak into the ground now that I'm having to use water kept in the fridge to get my photographic chemicals down to 20C, tap water is coming out too hot.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Erewash Canal, Trent Lock to Long Eaton. 📷️️ Pentax ME Super 🎞️ Fomapan 400@250, Rodinal 50:1 11 mins #filmPhotography #canal #blackAndWhite #ukcanals

Mill's Boatyard, a pristine black wooden building with a tin roof and white window and door frames sits behind a couple of moored narrow boats, one of which has someone working on it.

A narrow boat catches the sun surrounded by water lilies on it's private mooring with well kept lawns and trees.

A neglected GRP boat sits with its outboard motor dismantled and it's door slightly ajar, shortly after taking this photo a cat jumped out of the cabin.

The bow of a traditionally painted narrow boat with it's ropes fills the foreground while on the other bank the trad stern of another is visible.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Pax et Lux. The rather wonderful entrance to the public library in Long Eaton which say Peace and Light. 📷️ Pentax ME Super 🎞️ Fomapan 400@250, Rodinal 50:1 11 mins #filmPhotography #LongEaton

The entrance to a library with split staircase with PAX above the left and LUX above the right. In the middle above the door is another mosaic of a woman holding a torch in one hand and a bible in the other.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

@wanye3000.bsky.social Have you any views on the Timex MK1 Automatic, I dug my Pulsar Chronograph 100M out but the movement is damaged so looking for an affordable simple mechanical watch?

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Everyone needs good neighbours. House and distribution centre, Burton-upon-Trent. 📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 50mm f/1.7 🎞️ Fomapan 400@250, Rodinal 50:1 11 mins #filmPhotography #blackAndWhite

A single detached house sits on the A38 dual carriageway near Burton-upon-Trent, it's nearest neighbour being a massive distribution centre, in the foreground are some railway lines.

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Matt @matt303.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Given the Royal Mail is a private company I'm surprised they've not started using stamps as advertising space.

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