Recent content by Svenedin

Continued hiking further up the valley to this Alpine pasture with hay barn, cows on distant hillside and bales of hay ready for Winter (oh and obligatory wrecked car).

Thank you. It was a glorious gentle hike of great personal significance. My partner was very seriously ill 3 years ago and ended up having a liver transplant. We used to go on hiking holidays in the mountains twice a year in June and September every year. This was the first hiking holiday in 3...

Another photo from hiking in September with only my iPhone. The low electric fence irritates me a little but I cannot crop this out. From a series of hikes on the theme of water.

Thank you. I know what you mean though. Despite the equipment I still had to wait for the sun to come out from the clouds, meter in the right place and be in the right place (crouching down in a bog). I rather enjoyed the freedom of hiking just with my iPhone (which I was also using for GPS). I...

A photo I took whilst hiking near Schladming in Austria this Summer. For various reasons I could not take this on film. I have cropped the photo to remove a wire fence and to improve the composition. Hope darkroom will be operational again soon.

Thanks for your PM message Petryk and Happy New Year to you too. I can add something more as well. My calibration figures worked well for a long time but a while ago my prints became inconsistent. Eventually I traced the fault to a loose wire to the enlarger ceramic halogen lamp holder. There...

I can appreciate you might feel nervous or self-conscious but I think it’s anticipatory anxiety. In other words, once you actually get out there you’ll be fine. Don’t overthink it, just do it. Assuming you live in a relatively safe town what’s the worst that can happen? A few funny looks? Does...

Wow very interesting. I work for the British navy, my grandfather served during WW2. It looks like your first example plate is of French ships flying the Tricoleur (a bit tricky to tell in negative and with orthochromatic film). The second plate shows some kind of celebration or party (possibly...

Orange filter?

@David Lyga I didn’t know soapbox banned you. I don’t know what it was about but sorry to hear that. I don’t like restrictions on free speech!

The Ilford RC is still available in grades 2 and 3 on the Harman web-shop (UK). I much prefer graded to MG but I don't use fibre paper as it uses too much water to wash it.

I thought he briefly reappeared over the Summer. There was a thread asking where he was (I can’t find that thread now). We used to exchange PM's (sometimes with Michael Orr) but he hasn't replied in a long time. Hiho's profile says last seen September 2018.

Yes! I saw that a while ago and I really enjoyed it. Both the social history and the photography. Very good.

@shutterfinger When you say "lacquer thinner" do you mean Xylene? It's amazing stuff for getting the sticky pads that hold on car number plates off and it doesn't harm modern (water based two-pack) car paint but it does horrible things to many plastics.

St Alban's cathedral, Verulamium Park, Sopwell Priory, Hatfield House, Barton Hills nature reserve, Dunstable Downs..............there's loads and loads of stuff. Try looking on Trip Advisor for suggestions.