Recent content by Peter Roberts

It's taken a few days to hunt down and scan the negative of this very special tree. This hornbeam was all that remained of Deville Wood after the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Taken 25 years ago on Kodak Gold 200 with a Canon EOS 500n and 28-80 kit lens. I am assured that the tree is still...

Good call, Gerard. Especially as I haven't posted anything for a while. First up, seven on film. All with a Minolta SRT101b or XD-7 and variety of Rokkor lenses, mostly with a yellow filter. And then a couple of digitals with a Canon 20D set to monochrome mode although I can't...

An interesting little camera, Charlotte. I've got one myself but have yet to tape up its cracks (!) and run a film through it. I won't preempt your review, which I look forward to, but the reason behind Kodak's introduction of the Baby Brownie is quite fascinating. Yours looks in great...

Goof stuff, Gianluca. I particularly like the first five. The similar geometry of the composition binds them together into a coherent series in their own right.

For instance, there was this guy bus spotting from the top deck of a Routemaster. His hair style seemed vaguely familiar 🤔

Thanks Ivar. You're absolutely right, in my opinion I doubt that it would have worked in colour. There would have been too much distraction from the main subject.

The garage was celebrating its centenary so was open as part of the annual heritage open house events. As a bonus the London Bus Museum was running vintage buses to coincide. So it was a really fun day attracting folk of various interests. As such it was a great day for people spotting.

Thanks Gianluca. There's nothing like seeing photo as a print or in a book. A computer or phone screen never really does them justice. This one is definitely on the shortlist.

It seems to have become a tradition that each year I put together a Photo Year Book with which to bore family and friends. I really ought to compile a shortlist as I go along but I'm not that disciplined with my filing. As a result, like this young chap at Bromley Bus Garage Open Day back in the...

Hello from London and welcome Frederic. Have a look round, there's a lot of good stuff here. And don't be afraid to post some of your own 😉

I'm glad you liked them, Gary. And by the way, a belated welcome from me. It's always worth delving into one's back catalogue. Shots like these acquire an added poignancy as time passes.

Glad to see you here again, Steve. I agree with Rob, three and four hit the spot for me.

I wouldn't worry about being a romantic, Stefan. Romanticism can be said to embrace imagination, intuition, idealism, inspiration and individuality; its five I's. By that definition all of us here, expressing ourselves through photography, are romantics and possess most, if not all, of these...

As you say, Gianluca, very Wes Anderson. I had to look up Tresigallo. Such an interesting piece of history of which I knew nothing. A dream that ended up badly. My favourite shot is the shabby building with the flock of birds. Lots of interesting textures in that one.

I agree with all your comments, Bill. It was an age of innocence and trust although we didn't realise it at the time. But then again perhaps each generation thinks that. For instance, my children, ages 40 and 36, already reminisce about their teens and twenties. As with you Cokin filters...