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John F
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A "Photographer" who dabbles with silver & light, regularly seen stoating about with a camera.

Avid user of pinhole and panoramic cameras.
I have a drone, I am not very good at it.

Find me on the Lensless & lo-fi podcast.
I know they are much the same 2 lots of images. (sequential)
I spotted them on the drive this morning and thought I would share the bendy world that is the widelux. Everything you see here is straight unless you throw in a widelux.
TMAX 100
#widelux #filmphotography #panoramas
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Seeing a video of a drone crashing into a pier, made me think of this image taken on my @realitysosubtle.bsky.social 4x5z during my last visit to Coney Island.
I had to press & hold the mini tripod I had with me against a pillar for the exposure.
#pinhole #largeformat #filmphotography
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Glasgow Subway.
Widelux f7
Tri-X at 1600 HC110
#glasgow #subway #street #widelux
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Could you imagine in 1965 rolling down the new M6 and seeing this the Forton Services for the first time.
Image taken not long after it opened. It is one of many thousands of images I have in my collection ranging from glass plate negs from the 1800's to slides into the 1990's.
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
A fully utilised underside of a bridge in Glasgow.
Looks a bit like a pretend car lot here.
#xpan
January 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The Met Tower.
Scheduled to be converted to offices. Funding or botherment dried up.
It currently sits as an edifice of decay with People Make Glasgow signs slowly rotting off the windows.
Perfect showpiece for this years commonwealth games.
It will now be converted to student blocs 😡 #xpan
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
2/2 there is something very different about that shifted view without relying on software that makes it a wee bit special
Tasma type 42
Nikkor PC 35mm
EOS 1n
January 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
1/2 I do love perspective control lenses
January 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I see a repeating pattern.
So open the camera and look for that pattern.
There will also be light hitting that same thing, whether that’s a problem or not is to be established after you open and find the pattern.
please post images of the open camera the film plate looks like a suspect (26)
January 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
3/3
I can't remember the context for it but from memory I captured the people in places they were comfortable in, be that a workplace or where they met to sing.
All using the available light.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
2/3
The only thing that sticks in my head currently about it is the call to engage me, it came in a 5am NYC time (to me) when I was fast asleep.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
1/3 Happy New year to you all.
I was doing a wee bit of file housekeeping I came across these:
A few years ago the National Theatre of Scotland asked me to do some portraits of one of their choirs for an upcoming exhibition in a local gallery / museum / community space.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
That’s exactly why it is in my experience as well.
Lower protein percentage and overall a denser type of flour.
The higher the mix of whites the higher it rises
The bran and wheat germ I understand also breaks down the gluten strings which give that bounce
December 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Looks decent
December 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Looks decent
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The last bake of the year
from my san fran.
48 hour ferment
I have been using this one more so it’s now at the peak of its oven bouncing. Uncontrollably so 😂
I do try but it still manages to find ways to expand I hadn’t seen..
Prob less sourdough in mix needed.
#sourdoug #baking #homebake #bread
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Glasgow central station, low level.
Train coming into the station.
Orwo N400 at 400.
#filmphotography #film #widelux #wideluxf7 #panorama #panos
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If you know the widelux, you will understand this fella was a lot closer to me than he looks here.
East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Adox HR50
#widelux #wideluxf7 #filmphotography #panos #panorama #streetphotography
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Glasgow night scene Tri-X at 1600 - hc110
I am still not sure I like or dislike the the effect the swing lens has on lights.
The wider its open the more flaring it creates. Here it is at f5.6-f8 at 2.8 it can be quite overpowering in the image.
#filmphotography #film #widelux
December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Spotted....
TRi-X at 1600
Contax 159mm 24mm lens
#filmphotography #film
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I refuse to accept cookies where I have no control over them, the guardian gives you no control to choose functional cookies only.
So for me that’s a fuck you.
I not am pandering to that at all.
I can try reading mode on it see if that works.
133 “partners” most storing for at least 12 months
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Here's a photo of the the Three Towers in Motherwell that came down the other week. This was taken when they were still being used.
One of Kodaks odd films, 2468. A positive microfilm with a rather low speed rating at 0.03 ISO give or take. Develops in normal chems. #filmphotography #film
December 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I had to initially write this one off due to so many rain splodges on the image.
The AI remove function in photoshop has been able to remove all the crap from it, plus a few cranes / large lamp posts in the fore.
#6x17
#filmphotography #film #panorama #panos
December 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Morning folks.
I see the orange fella has interfered in another country yet again….
I wonder why
Could it be the gold
Make Americas Gold Accumulate.
Countries must be shitting themselves that dementing Donny decides to come to their rescue.
His help cost more than the problems they have already
December 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My newest follower post an image from this position and it reminded me of this image.
6x17 lensed image
Acros. Malefic 6x17 Nikkor 75mm
#glasgow #m8 #glasgowpnorama
December 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM