State of that road.
At least that road is still there! Floods a few weeks before had destroyed the main road south out of Olbia … meaning the 2 miles we had to do to the nearest bar/shop was nearer 20 miles.
Quick and noisy phone panorama at dusk the other week.
Poole harbour from Sandbanks with the lights of Poole town on the left.
It’s true when they say that the best camera is the one you have with you.
Stitched panoramas are so easy compared to 20 years ago when we were taking images and stitching them from scans. Even digital images were hard to do before the software caught up and was able to help you add the images together.
In phone computational photography is almost a miracle compared to the dark ages no THAT long ago!
100% correct!
Or before that, printing from multiple negatives …
That too… I was never really good in the darkroom.
I know there is a resurgence in film photography, but the infrastructure has largely disappeared making it harder than ever to use film.
I only have one camera that I would consider using, my beloved XPan 24x67mm panoramic rangefinder camera.
I did use C41 mono most of the time in it and scanned the negs.
I think I’d have to buy a dev tank and chemicals again, which i don’t relish TBH.
Progress does have its benefits, i don’t have too much nostalgia for the tedious smelly processing work.
I grew up with back and white processing and still remember the smells, especially acetic acid stop bath and hypo fix.
The big advance was the polaroid back for 5x4 and Hasselblads - amazing how looking at an instant picture before committing to film showed up flaws such as a clamp or an unpainted area in a studio shot.
I spent four years learning skills which included a lot of B&W and colour wet work - but I far prefer the ease of digital even though that involved a new area of learning to become even part proficient .
I have to agree with you Robert. I spent many, many hours in the darkroom, very enjoyably so I have to say, but much prefer the convenience of digital.
Some images from a wander around a local park, part of which still contains the remains of a WWII AA battery (with some colourful graffiti). All images shot on a Nikon Z6.
Cracking shot! 
Love these John 
I particularly like the one with the pack of cigarettes and what looks like a bottle of Irn-Bru 
Fantastic pic Barrie
Thanks Steve 
Yes it is a bottle of Irn-Bru 
Great picture Barrie
Thanks.
