Manchester in lockdown

Manchester Worker Bee

I had to take a trip to Manchester last weekend (permitted travel, donating blood) I took the opportunity to take my Olympus xa2 with me. I loaded a roll of Ilford HP5+ shot @800 iso, then developed the film in HC110 dil: b for 11 minutes. These photos are taken on what would be the busiest shopping streets in the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday.

#FP4Party

FP4 Party Here are two rolls of Ilford FP4 I shot using my Hasselblad 500cm, coupled with the 50mm f4 lens. Both film where shot on the same day whilst out on my normal dog walk around the Kirklees valley in Tottington, Bury.  I upped the ISO to 200 so that I could hand hold the shots, I also used the mirror lockup after I had composed the image to reduce the vibration causing any camera shake.

Manchester Mayfield

Manchester Mayfield Not my usual sort of images. I had the chance to have a tour arround this dis-used railway station, situated adjacent to Manchester Piccadilly. The station opened in 1910 and closed in 1986. The whole 24 acre site is now going to be redeveloped into a park, offices hotel, and homes.

So take a look at some Urban Exploration (Urbex) images from the visit.