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Phil Walker

@philwalker.bsky.social

Hobby BnW analogue photographer. Home film dev and #darkroom printing. #believeinfilm #filmphotography #monochrome No digitalising setup, so mostly images posted are hand-held phone snaps of silver halide prints; often small, straight test ones.

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Thank you, @ilfordphoto.com . It was lovely to be mentioned amongst such a strong bunch of images in ##fridayfavourites.

05.12.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Marvellous Deborah. There are wonderful, rich tones in these. All from your mysterious (to me) Cyanotype process, I guess.

05.12.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Taylor. Very kind.

05.12.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😊 Good.
Yes, I will. Thanks. πŸ‘

05.12.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope you are snug and warm where you are. It is howling rain and cold currently in Shropshire.

05.12.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. You are very kind.

05.12.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes .... thanks Mary. This luddite has now found it! πŸ‘

05.12.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aaaah ..... I have clicked on the Ilford page now. Well, that was lucky! πŸ˜„

05.12.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Deborah. As with many things .... lucky with the light! πŸ˜‰

05.12.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Richard. πŸ™

05.12.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am?
Thank you ...... but how do you know?

05.12.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent!

05.12.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly.

05.12.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This I fully understand! "Brissol" is different.

05.12.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

05.12.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The F90X, along with my FM2n's are my main use cameras, and get used in good rotation. The Ai / Ais lenses I have work on both ... just no matrix metering on the 90.
Yes .... learnt my lesson with cannisters.

05.12.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha. Yeah ..... I bet.
Less so nowadays, but often there were dialect differences between villages only a few miles apart.
It is international ..... I was skiing in alpine bavaria many moons ago, and my local German ski chum was utterly bamboozled by the dialect in the next valley!

05.12.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the wise words ...... exactly why I tend to stick to my own West Country habits!

05.12.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Deborah. Yes .... it was the lines and light that grabbed my attention, being partially trained for spotting what may work in BnW.

05.12.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree. Especially the regional inputs. I know you adopted the lovely stoating from John. Great, isn't it.

05.12.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha, sort of. My kids always used to be amused and chuckle when I would use the word "snurgle".
As in "we were just snurgling along here". I guess / think I picked it up through my Wilts heritage father and / or military references, likely Royal Marines. I believe a derivation of sneak and burgle.

05.12.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A snapshot of new film: HP5 in 135/36.

A snapshot of new film: HP5 in 135/36.

#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#monochrome
#darkroom
Having suffered a subtle light leak on my bulk HP5 (using an oft used cannister) in my last outing - I have invested in a few new rolls, hopefully with better light traps!
I am travelling for a bit, so will take my F90X, a 28-70, 35mm, 85mm. 😊

05.12.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good. Nice to see a craftsman content with his tools.

05.12.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No viewfinder!?

05.12.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Nicely done.

05.12.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh. Hopeless ...... I just can't fathom the great desire to go poking around in the business of others. Just let people live freely, how they wish.

05.12.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like this one, Phil. Nice. Good composition.

05.12.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Moin.
Thank you! πŸ˜‹

05.12.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Danke, Rike. Guten morgen. 😊

05.12.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, John.
Yeah, I just tend to wander and lurk. I'm just seeing what catches my eye, often light. I think I grabbed the 85mm sensing I needed some compression in the shots and also to make things easier by excluding the sky. I used 85 all day, but the 35 would have helped in Xmas markets.

05.12.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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