Bellingham

Posted on October 26 by northumbrianlight

Caution – narrow streets, tight corners, please use extreme care. Bellingham on a wet Thursday, doing its best to imitate Royston Vasey. I have been experimenting with Fuji X film simulations, this one by Kevin Mullins – Padilla – Grainy Film Base (Monochrome) was inspired by the work of Darcy Padilla, known for her intimate and emotionally charged photojournalism. Intended for portraiture and candids, it also works well in the street:

Caution – narrow streets, tight corners, please use extreme care.

Keep Clear

The Rose & Crown

High Street – Bellingham

14 comments

Julie · October 26

Nice to see your atmospheric monochromes again, Robin. Hope you are having a wonderful aitumn!

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- northumbrianlight · October 27
  
  Thanks Julie – autumn was good right up to the point when it started raining and hasn’t stopped in days 😦 Hope yours is better, All the best, R
  
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Sue · October 26

Oh, very good, Robin- most atmospheric!

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- northumbrianlight · October 27
  
  Thanks Sue, atmospheric and very damp – the weather in the northeast has been awful these last ten days, with no sign of improvement anytime soon. Hope it’s better in your neck of the woods.
  
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  - Sue · October 28
    
    We have had it rather better, certainly
restlessjo · October 26

I’ve walked that High Street and drank in the Rose and Crown, though not recently. Friends have a caravan near Hareshaw Lin, Robin.

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- northumbrianlight · October 27
  
  Hi Jo – you are one up on me – 30 years in Northumberland and I have never been in the Rose & Crown. I was considering a walk to Hareshaw Linn but decided the weather and the path would be too damp. Trust all is well with you and yours.
  
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  - restlessjo · October 27
    
    Better than they were, Robin. I have 6 stitches in my head after a crash landing on our staircase 🩵😗
  - northumbrianlight · October 27
    
    Sorry to hear that, Jo – hope it heals soon!
  - restlessjo · October 27
    
    👍❤️
babsje · October 27

These are wonderful images with a certain air of timelessness (apart from the current makes & models of the vehicles, of course). I really like the mood you’ve captured.

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- northumbrianlight · October 27
  
  Many thanks for your generous words – in forty years, those cars will look more interesting than they do now 😉
  
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Aviationtrails · October 27

I love black and white for atmosphere. Portraits and landscapes can be so much better as a result. Great pictures!

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- northumbrianlight · October 27
  
  Many thanks, very kind – I usually shoot in RAW and endless faff about to convert to mono. These jpegs came, more or less, straight from the camera.
  
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