Rik KM
mastodon 4.6.9I'm your basic dabbler. Love messing around with #retro-tech, #arduino, #gameboycamera, #amateurradio, #cryptography, and other stuff... I'm trying to learn photography so expect some awful attempts at that kind of stuff. There may be even the occational posts on the joys of work and #3Dprinting. kthxbai..
PS: I'm also dyslexic and my primary computer has very dodgy 'n' key so please excuse posts where you see words like 'ad' or 'scietist' croping up.
Having something of an issue with this old Fujica ST-605 and this Vivitar lens. I noticed the felt from the mirror stop was collapsing badly so I think light seals are shot.
But this is quite the atmospheric shot.
Camera: Fujica ST-605
Lens: Vivitar 28-70mm f3.5
Film: Ilford HP5+ 400
Developed: Ornano Gradual ST-20 (12 min 30 sec @ 20c)
#Fotomontag #monochromemonday #photography #believeinfilm #blackandwhitephotography
Week 18 - Etheric Flower
Not having a working macro lens this was a combo of home made 3D printed extension tubes and a vintage lens. Not perfect in any respect but I love the abstract image of this Lily. Once more this challenge is really pushing my boundaries, making me research new techniques and try new stuff.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Helios 44-M f2.0/58mm @ f11
#52wochenfotochallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #photography #naturimdetail #macro
#silentsunday #photography #Monochromemarch #blackandwhite
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I’ve been really enjoying everyone’s Mayke’s so I thought I’d share mine.
I turned a broken Vivitar 28mm f2.8 wide angle lens into a DIY tilt-shift lens for my Nikon D610. Via a specially designed 3D printed Nikon F adapter ring and a section of old bicycle inner- tube.
This is my offering for Week 16 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge
Diptych - “The colours of Your world” and the “Seeing the colours of mine”. I have Protanopia, so what I see differs from what Trichromatic people see. I’ve run my first image through an app which simulates how I see things. Enjoy.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikor AF-S 18-70 f3.5-4.5G
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #photography #FarbenDesAlltags #somerset
The path through my favourite woods.
Camera: Olympus OM-40
Lens: Zuiko 35-70mm f4
Film: Kuro 100
Developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 8.5 minutes.
#photography #believeinfilm #footpathfriday #somerset #landscpe #blackandwhite
Camera: Ranica MIR 6
Lens: MIR 0.15mm/f173
Film: Fomapan 100
Exposure: 210 seconds
Developed: Rodinal 1+50 8.5mins
#monochromemonday #photography #pinhole #fotomontag #monochromemarch #believeinfilm
Camera: RealitySoSubtle 6x6F
Film: Fomapan 100
Developer: Zone Imaging 510Pyro (1/100 for 7 mins)
#monochromemonday #photography #believeinfilm #fotomontag #pinhole #monochromemarch
This is my offering for Week 17 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Lens Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Lydith f3.5/30mm
Flowers and the lady
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #photography #BlumenUndPflanzen #nature
This is my offering for Week 14 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026. This is what running out of time looks like, especially when faced with the great British weather.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Lens Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Lydith f3.5/30mm stopped right down to f22.
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #sonne
Mind if I have a drink?
I was so busy trying to get the focus right that I never noticed the less-spotted tripe-hound has pottered into the water for a drink. Still as today is apparently National Puppy Day seems appropriate.
Camera: Yashica 635
Lens: Yashikor f3.5/ 80mm
Film: Ilford HP4+ 125
Developed in Black, White & Green 1:49 for 12min 45sec
#fotomontag #monochromemonday #monochromemarch #photography #believeinfilm #nationalpuppyday #Valisvale #somerset
King Alfred’s tower at dusk.
Camera: RealitySoSubtle 6x6
Exposure: 4 minutes 32 seconds
Film: Fomapan 100
Stand developed in Rodinal 1+125 for 60 mins
#monochromemonday #Fotomontag #photography #believeinfilm #pinhole #blackandwhite #wiltshire #NTStourhead
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This is my offering for Week 12 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Lens Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Lydith f3.5/30mm.
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #LinienUndFormen
This is my offering for Week 13 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026.
My favourite bench. Here I often find myself sitting, with a cup of coffee and a book. Just enjoying the Somerset tranquility and watching birds like Ravens and Red Kites drift by.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Lens Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Lydith f3.5/30mm.
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #Lieblingsort #photography #somerset #Monochromemarch
Week 19 - The Light and the Dark
This is my offering for Week 19 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026.
An oddly tough assignment as I live surrounded by woods. Have I chosen carefully? I'm not sure.
Camera: Olympus OM-40 Program
Lens:
Film: Ilford HP5+ 400
Developed: Ornano Gradual ST-20 (12 min 30 sec @ 20c)
#52wochenfotochallenge #believeinfilm #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #photography #Bäume
"Ordung Muß Sein"
This is my offering for Week 11 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Fujinon f2.2/55mm
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #ordnung #monochromemarch
This is my offering for Week 10 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Fujinon f2.2/55mm
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #puddlegram #Spiegelungen #reflections
This is my offering for Week 15 of @norberteder@graz.social 52 Week Challenge 2026. One of the many things I love about this challenge is the way it is making me learn more about not only composition but also about light. This week had me researching how shadows are formed and the important of the inverse square law.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm f3.5/4.5
#52wochenfotochallenge #52WeeksPhotoChallenge #photography #photoproject #52wfc26 #photography #LichtundSchatten
Well here we go. A couple of images from the Street Candy I had at the wrong ISO - 100 not 400.
The negatives are covered in these weird scratches and lines. Artifacts from clumsy dev to being through multiple X-Ray scanners to who knows what.
I am actually impressed they are as good as they are.
Camera: Olympus EES-2
Film: Street Candy 400 ATM
Developed: Hydrophen pulled by 1 stop (4m 12s).
#photography #Photomonday #Fotomontag #believeinfilm #monochronemonday #halfframeclub
Camera: Ranica MIR 6
Lens: MIR 0.15mm/f173
Film: Fomapan 100
Exposure: 184 seconds
Developed: Rodinal 1+50 8.5mins
#fotomontag #monochromemonday #monochromemarch #photography #pinhole_photography #believeinfilm
The Drag line shaft
Camera: Ranica MIR 6
Lens: MIR 0.15mm/f173
Film: Fomapan 100
Exposure: 19 seconds
Developed: Rodinal 1+50 8.5mins
#photomontag #monochromemonday #pinhole_photography #photography #believeinfilm
Has anyone else found that the grain on Harman Phoenix to be a bit in your face ?
Camera: Rollei 35 LED
Lab developed by Analogue Wonderland
Today I heard the first woodpecker I’ve heard in a couple of years. Really made me smile.
Birdle 🇬🇧 04/03/2026
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https://birdle.co.uk/
Yet again let down by the size question but I know the sound well. Another of my favourite birds.
Oh the B1s and B52 are back overhead here in #Somerset. I guess this means America is about to restart bombing ?