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Sean Johnston
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🍁 Emeritus prof U. Glasgow, in rural SW Scotland
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Wet season.

#photography #bw #monochrome #bnw #reflection #filmphotography #film #mediumformat #artphotography #art #landscape #Mamiya #rural #farm #road #southwest #Scotland
View down an unpaved farmroad flooded by rain, reflecting bare trees in the water. (c) 2013 Sean F. Johnston
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Rural power line.

#photography #bw #monochrome #art #filmphotography #mediumformat #Mamiya #bwphotography #film #6x6 #artphotography #electricity #POV #southwest #Scotland
Upward view of a two-pole powerline structure carrying three conductors, associated insulators and shunts. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Bronze war memorial by Welsh sculptor Henry Price, erected 1922 in Maxwelltown, Dumfries, Scotland.

#photography #Fuji #X30 #yellowfilter #monochrome #bw #art #artphotography #sacrifice #why #war #town #losses #Maxwelltown #Dumfries #Scotland
War memorial, Maxelltown, Dumfries, Scotland. Bronze soldier on granite plinth, with spread arms and face upraised. (c) 2018 Sean F. Johnston
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Maxwelltown war memorial by Henry Price (1872-1922), and its unveiling in 1922.

#photography #warmemorial #statue #bronze #bw #monochrome #film #grayscale #poignant #Maxwelltown #Dumfries #DumfriesandGalloway #southwest #Scotland
Bronze figure of a solder with legs bent and arms upraised. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston Bronze figure of a soldier from the front, with arms upraised and palms open. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston Unveiling of war memorial at Maxwelltown, 4 June 1922, with a large number of people crowded around the site.
November 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Church steps.

#photography #film #mediumformat #Mamiya #tlr #250mm #dusk #snow #filmphotography #bwphotography #artphotography #stone #church #tower #contrast #southwest #Scotland
Dimly lit stone walls and external stairway to a church tower, covered in snow. (c) Sean F. Johnston
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Farm tractor, 2008

#photography #bw #monochrome #gradation #shadow #chiaroscuro #contrast #machine #organic #disorienting #agriculture #farming #engine #metal #Dora #Decatur #Illinois
Organic-looking machine - a close-up of a tractor tread and metal supports.
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Caerlaverock castle tower.

#photography #bw #monochrome #grayscale #mediumformat #film #Mamiya #tlr #sky #stone #tower #sunlight #castle #filmphotography #toning #artphotography #bwphotography #southern #Scotland
View from below of the roofless tower at Caerlaverock castle, with a view of clouds and sunlight streaming over the upper walls. (c) 2010 Sean F. Johnston
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Jet tail.

#photography #Fuji #X30 #colour #pastel #composition #artphotography #art #form #Carlisle #aircraft #jet #fuselage
Close-up view of tail and exhaust area of a fighter jet, showing smooth curves of the fuselage. (c) 2019 Sean F. Johnston
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Fort Delaware pier lamps, 2009.

#photography #bw #monochrome #art #artphotography #filmphotography #35mm #Pentax #grayscale #bwphotography #Delaware
Mast carrying four illumination lamps within polished steel reflectors, sited outdoors on a pier. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Park bench, Illinois.

#photography #film #35mm #colour #color #artphotography #seat #bench #shadow #line #sunlight #pattern
(c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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#photography #film #bw #filmphotography #bwphotography #artphotography #sky #cloud #tree #field #rural #farm #landscape
Tree with moody cloudy sky behind it.
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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St George's church, Dumfries.

#photography #film #35mm #bw #monochrome #grayscale #tonality #fineartphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #shade #contrast #composition #Dumfries #southwest #Scotland
View of a tripartite stained glass church window. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Delaware, 2009.

#photography #bw #film #35mm #monochrome #realism #bwphotography #filmphotography #fineartphotography #grayscale #tonality #sky #electricity #Wilmington
View upwards of power pole and its six lines. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Sepia spring

#photography #bw #monochrome #sepia #bwphotography #filmphotography #mediumformat #Mamiya #fineartphotography #bokeh #depthoffield #workshop #chiaroscuro
A large spring fastened in a vise, with an out-of-focus dimly lit workshop in background.
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Sunlight, dark room.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #bwphotography #filmphotography #35mm #portrait #figure #sunlight #shadow #chiaroscuro #books #blinds
Sunlight streaming through blinds into a darkened room with books to one side and a seated figure in the light. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Plummet, 1983.

#photography #film #35mm #bw #grain #bwphotography #filmphotography #telephoto #cars #traffic #Canada #basse #haute #ville #spring #labasseville #haut-ville #Quebec
Cars descending a deceptively steep hill from Upper Town to Lower Town, Quebec City. (c) 1983 Sean F. Johnston
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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#photography #film #colour #color #slide #horse ##agriculture #farming #rural #eye #stare #fur #filmphotography #bokeh #fineartphotography #southwest #Scotland
View of half a horse's face in close-up, with one eye staring at camera.
October 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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1930s building, 1940s street lamp, 1950s traffic signal? Boston, 2009.

#photography #film #35mm #bw #monochrome #bwphotography #streetphotography #filmphotography #artdeco #Masssachusetts
Upward-looking view of a tall building with strong vertical lines, an ornate streetlamp, and bulbous traffic signal fixture. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston
October 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Church spires, #Dunscore.

#photography #bw #grayscale #monochrome #bwphotography #filmphotography #fineartphotography #film #35mm #southwest #Scotland
View of pinnacles of church, sharp in foreground and fuzzy in background, of a church tower. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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#photography #bw #monochrome #film #mediumformat #Mamiya #TLR #bwphotography #fineartphotography #filmphotography #Georgian #southern #Scotland #rooftop #chimney #cloud
View of a house roof with two large chimney stacks at each end, each with three Victorian chimney pots.
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Horses, Forest of Ae.

#photography #bw #bwphotography #film #35mm #filmphotography #fineartphotography #monochrome #bnw #noiretblanc #agriculture #rural #southwest #Scotland
Close up view of three black horses in long grass. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Rural power.

#photography #bw #film #mediumformat #Mamiya #TLR #bwphotography #filmphotography #electricity #rungs #wire #monochrome #fineartphotography #artphotography
A wooden telephone-type pole with attached rungs for the lineman, carrying a power line to distant farms.
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Scallop dredge, Kirkcudbright.

#photography #bw #film #mediumformat #filmphotography #bwphotography #fineartphotography #metal #craft #industry #fishing #maritime #Kirkcudbright #scallop #net #Scotland
Close up of the steel rings comprising a scallop dredge net.
October 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Urbana silo.

#photography #bw #fineartphotography #film #35mm #filmphotography #concrete #shadow #bwphotography #monochrome #grayscale #perspective #Illinois #Urbana
View upwards of a concrete silo with metal steps leading to the top.
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Power line.

#photography #bw #monochrome #Fuji #X30 #fineartphotography #bwphotography #perspective #grayscale #electricity #Scotland
Looking vertically upwards between two power poles which are connected to support a 3-cable rural electricity supply, showing steel bars between the poles and six electrical insulators leading from them at an obtuse angle.
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM