Tag: Rain

January 24, 2025 (day 1 of 2)

In the spotlight

6.9 km / 4.3 miles 🚶

Dortmund 🇩🇪

Dortmund is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany.

The story

The first evening in the great city of Dortmund: rain, pitch-black darkness, and me with the Ricoh GR III, loaded with black-and-white settings – always ideal for challenging conditions like this!

The gear

Camera:
Ricoh GR III (Street Edition)

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Black and White Negative with Red Filter

The pictures

April 19, 2024

In the spotlight

13.2 km / 8.2 miles 🚶 🚇

Wuppertal 🇩🇪

Wuppertal is a city in western Germany. It's known for its Schwebebahn, a suspension monorail dating from 1901.

The story

Wuppertal, known for its Schwebebahn, is a nice little city to stroll along, so I did: a rainy, sunny day in black and white!

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Ilford Delta Push-Process

The pictures

March 23, 2024

In the spotlight

7.8 km / 4.8 miles 🚶

Düsseldorf 🇩🇪

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany and is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary.

The story

A very cold walk through Düsseldorf to test a new black and white film simulation recipe.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-S10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kentmere Pan 400

The pictures

November 17, 2023

In the spotlight

11.3 km / 7.0 miles 🚶

Köln 🇩🇪

Cologne is the largest city of Germany's most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia and it is the most populous city of both the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region and the Rhineland.

The story

Another test run with the 60-year-old Flek, this time combined with the 10-year-old X-E2. Everything shot wide open to get the most vintage look as possible, this time in rainy Cologne.