The station was part of the Glasgow Central Railway system and opened in 1896. It saw its last passengers in 1939. The towering spire in the background is Òran Mór, whose construction began in 1862. Originally founded as the Kelvinside Free Church, it’s now a place to go for “a play, a pie, and a pint.”
A trio of fishing vessels are slowly decaying on the shore of Salen Bay on the island of Mull. If my research is correct, they are (from left to right) the Pavonia, Girl Wilma, and Elsie May. The Pavonia is the oldest one, built in 1955. They’ve been at their present location for roughly 20 years. For more on their history, visit Isle of Mull.
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You can seem my review of the nifty Nikon F80 here.
The mundane and the magnificent, all in one frame. As usual, click on the image for a full-res version.
You can read my review of the cheap and cheerful (and plastic) Nikon F55 here.
Is plastic “fantastic?” Sometimes. But often plastic is just plastic — cheap, fragile, and nasty. I was on the hunt for a Nikon 28-80 kit lens to mate with my F80 for a versatile and lightweight travel combo. The lens I eventually found came bundled with a Nikon F55 body (known as the N55 in the U.S.) which, for my purposes, amounted to a glorified rear lens cap. But the camera turned out to be far more than that.
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