A sunny winter Sunday afternoon walking on the Via Verde near Alcaudete with my Mamia RB67 medium format film camera.

I don’t shoot much colour film, but I have been trialling the new Harman Phoenix 200 film, which I developed and processed myself. I, therefore, had some colour chemistry available, so why not make the most of it?

Therefore, with camera in hand, I took my dog Flo for a walk on the Via Verde, a disused network of railway lines, which have been converted into footpaths/cycle tracks.

All the following photos were taken that day using a Mamiya RB67 camera with Porta 160 film. I developed the film myself using Tetenal ColourTec C41 chemistry at 30°C.

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A colour film photo of a white cortijo amongst olive groves, with mountains in the background.
A cortijo amongst the olive groves.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:4.5 180mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo of a white cortijo amongst olive groves, with mountains in the background.
The same photo as the previous, but taken with a wider lens.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:3.8 90mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo of the Via Verde through the olive groves with a bench under a tree in the foreground.
The Via Verde footpath.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:3.8 90mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo looking straight along the Via Verde through the olive groves. There is a bench under a tree in the foreground on the left-hand side.
Looking along the Via Verde footpath.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:3.8 90mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo of a stone arched bridge dating back to Roman times, across the Viboras river.
An old Roman bridge - just a short distance from the Via Verde.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:3.8 90mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 8
A colour film photo of a stone arched bridge Roman bridge with a huge viaduct carrying the Via Verde in the background.
The old Roman bridge is dwarfed by the Via Verde viaduct.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:4.5 65mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo of a stone arched bridge dating back to Roman times, across the Viboras river.
The old Roman bridge.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:4.5 65mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo of a rendered tower-like structure with power lines running to an electrical power pylon. This is amongst the olive groves with a mountain in the distance.
The power line through the olive groves.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:4.5 180mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo of olive groves on a hilly landscape. There is an abandoned cortijo (farmhouse) in the mid-ground.
An abandoned cortijo in the olive groves.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:4.5 180mm, Exposure Time: 1/125 sec, f 11
A colour film photo of an abandoned building by the Via Verde. The building is in two parts, a lower stone built hut and a taller tower-like rendered structure.
An abandoned building by the Via Verde. I think this may have been an electric substation.
Camera: Mamiya RB67, Lens: Mamiya Sekor C 1:3.8 90mm, Exposure Time: 1/250 sec, f 11