Picture(s) of the day....

[MattBLancs]

Its only flat at the bottom, Mick.

Peter

I thought he was preparing for an icy cold snap
Studded (singular) tyre(s)

Sorry for your misfortune Mick! Has it been deemed central enough for a puncture repair to be effected? (Middle two thirds? I think? = Looks borderline)

[mickthemaverick]

Yes it was repaired and will be refitted when I get home from the Legacy MOT which I'm in the queue for now. Got here at 7.30 for an eight o'clock start and there were three here already. There are two channels so I'm second in line on my side!

After that a sad day for me as I will be preparing and then photographing the MX3 for the auction catalogue which it is entered into. The sale is a week today

[MattBLancs]

Ah interesting Mick, best of luck with the sale
Glad the tyre was a cheap fix

[CitroJim]

All best with the MX-3 sale Mick. A sad day none the less...

[mickthemaverick]

I took 87 pictures in the end and sent them to the auctioneer, here are a few examples:

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[mickthemaverick]

Just an update on the auction!! It didn't sell, anyone interested PM me!!

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[myglaren]

Worm Moon, apparently. I can almost see the monument from here, but didn't. Image swiped from the Beeb website.

[CitroJim]

With the trend for bigger and bigger cars, the same appears to be happening with touring caravans

I saw this rig travelling towards the area of the caravan park reserved for touring 'vans and motorhomes..

Nice 'van, not so sure about the towing vehicle though...

This was actually a time-expired static 'van being taken away from it's prime spot on the seafront before being either scrapped or sold on.

The driver of the telehandler was extremely skilled - he was pushing the 'van with great accuracy... Very entertaining to watch

The photo was taken from the balcony of my rather posh caravan and my home for a delightful few days...

[John Pankhurst]

My local tip gets a few interesting visitors.

Ted the traveller for scale

[PaulC5]

Looking at the Minor MOT history, one has an advisory of covered in underseal. Seems a bit over the top unless it has a lot of rust hidden and is weak but then that should be the advisory. 11 years ago though so it is surviving.

[John Pankhurst]

Yep surviving in my garage. The underseal was hiding many horrors, although the car looked lovely on top, and took me a few years to sort out I should have known better.

[CitroJim]

Nothing inherently special about a picture of a nice crop of rhubarb and a couple of tulips...

Except these are the very first exposures on the very first colour film I've ever processed - and very successfully too

Both these images are straight out of the tank and have had no post-processing whatsoever

Here it is drying after coming out of the tank...

I did have one tense moment when I accidentally spilt some blix (Bleach/Fixer) into the heated water bath but I got away with it

I then went on to develop my Blue Anchor holiday snaps whilst I had the kit all set up...

Most of my first film are of my granddaughters and I just love how traditional colour film renders colours, especially skin tones. I now totally 'get' why traditional colour film photography remains niche-popular and especially with the younger generation - it has something modern digital photography just cannot replicate - a bit like listening to music on vinyl or playing a vintage guitar through a valve amp.

The film was budget Kodak ColorPlus 200 processed in CineStill CS41 chemistry. For my next colour forays I'm going to use some higher quality film.

I now find colour processing is easy. Just have a very accurate thermometer, a good timer and keep the process temperature bang-on throughout and all is good. The real skill lies in black and white photography and that I'll continue to practice.

I do have a few rolls of 20+ years expired colour film given to me by Mick and I'll now try developing one of those in colour chemistry. It might be interesting...

[bobins]

Spot the difference......

Before the mice - own work

After the mice - own work

I think the mouse population in the greenhouse have been taking lessons in escape and evasion from out local Amazon driver - they've managed to get to eat the sultana without tripping the trap or any other eveidence they've been there

[Skull]

Secure the bait with a bit of string or superglue

[mickthemaverick]

I have just thrown this very quick sketch together to illustrate my suggestion, I'm sure you'll get the gist!!

MTMO