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    My Old Cars-11

  • Weeds at Home

    Weeds at homeRicoh GRD IV

     

  • Ice Cream Factory Shop

    Ice Cream Factory Shop

  • Under the Tree

    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA trip up One Tree Hill to see the lambs proved to be a bit of failure with the Olympus E500 this weekend. I think the combination of fast running lambs, overcast light and long zoom tested the old DSLR beyond its comfort zone. Upon opening at home, the majority were blurry. Never mind, perhaps I’ll try the Nex one weekend soon!

    For today, ‘Under the Tree’, shot on the E500 and converted to B&W in Gimp.

     

  • JW7998 All Cleaned Up

    YR2935To finish off yesterdays story, todays shot (a photo of a photo from my pre digital era) is of my finished rebuild of JW7998.

    Its funny, and great how looking at old images re-accesses memories buried deep in ones head. Looking at my old Mini wheels, I now recall the effort I went to hand sanding and polishing them back, before adding the golden centre paint. Searching a local wreckers yard for months before I found the “just right” side mirrors (which were bonnet mirrors). Locating and fitting the mk1 grille. Ah memories!

    Best I stop reflecting for now, or I’ll end up on our local buy/sell site looking for a new project!