CMMC – May 5th Week – Iris, Ice, Independent or Index Finger

I’m going to have to rely on the archive for this Midweek Madness Challenge…

I think we’ll go in reverse order…

Index Finger – and Middle finger, is all that was between this shot and a goal…

…Gav deflected it onto the crossbar😎

Independent – A term used by bus enthusiasts for any operator outside of corporations, transport executives and the national bus company – In Doncaster you could find lots of South Yorkshire PTE buses and some independent operators…

…Like this Leon’s bus sandwiched between two South Yorkshire PTE vehicles.

Ice – Forming the surface of a pond on Hampstead Heath…

…and a Heron practising its skating skills😅

Iris – What more needs to be said?…

Last on the Card – May 2023

Start of a new month and time to enter Brian’s Last on the card challenge😎

The Canon EOS5D mkIII had its last outing on May 5th for the Wingate & Finchley Youth Awards – It was also my last footie job for the 22/23 season. At the end of photographing the various award winners, Johnny – our senior youth coach, asked me to take this a group photo…

…Cue some banter – “That’s not a Wingate shirt” 😂 The young man (one of our youth players) has been signed up by the Crystal Palace youth academy – now that’s what it’s all about😎👍

On the Moto g50 we have a shot taken in Chipping Barnet on the day I went to get some new walking boots from Millets. This is a typically mobile phone wide-angle shot looking towards St John the Baptist Church…

…It was a good day out as I met one of my trainee photographers in Millets where he has got himself a job and he was able to sell me a nice pair of boots😂👍

Another of those ‘end of a great spotting day out’ shots for the FujiFilm X-pro2…

…Comfrey with an attendant Bee taken in Brent Park.

All shots as taken – just resized for the web.

CMMC: May Imperial Purple Color

It’s been a busy start to Saturday but finally I’ve got time to put together a set of shots for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge😎

Let’s start with a shot from Wingate & Finchley away to Horsham last season and some purple Goalkeeping Kit…

…Our striker is wincing in anticipation but the keeper mis-kicked and the ball bounced gently away🤣

Now a bit of ancient transport – Class 313’s operating on Silverlink services at Richmond…

…Trains operated over the North London Line in this livery for around 10 years between 1997 and 2007. It seems that, despite the Silverlink branding, none of the marketing people thought of painting the trains Silver🤣

Here’s a hat…

…Taken during an anti-austerity protest in London.

Finally I have a Reading Bus – Taken in Reading a year ago…

…The buses are colour-coded to help passengers identify the routes they work.