Felt a little sluggish this morning. I wanted to take advantage of the early morning light along with the cooler weather, but did not want to deal with the bicycle hookup. I compromised by just loading up the trailer, and hauling it down to the end of the pier.
A nice little breeze off the water felt nice. Both the camera on the tripod with it focusing cloth, and the dark box with the cloth hood are at risk of blowing over, so I secured them both before proceeding.
The set up process is rather automatic now. I have made a conscious effort to do things in the same order, and to both talk to myself whilst doing it, as well as physically point at the bottles of chemicals as I set them out. This, I hope, will lessen the chance of handling the wrong chemicals in the wrong way. Acid, and KCN= death. Don’t want my last words to be oops.
Packing up is the same process in reverse. I learned this years ago on one of my first bicycle trips. Pack your panniers the same way each time. This makes it easier to locate items easier, and lessens the risk of leaving something behind, like all your tent pegs!
The morning shoot went well. The fixer is slowing down, and will soon need to be replaced. I’ll need to neutralize it before disposing, then filter out the silver.
Time now to clean up, and put stuff away.
Webster’s Wet Plate 
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