Well
not quite, a dogs water bowl!
There is no chance of it falling in his dinner because his head is in
the bowl before it hits the floor. The film was more likely to
become a chew.
I
noticed that two film containers were sitting on the kitchen
table. Thinking they were empty I picked them up to throw away, to
discover that they were not. I opened one and out dropped a roll of
exposed colour film. Butter fingers here managed to drop the roll of
film! The consequence of these finger fumbling, was splash! straight
into the dogs water bowl. My wife said that she had not seen me move
that fast since my superman days. I need reminding, what superman
days?
After
a bit of dancing around to shake the water out, it was off to the
local supermarket for development. An outlet we had not tried before.
The film was also long out of date - nearly a decade. If it had not
been for the fact I was on my way out I would have blacked out the
darkroom and removed the film for drying. These things always happen
when you're short of time.
As
it turns out the water had destroyed nearly half the frames on a film
of twenty four. The up shot of this was we only had to pay half the
normal fee. There was also colour shift on some of the prints. This
I put down to the water damage.
Am
I disappointed? No! Not really, but I am with myself for the butter
fingers, but not with the results we have, as neither of us could
remember who, what, when or which camera was used in the first place.
The big disappointment is with the quality of the processing and
paper used.
