4 more points awarded @Acedrone
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Taken 15/08/23 at 12:41 in Houlton near Rugby with a dji mini3 pro
Claim 1 point for construction plant ie a excavator
1 bonus point for being unloaded from truck
1 bonus point for truck being articulated
- Construction plant - (dozer, excavator or dump truck)
- Bonus point for being unloaded from a truck.
- Bonus point for the truck being articulated (i.e. trailer and tractor unit).
- Bonus point for the trailer being a front loading low bed type, (detachable or removable hydraulic gooseneck) 3
- Bonus if the trailer is separated from the tractor unit.
Claim 3 points please
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3 points, Greg 
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Fab, thanks 
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7. A Telehandler - Video only
Well I have officially given up trying to capture one of these things actually being used - thought I’d struck paydirt today when I noticed one with its beacons flashing, but lack of battery life meant it was not to be 
Nor have I managed to find one in anything but yellow, though I did manage to get three of the buggers in this shot.
Location - Norcross Lane, Blackpool ( old DSS site being redeveloped for housing ), 11:40 16/08/23, DJI Mini 2
One point claimed
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Just the one Mrs Wembley!
Our caption writer has been dismissed for “conduct unbecoming” Until we interview potential replacements you will have to write your own pithy one-liners …
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Leaked footage of the manual zoom on the new mini 4 pro.
Extendable Scissor hands ! 
Just checked Marine Traffic Live - check it again before setting off to take pictures though, those ships don’t make money hanging around in port
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I’m claiming there’s a red tower crane to the right and at the back of Scarborough General Hospital. I am also claiming it’s moving and there is a dark blue payload! It might be difficult to see but didnt want to fly over the site and my MiniSE has pants optics, SD not even 2.7k for some (operator failure) reason.
DJI Mini SE
17th Aug
Scarborough General Hospital
3 points claimed.
- A Tower Crane 3 - still or video
Bonus point for slewing (spinning round) - video only.
Bonus point if it has a suspended load completely clear of the ground - video or still.
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The judges are deliberating …
Of the gentlemen above two have gone to the Ophthalmology Department of the local hospital, another two are swigging liberally from large bottles of Optrex and one is typing this while looking through red-rimmed, encrusted eyes.
Hamish, you can have your three points, partly because you took the trouble to both explain the quality of the image and the presence of a few pixels that resembled a tower crane in motion.
One question did occur to us. Was there a reason that you couldn’t find a take-off point closer to the crane?
4 Graveyard. Bonus point if there is a mausoleum.
Bonus point if there is someone famous buried there wiki link or photo of the gravestone or similar for proof.
St Alkmunds Churchyard
Duffield
Derbyshire
Brian Clough. Football player and managers final resting place.
I claim 2 points please
Incidentally, when I was younger, I almost ran Nigel Clough ( Brian’s son ) over when Brian lived on Ferrers Way in Allestree Derby.
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Two points to you, John
Hi, I appreciate the leniency on this one! My others will be more obvious!
The fields at the back are all school property. Ive got into the car park and taken this shot of the same crane but this was before the workforce arrived to operate it. In working hours the carpark is full and not suitable for deone flying. There is GCHQ on the hill behind who I blame for Radio Interference, making longer distance flights even harder for me (until I win an upgraded RC drone!)
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Number 18. An Agricultural Tractor - in a field. Still or video
- Bonus point if two or more tractors are working in the same field.
* Bonus point for 10-second hyperlapse. - 2 bonus points if one tractor’s colour mirrors a daring firefighter’s hue and another reflects the Cheeky Chappie’s audience’s book colour choice
Just realised naffed up on the Timelapse only 5 seconds 
Here it all is anyway
17-08-23
Mav 3 classic
Oxfordshire way
4 x tractor machinery in the field.
I’m claiming all points apart from the time lapse 
gutted. Hey ho. Obviously the other bonus points maybe at the end if the cryptic clue is correct, which I have no clue tbh.
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There are four pieces of farm machinery in the field once we take a microscope to the screen. One is a combine harvester another - the yellow one -appears to be a telehandler stacking bales. And the green and the dark red machines are tractors pulling trailers for the grain to be pumped into.
So one point for a tractor, one bonus point for two or more in the same field, we will let you know at the end of the contest about the cryptic colour clue. 2 points total.
Unfortunately your hyperlapse is too short. We are also being generous calling it a hyperlapse which involves both time distortion and camera movement - the slight yaw at the beginning just qualifies it as a hyperlapse!
What?
Oh, I thought if competitors sent in entries with the subjects barely visible we could reply accordingly
Sorry!
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8. A Service Station - must have a café/coffee shop attached (with seats) as well as fuel
- Bonus point for the café/coffee shop not being Costa or Starbucks (and not self serve). Photo required for proof (any means)
- Bonus point if there is another attraction attached such as a farm shop or garden centre (a photo or web link is required for proof).
Mini 3 Pro - 17th August 2023 - Gloucester Services Farmshop & Kitchen M5
3 points claimed
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