The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: lake


Nikon D50 and 35mm f/1.8 DX lens.

Stourhead, Wiltshire. Nikon D90 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens at 90mm (equivalent to a field of view of 135mm on a full frame camera).

There are four Palladian bridges left in the world. This one; two in nearby Wiltshire, at Stourhead and Wilton; and one at Stowe in Buckinghamshire.

I used a long-discontinued Canon EOS 30D with a cheap secondhand 18-55mm kit lens for this picture. It's not a lightweight camera, but it is the lightest I've got, and I had some shopping to do. I probably need a compact camera, or a mirrorless, but the only type I am comfortable using is the SLR. It first became popular around 1960 (the SLR, not the Canon EOS 30D) and its been pre-eminent for almost 60 years. But its day is done, and I lament its inevitable decline and forthcoming marginalisation into some expensive photographic ghetto. The Canon EOS 30D is a light-tight box with everything I need. I don't want geographical positioning, or immediate internet connection, nor can I not manage without articulated viewing screens and something called 'live view'. I paid about £60 for the camera and subsequently bought its successor, the EOS 40D, believing it would be even better. It wasn't, and I got rid of it. One of my main gripes was that it wasn't even as comfortable to hold, and its menu system was Byzantine compared to the simplicity of the 30D.

Stourhead, Wiltshire (National Trust} Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D lens.

I used a Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G lens on a Nikon D90. It was set at 70mm and the camera at f/8. This is a surprisingly capable lens within certain limitations, and it is certainly cheap enough to buy secondhand. It's light in weight too, for a day trip. With bright light, using a small aperture, and at modest telephoto, it seems to work quite well.

As from 1st January, 2013, day visitors are no longer admitted to Brokerswood, Wiltshire. Brokerswood is a fragment of the ancient forest of Selwood which was a vast wooded area stradling the borders of Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset in ancient times. Bit by bit Selwood was cleared but these eighty acres, and a number of other pockets, remain.