The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: beer

Wadworth's Brewery at Northgate, Devizes. The company is planning to move production to another site. Nikon D3s and Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens which is an early version and was in production between 1992 and 2003. Used here at 210mm at f/5.6; shutter 1/640th; 400 ISO.

Nikon D2Xs and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 48mm (full frame equivalent 72mm).

Beercraft, 3 Argyle Street, Pulteney Bridge, Bath. The Holburne Museum can be seen at the far end of Great Pulteney Street. The view might be improved if traders stopped putting A-boards in the way. Maybe they enjoy the spectacle of blind people colliding with them and falling over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (Psalm 23). I have no idea why this squalor which is endemic in my area should make me think of the comfort of the 23rd Psalm. Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens on a Canon EOS 30D camera. ISO 800; f/10; 1/320th; lens at 64mm (field of view equivalent 102mm).

The theatre beyond the dray to the right hand side is the Apollo Victoria, Wilton Road, SW1. It was originally a cinema, opening in 1930. Its days showing films ceased in 1976 and it languished for a few years before being converted into a theatre. At the time of this photograph, it is host to Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical 'Starlight Express'. Photographed with a Minolta 7000AF SLR and 50mm f/1.7 lens.

I used two supplementary lenses in combination for this picture: a Nikon Close-Up No.4T screwed into the filter ring of a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens, and a Minolta Close-Up No.1 screwed into the 4T. Even acknowledging the superior optical quality of these supplementary lenses, you can see the degradation from using two together. I certainly would not recommend the cheap thin types unless you deliberately want to create a low-fi look. The inescapable conclusion is to use a proper macro lens for close-up work.

This is a picture of the interior of the ‘Rising Sun’, the one remaining pub in Christian Malford. It used to play second fiddle to the mighty ‘Mermaid Inn’ on the main road at the other side of the village. Then the M4 motorway opened and the main road was downgraded. The ‘Mermaid’ closed and the ‘Rising Sun’ somehow survived despite the calamitous decline of the traditional English pub. The ‘Rising Sun’ was built in the 18th century and was formerly a smithy. Its proximity to the railway halt which was in operation between 1926 and 1965 provided a sideline selling tickets for the Great Western Railway for some, but not all, of those years. The postal address of the ‘Rising Sun’ is Station Road, Christian Malford. This is curious because there never was a station in Christian Malford. The rudimentary timber-built halt was unstaffed, had no facilities, and no footbridge over the two short platforms. Even when there was a halt, the road was not named after it. Perhaps some strange romantic nostalgia influenced the street-naming authorities who wanted to convey a sense of importance to the village long after it had become so unimportant that even the ugly little halt had been taken away. As a matter of historic fact, the street on which the ‘Rising Sun’ is situated already had a perfectly good name as evidenced by official census documents of the second part of the nineteenth century. It was known as ‘Frog Lane’. Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

The Wiltshire village of Lacock being transformed into Malton Fat Stock Show in preparation for filming a scene for the TV series 'Downton Abbey'. Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

This pub was built in 1496 and is claimed to be haunted by several ghosts. The most frequently seen apparition is of the 'Blue Lady' who materialises in the ladies' lavatory to the great surprise and consternation of any lady using the amenity. Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens.

Canon EOS20D + Chinon 55/1.7 M42 lens.