The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: cloth

I like blue jeans. They're tough and practical. Best of all, a wallet in one of the front pockets stays put. No other trousers seem to offer this absolute assurance. Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 lens on a Nikon D3s at 200 ISO; 1/250th; f/8.

Bien sûr. They met outside the front door of the Old Rectory, a Regency building in need of renovation. He had passed her earlier in his car as she walked up the lane a short distance from the bus stop. He made no reference to that; perhaps he had not noticed her in the fine mist enveloping the landscape. She said nothing either. He said this was unofficial. His mate who worked for the agent handling the sale had lent him the key the previous night. He unlocked the door and led her to a large reception room with dustcovers over the furniture. He extracted a couple of chairs and draped his jacket over one of them. He said he would not take long to set up, and placed his camera on the edge of a large table mostly covered by more dustsheets. He indicated the second chair. ‘You can put your clothes on that,’ he instructed. A small cloud of condensation formed in the air by his face as the words left his mouth. It seemed colder inside than out, she thought. He was precise in directing her in the poses he wanted by the window at the end of the room. They worked quickly as the morning light grew stronger. At one point he said he needed to fetch a reflector from the car. He retrieved his coat and put it round her shoulders. ‘Shan’t be long,’ he told her. She shivered whilst waiting for his return with a flimsy-looking contraption which he quickly put in place. She took off his jacket and replaced it on the chair. He took a few more pictures but by now the cold air on her skin was having an effect beyond her control. He announced he had all he wanted. She got dressed while he packed his stuff away. He restored the two chairs to where they had been underneath the dustsheets and indicated that they should now leave. Outside he locked the door and took an envelope from his coat pocket which he passed to her without a word. In a moment he had started his car and left the grounds. She counted the cash inside the envelope before stuffing it into her handbag. On her walk back to the bus stop she again felt the surface of the badly made road through the worn soles of her shoes. She thought the shoeshop would be open by the time she got back to town. There was a rather nice three-quarter length wool coat in Frobisher’s; maybe she could afford that too.

It was warm in August. The light was long and good. Now the clocks have gone back. The children are excited about Halloween. The days are cool, the evenings dark before you've thought of tea. The light is not so good for dressmaking, and the impetus is weak as well. Soon it will be Christmas. Doesn't it all come round quickly?

I continue to provide accommodation for an old Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 dating from 1971. Occasionally I ask it to pay its rent by pointing it in some random direction. Photographed with a Nikon D700. F/5.6; 1/125th.

Nikon D2Xs and Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens.

I have discovered that the Fuji X-E1 struggles with accurate recording of blue colours. I don't recall this was always a fault. Maybe my X-E1 is too old. In addition, I am reminded of why the Nikkor-H 50mm f/2 lens (used to take this picture) enjoys such a good reputation even long after it has gone out of production.

I bought a Zenit-E to get the Helios-44 lens which was with it. This is the original lens that the Soviets copied from the Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f/2. It's a pre-set lens and takes a bit of getting used to. Received wisdom is to shoot it wide open at f/2 for the distinctive bokeh, but the contrast suffers when you do this. At f/5.6 it becomes a nicer lens to use. The Helios-44 was on a Fujifilm X-E1 camera set at 3200 ISO and 1/160th shutter. The lens was set at f/5.6.

Fujifilm X-E1 and Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm M42 screw-thread standard lens.

Offcuts of fabric stacked on a dining room chair. Photographed in available light using a Nikon D2Xs with a Nikkor AF-S DX 18-200mm lens. 95mm; 400 ISO; f/7.6; 1/250th.

I used a Nikon D2Xs and Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 SP lens.