The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: five

I used an AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G lens bought secondhand for about £60 (do not confuse this lens with the later, more expensive, VR version). Optically, it is a decent lens within its limitations, and its chief weakness is degradation beyond 200mm. Here I had it at 300mm because I was a long way distant. The picture also suffers from being strongly cropped and over-processed. But it is a picture nonetheless. One other thing about the AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6 G - it is flimsy and light in weight. At least you don't get backache carrying it around. But treat it carefully if you buy one.

Five bollards in Devizes Market Place. An approaching storm provided unusual light. Wadworth's Brewery in the distance at Northgate. 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 72mm at f/5.6; shutter 1/640th; 400 ISO.

This was never a good photograph. It was under-exposed and badly composed, yet there were engaging components such as capturing a record of the typical behaviour of visitors to Avebury. I was in conversation with another visitor on a different occasion who was unimpressed by the antiquity. She memorably summarised it thus: "I walked a bit, and saw a pile of stones. I walked a bit more and saw another pile of stones". Maybe Avebury's antiquity is best left to archaeologists. It's a fine place for a bit of exercise though. I have attempted to rescue the better aspects of the picture by using the Lightroom software but there are limits with the jpeg quality. Nikon D90 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens at 190mm (about the limit of its best performance). I've bought and sold two of these cheap and flimsy lenses which have their strengths and are light in weight.

Childhood memories are a bit random. For a few years our town's branch of W H Smith opened an extra floor to stimulate Christmas business. This was when W H Smith was an attractive store characterised by low level displays and wide aisles, in marked contrast to today's pile 'em high displays of drab and poorly-presented products. I bought these crayons with pocket money and have kept them ever since. They remind me of a happy moment and have become a subject for photography many years later. In this picture the five crayons are superimposed on an earlier photograph of themselves. On this occasion I used a Nikkor-O.C 35mm f/2 lens on a Nikon D700.

Childhood memories are a bit random. For a few years our town's branch of W H Smith opened an extra floor to attract Christmas business. This was when W H Smith was an attractive store characterised by low level displays and wide aisles, in marked contrast to today's pile 'em high displays of drab and poorly-presented products. I bought these crayons with pocket money and have kept them ever since. They remind me of a happy moment and have become a subject for photography many years later. In this picture the five crayons are superimposed on an earlier photograph of themselves. On this occasion I used a Nikkor-O.C 35mm f/2 lens on a Nikon D700.

An advertisement of 1969 for Blue C swimsuits. "Blue C", a trade name for elastomeric fibre in 1969, is perhaps now better known in public consciousness by the name "Lycra". * Careful examination would suggest only two models were engaged, raising the question, how did they perform that illusion?

Canon EOS 40D + Canon EF 35-135mm f/4-5.6 lens.

Nikon D90 and Nikkor 70-300mm AF-G f/4-5.6 zoom lens.

Canon EOS 40D and Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens.

Canon EOS 30D + Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 lens.

Early morning, going to work. Nikon D2Xs and Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) lens.

Nikon D2Xs with a 20mm f/3.5 AI-S Nikkor lens.