The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: graves

Locksbrook cemetery. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1. Lens: Fujinon 35mm f/1.4 XF R.

The ubiquitous aluminium flower vase manufactured in vast numbers for the businesses devoted to serving the bereaved. With the decline of burial as a method of disposal, they are probably manufactured in much smaller numbers these days. For almost all my years I have viewed these specialist utilitarian objects with great and ever-growing distaste. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1. Lens: Fujinon 35mm f/1.4 XF R.

This was photographed using a Tomioka-made Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens (circa 1976) on a Fujifilm X-E1 camera (circa 2013) via an M42-Fuji X adapter. Focussing has not proved to be as easy as I had expected but that is more a problem of diminishing eyesight than a criticism of the Fuji engineers. This photograph had the odds set in my favour with the aperture closed down. The 55mm Chinon is my favourite old legacy lens but I shall try out a Helios-44 and a Carl Zeiss Tessar, as well as the bubble bokeh specialist Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 in due course.

Nikon D2Xs + AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm lens.

Nikon D2Xs + AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm lens.

Nikon D2Xs + Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD lens. 1/30th; f/2.4; 400 ISO.

Nikon D2Xs + Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD lens. f/4; 1/40th. 200 ISO.

Near the secondary (Combe Park) entrance. The new arrangement of broken kerbs makes this grave appear a bit Greek in character. It is entirely in keeping with the general extravagance and flamboyance of this cemetery. Nikon D40 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 20mm (full frame equivalent 30mm). 400 ISO; f/5; 1/40th. Whilst lacking the clarity of a prime lens, the 18-200mm Nikkor performs strongly and is a pleasure to use. Distortion can be noticeable but is easily corrected when processing. The Vibration Reduction system is spectacular - low shutter speeds hold no fear when using this lens. The Nikon D40, manufactured between 2006 and 2009 and long superseded by several new models, is a joy to use and particularly to carry. It weighs practically nothing. With fewer than 600 shutter actuations, it cost me less than £60 earlier this year. It lacks the latest bells and whistles but does the main job of making images very competently. I set it to under-expose a little; it seems to produce better results that way.

Pressing 'z' improves the experience of seeing how a shaft of sunlight picks out detail. Nikon D2Xs at 100 ISO. Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens at f/8. 1/160th.

Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Aperture-priority set to f/6.3. ISO 200. 1/160th, Lens at 105mm equivalent to a field of view of 168mm in full frame.

Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Aperture-priority set to f/11. ISO 400. 1/200th, Lens at 35mm equivalent to a field of view of 56mm in full frame.

Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Aperture-priority set to f/8. ISO 400. 1/60th, Lens at 62mm equivalent to a field of view of 116mm in full frame.

Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Aperture-priority set to f/8. ISO 400. 1/125th, Lens at 35mm equivalent to a field of view of 56mm in full frame.

Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Aperture-priority set to f/11. ISO 400. 1/125th, Lens at 86mm equivalent to a field of view of 138mm in full frame. Converted to B&W.

A fresh edit of an old photograph, revealing greater detail and clarity. Photographed with a AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D90. A surprisingly capable lens and very sharp, but not that well built and slow as it approached telephoto.

The photograph was taken with a Nikon D2Xs and a manual focus Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI lens made sometime between January, 1978 and October, 1982.

Winter sunlit afternoon. Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D lens. f/11.