The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: shade

The cult of Sydney continues. Here, on a whim, I processed the earlier colour version into black and white. I always find this so much more satisfying than attempting to convert black and white into colour.

I used an AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G lens on a Nikon D50 to take this scene. The lens was at 35mm which would be 50mm on full frame. Despite its versatility, I got rid of this lens because I thought there were better alternatives. Given how little it weighed I rather missed it, but the distortion on a picture like this was bad and took some cleaning up in post processing. I probably overdid the post processing a bit in cropping, accentuating the shadows and reducing the saturation, but as I liked the result I have posted it nonetheless. 1/500th at f/11. I forgot the D50 had been set at 1600 ISO but it seemed to behave itself whatever ISO was selected.

Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The hottest June day since 1976. I took only my 'new' Nikon D40 with an 18-70mm lens (which gives a field of view like a 28-105mm on a full frame set-up). Later, I ruminated on the difference in weight between this combination and a D700 with a 28-105mm AF-D lens. The D700 combination weighs more than half as much again. That's not something you really want when your shirt is sticking to your back.

f/1.8; 1/800th.

Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor AI 50mm f/1.8 + Nikon Teleconverter TC-16A.

Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens.