The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: ivy

I have made an attractive old stone wall appear sinister. Fujinon 35mm f/1.4 lens, giving a field of view akin to a 50mm lens on a full frame instrument. Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

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

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

Perhaps I am on the threshold of becoming a man of letters. This was shot at 210mm, 1/640th; f/5.6. This is the Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD 67D lens made from 1992 until 2003, a pro spec lens which was presumably priced to compete with the comparable Nikon and Canon lenses (there was a Minolta version too). It relies on screw drive in the Nikon version for its AF. Given the time it was made, that AF was in its infancy, that it was designed to work with film: I think its performance is astounding. I bought it from a bloke on eBay. I had no knowledge of its abilities. I bid for it purely because it was cheap for a pro lens of this type, and I think I got a bargain, (eBay acquisitions do not always work out like this!)

Post boxes are interesting, but only up to a point. Of themselves they are simply designed and practical containers with a minimum of ornament and a uniform distinctive colour. Where they are can be interesting of course. Notwithstanding the above, I have nevertheless created an album devoted to my not inconsiderable output of post box pictures. I had no idea until now just how fixated I had become. Nikon D3s + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens. I think the 50mm lenses are the best for photographing post boxes. Indeed, they may be the best for photographing any subject.

Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor 50mm f/2 AI lens.

Some parts of this small village are attractive, such as Old Road. Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor AF-S DX 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 20mm equivalent to 30mm on a full frame. 400 ISO; aperture priority f/6; 1/160th.

Nikon D3s + Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 AF lens.

Photographed using a lens made c1971 - a Nikkor-H 50mm f/2. It has been modified to AI standard so that it mounts safely on modern digital SLRs from Nikon, in this case an elderly D2Xs. 200 ISO; f/5.6; 1/80th.

Photographed with a Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens on a Canon EOS 30D camera.

Nikon D2Xs and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 112mm (full frame equivalent 168mm).

Photographed with a Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens mounted on a Canon EOS 30D via an EOS-M42 adapter.

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.

Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens at 40mm. ISO 400; f/4.5; 1/250th.

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).

Photographed using a Nikon D300s with a 28mm f/2 Nikkor AI lens.