The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: pencil

Tokina 50-135mm f/2.8.

Photographed with a vintage Nikkor-H 50mm f/2 lens circa 1971 on a Nikon D3s. For years the Nikkor-H 50mm f/2 lens was what you got with your new Nikon or Nikkormat camera. It was engineered to standards unimaginable today. Optically it is as good at f/2 as at any other aperture. It was pretty much unrivalled by any other standard prime lens during its period in production. This was shot wide open at f/2 at 1/200th. 800 ISO in available light.

Photographed with a Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens on a Nikon D3s. This lens has climbed further in my estimation since being coupled with a D3s. I am not entirely sure why that should be, but there it is. Its particular benefits include ability to focus much closer than its rivals; vibration control allowing slower shutter speeds than would otherwise be possible hand held; weather proofing; and coatings of outstanding quality. 800 ISO; f/2.5; 1/50th.

Photographed with a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-S lens on a Nikon D40.

I remember your hands, white and strangely cold. [Roger McGough: 'A lot of Water has Flown under your Bridge'] Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI lens.

The sketch partly obscured by the yellow pencil left carelessly on top of it was reproduced in a newspaper recently. It is by Edward Burne-Jones and titled ‘Study Of A Female Head To The Right’ (1889). Burne-Jones was married to Georgiana MacDonald who developed a close friendship with William Morris when Burne-Jones had a passionate affair with his Greek model Maria Zambaco. Morris was married to Jane Burden who became closely attached to Dante Gabriel Rossetti who was married to Elizabeth Siddal. The Pre-Raphaelites were active in many respects. Nikon D50 and AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8 G Nikkor lens.

Nikon D2Xs + Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens.

Canon EOS 30D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens + small extension tube.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro at 100 ISO with a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 DX lens and a Nikon SB-20 speedlight.

Pencil photographed with a Canon EOS 30D and a Chinon 55mm f/1.4 lens on an extension tube.

Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI lens.

Photographed with a Nikon D2Xs and a Tamron Di II SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR LD Aspherical (IF) lens.