The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: brook

And full of sewage on I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.

Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. 'The Brook' - Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Extract)

I bid successfully on eBay for an old Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens. They made this lens from 1964 until 1975 and then inexplicably replaced it with a lens universally agreed to be its inferior (a bit like the Ford Motor Company when it replaced the Escort in 1990; you can probably think of other good examples of bad marketing). The construction quality, fit and finish of this lens is exquisite. Nothing like this is made now and even the current lens offerings will mostly be gone before this lens breaks. If you want to safely use a lens like this on a Nikon digital camera which isn’t ‘entry level’ you need to check it has been modified to AI compatibility, or you could wreck your camera. None of them was ever made to the new standard which Nikon introduced in 1977. It was a lens like this that David Hemmings used to photograph Veruschka in the studio scenes of the 1966 film ‘Blow-Up’. You can appreciate therefore that owning a lens like this will enhance your style credentials as well as instantly make you a better photographer.

Bide Brook, Lacock, Wiltshire. The focus is way off; the result is almost an impression of the bridge. Not a particularly successful photograph but something of a little tribute to Claude Monet. Canon EOS 40D + Nikkor-O.C Auto f/2 35mm lens.

Canon EOS 40D + Nikkor-O.C 35mm f/2 lens.

In places Pug ditch runs rapidly over gravel and the water looks clear and clean. Yet quite nearby, the bed of the stream is muddy and slow flowing, and the nearby land becomes saturated. I used to play here with Sandra and on one occasion I ventured into the mud and began to sink. Had Sandra not pulled me free, I might not have returned many years later to make this photograph and recount this tale. Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D90.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and an AF-D Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 lens.