The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: twigs

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 AF-D lens.

Camera: Fujifilm X-E1

Nikon D3s + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D 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.

I photographed this through a closed upstairs window. People worry over dirty lenses. I am one of them. I puff off the dust with a blower brush. I wipe carefully with a soft cloth. Do you think there is any need? Photographed with a Nikkor 28mm f/2 AI lens made in Japan c.1981 on a Nikon D2Xs. I had the camera in high speed crop mode, making the effective field of view equivalent to 56mm in full frame terms.

1/15th sec.

This photograph dates from February, 2012. It was one of those 'let's see what happens' efforts which worked out better than anticipated. I used a Nikon D90 with an AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens at full stretch (not a setting where it excels: it's performance is usually poor beyond 200mm). Aperture was f/7.1; speed 1/3200. Elsewhere I have remarked on how difficult it is to repeat a photograph due to factors like different light, forgotten camera settings, mistaken perspective; in this case it is impossible because the tree has been felled. I doubt the picture would be half as attractive without the spindly twigs silhouetted in the winter sunset.