The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: brush

Still editing. It's the next best thing to time travel.

Still I persist with the lady with the broom, who did everything right in the mistaken belief that I had some ability as a photographer.

A chance encounter. I asked if I might take her photograph. She did not object. She wondered if the picture would be improved by some sweeping action. Of course she was right. This was easily the best of the three photographs I made of her. How wonderful it is when strangers agree to be photographed. Nikon D2Xs + Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Typical for many ultra wide-angle lenses the Sigma AF 15-30mm EX suffers from very heavy barrel distortion at the wide end of the zoom range. The situation eases continuously towards the 30mm where the lens is almost free of distortion. This photograph was taken at 22mm. Distortion was very noticeable and difficult to correct in post processing.

Nikon D40 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

A chance encounter. I asked if I might take her photograph. She did not object. She wondered if the picture would be improved by some sweeping action. Of course she was right. This was easily the best of the three photographs I made of her. How wonderful it is when strangers agree to be photographed. Nikon D2Xs + Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Typical for many ultra wide-angle lenses the Sigma AF 15-30mm EX suffers from very heavy barrel distortion at the wide end of the zoom range. The situation eases continuously towards the 30mm where the lens is almost free of distortion. This photograph was taken at 22mm. Distortion was very noticeable and difficult to correct in post processing.

What place could be better to test a Nikkor-H 50mm f/2 lens made in 1971 than a dark and dingy shed full of clutter, infested by spiders, and possibly home to a family of mice? ISO 3200 on Nikon D700. Lens at f/4; shutter 1/60th. No flash, just available light from a door left ajar.

Some people whom you ask will readily agree to be photographed but they will stand in front of you like a board. Others know exactly what to do, and this lady falls into that category. If I were a better photographer I would have done her more justice.

"Amateur Photographer" magazine once made a free gift of a lens brush in the form of a lipstick cartridge, seen here in the company of six AA battery cells.

Stiff Bassine Churn Brush. Farmers used to clean the inside of milk churns with this pattern of brush. Builders favour them for cleaning masonry. They're quite useful for getting mud out of the treads on the bottom of your shoes, too. Nikon D700 + AF-D Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + AF Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens.

AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G at 250mm on a Nikon D50.

I've got a hot chilly feeling I don't understand. Canon EOS 40D, Helios-44, and an extension tube.

Nikon D700 + 55mm f3.5 Micro-Nikkor AI lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3Pro and AF Nikkor Zoom 35-70mm f/2.8 lens.