The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Old Road

I used a Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 VR lens on a Nikon D3s for this picture. I have been trying to compare it to the elderly Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD 67D that I picked up for a song on eBay almost four years ago. The Nikon zoom is lighter in weight (plastic vs. metal), has half as much again in telephoto reach (300mm vs. 210mm), and provides image stabilisation to spare camera shake blushes. But it is a loser in respect of wide aperture work when depth of field is wanted. For the record: lens at 70mm, ISO 200. 1/160th at f/6.3.

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.

I remember Old Road before it was 'Old Road'. It is a bit of the original street through Beanacre left cut off after the Council built a new section of road to straighten out the bends and widen the street generally. The scheme was accomplished by a combination of buying bits of front gardens and bits of back gardens. On completion the new straight and broader main road enabled much higher speed for vehicles; gradually the accident rate grew; there were increasing numbers of injuries and fatalities. Speed limits were imposed and pedestrian refuges (islands) constructed so that village folk could get across the street to see their neighbours. I would not want to be in the middle of the road on a pedestrian refuge sheltering from traffic on both sides ignoring the speed limit. Several times the refuges have been demolished, presumably by someone overtaking and running out of road. On the other hand, there is now this little oasis of relative quiet and safety for making a few photographs. Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor AF-S DX 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 135mm equivalent to 200mm on a full frame. 200 ISO; aperture priority f/8; 1/125th.