The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: gardening

Rupert Stacey worked for the Goff family before they transferred The Courts to the National Trust in 1944. Andrew Humphris moved on to become Head Gardner at Parham House where he has enjoined battle with bindweed. Troy Smith is Head Gardener at Sissinghurst Castle. Catrina Saunders went on to Overbecks in south Devon and Trengwainton and Godolphin in Cornwall. Paul Alexander was previously at Stourhead before settling at The Courts. The long gap between Mr Stacey's stewardship and Andrew Humphris and his successors coming to The Courts can be explained thus: although The Goffs gave the property to the National Trust in 1944, their daughter, Moyra, continued to live there and organise the gardening, including developing the arboretum, until her death in 1990. I visit National Trust gardens because my own tiny patch is overgrown and neglected. I hate gardening.

Strange things interest me. The past. The future. But seldom the present. For example: would my claim that the three Cream albums could fulfil all my musical needs if I were stranded on a desert island be proved if tested? Camera bags: a bit of a personal fetish. Typography. Jennifer Connelly's nose job. Not gardening, though. Nikon D2Xs and AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens wide open at 40mm (a field of view equivalent to 60mm on a full frame camera). 1/250th at 200 ISO.

Nikon D40 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 90mm (full frame equivalent 135mm). 1600 ISO; f/5.3; 1/500th.

Nikon D40 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 82mm (full frame equivalent 123mm). 800 ISO; f/5.3; 1/250th.

Nikon D40 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 80mm (full frame equivalent 120mm). 800 ISO; f/5.3; 1/125th.

Nikon D40 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens.

Nikon D40 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens.

I see the barrow cast aside; The tubing made of fashioned steel, Rolled, and sealed, and galvanized: The bowl, the handles, and the wheel, All tumbling like a fairground ride, Then turning turtle in disguise.

Nothing that I do or feel ever feels like I felt it with you.

Nikon D40 and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VRII lens. Focal length 105mm (full frame equivalent 157mm). 800 ISO; f/5.6; 1/160th. I have been here many times yet not made this photograph before. It depends on the position of the photographer in relation to the subject; the focal length of the lens; the season; the light; the aperture. So many variables.

The secondhand Nikon D70s which I bought for £49 has performed well - sometimes. Some of its output has shown banding and image break-up of a calamitous order. The camera has frequently demanded a format of its memory card quite unnecessarily and at some inconvenience in escaping from the instruction. Sadly it must go back to the seller who described it as 'good'. Pah! Lens at 29mm. 200 ISO; f/6.3; 1/160th.

It is a wet summer’s day; I don’t think summer has any business being damp, but it must be endured. Hence the pedestrian subject material. I am using a Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 series E zoom lens on a Nikon D2Xs, which gives an angle of view quite a bit longer than the range on a full-frame camera. Notwithstanding that it must be focussed manually, it represents a bargain for its optical excellence - mine cost £31. Where else can you get 150mm at f/3.5 for such a small sum? With this lens plus a 35-70mm and a 20mm I should be ready for anything when the sun shines again. I have substituted a magnifying eyepiece for the original on the D2Xs. It makes what I see 1.2 times bigger. This is very good for focussing. It is called a Nikon DK-17M. I ought to have bought one years ago.

It is a wet summer’s day; I don’t think summer has any business being damp, but it must be endured. Hence the pedestrian subject material. I am using a Nikon 75-150mm f/3.5 series E zoom lens on a Nikon D2Xs, which gives an angle of view quite a bit longer than the range on a full-frame camera. Notwithstanding that it must be focussed manually, it represents a bargain for its optical excellence - mine cost £31. Where else can you get 150mm at f/3.5 for such a small sum? With this lens plus a 35-70mm and a 20mm I should be ready for anything when the sun shines again. I have substituted a magnifying eyepiece for the original on the D2Xs. It makes what I see 1.2 times bigger. This is very good for focussing. It is called a Nikon DK-17M. I ought to have bought one years ago.

Nikon D300s + Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens. Cropped; would have been more suited to a telephoto lens.

Trug: a lightweight basket made of Sweet Chestnut and Cricket Bat Willow. Photographed with a Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and a Nikkor 35mm DX AF-S f/1.8G lens.