The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: boke

I posted this picture ten years ago. It didn't look right then, and it doesn't look right now, but at least it looks better than it did. The best thing about the original post was the comment it generated concerning the word 'bokeh', or maybe 'boke', and its origins. From memory, the five-strong group of Wiltshire Youth Drummers marched nicely in single file, and made a satisfying clattery noise, but as entertainment they were a bit limited unless your idea of a good time was listening to drumming. Still, at least they didn't get heckled, which was the fate of some other acts in the event. This is a tough town. One further, if pedantic, point: Not all the drummers met the description 'youth'. There was a stout fellow who was definitely not 'youth', and another chap wearing some sort of animal skin was borderline. When does youth end? Perhaps it is a philosophical question, in which case disregard my uncharitable remarks. You can't see them in this photograph anyway, because of bokeh, or boke, or whatever. Only the audience is really visible, and I am making no remarks concerning the audience.

Not so cold that I needed the scarf, so I tucked it in the corner of the camera bag, a Safrotto Domke-inspired design discovered on eBay a while back. The internal dividers which came with the bag were a bit unwieldy and so I have jettisoned them and inserted a Billingham SuperFlex. As you can see, cramming the scarf in dislodged the SuperFlex. I have remarked before that choosing a camera system is child's play compared to settling on a camera bag. Photographed with a Nikon D700 and a Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + Tamron AF 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Macro Di II LD lens.

Nikon D2Xs + Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens.

Photographed suspended from a tree at Avebury stone circle, Wiltshire, using a Nikon Series E 75-150mm f/3.5 lens on a TC-16A teleconverter mounted on a Nikon D2Xs.

A photograph in the style of the illustrations in Ladybird books. Stourhead, Wiltshire (National Trust}. Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D lens.

Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4 lens.

Nikon D700 + AF-D Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens.

Lesser Celandine. Nikon D700 + Nikkor-H Auto 300mm f/4.5 lens.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor-H Auto 300mm f/4.5 lens.

Photographed at The Courts garden in Holt, Wiltshire. Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 70mm.

Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 70-210mm f/4 lens.