The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: parkland fencing

I saw a scene from a fairy tale and got one shot of it. It is processed so as to accentuate that nuance. I hope their happiness endures.

Nikon D700 and Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AF-D lens. When I had a 35-70mm f/2.8 zoom lens I noticed that I was using the 70mm end more or less all the time. So I reasoned that an f/1.4 85mm prime lens would suit my style better, as well as admitting four times as much light. For this photograph, the ISO was 400, the shutter speed 1/125th, and the aperture f/4.

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

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.

Nikon D3s and Tamron 35mm f/1.8 lens.

Parkland fencing at Lacock Abbey. Nikon D700 + Tamron 70-210mm F/2.8 LD SP lens. 190mm. ISO 200. Speed 100th. Aperture f/5.

Parkland fencing shot into the sun with a Nikkor 24mm lens on a Nikon D700.

Tamron SP 35mm F1.8 Di VC USD lens on a Nikon D700. f/8; 1/125th.

Nikon D700 and Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens.

Sunshine and showers, and once again I am drawn to the continuous iron fencing at Lacock Abbey. Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens.

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

This old-fashioned parkland fencing separates a new-ish path between the village and the National Trust car park from the stone circle, and more remote, the village cricket field. Parkland fencing is quintessentially English. It is utilitarian without being ugly. It is designed to last and won't blow over in a gale. It keeps livestock out effectively. Yet no-one really notices it except in an abstract sense of feeling it simply 'fits in'. From a child's viewpoint, parkland fencing is an ideally positioned ladder for moving easily beyond prescribed limits and enabling serious exploration to continue unhindered.

At this point one place becomes confused with the other; And time slips uncontrollably Until like a badly-driven steam engine It stops abruptly, disconcertingly. And I am here, or there; It scarcely matters, For one is as sublime as the other. Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Traditional English continuous iron estate fencing at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Also known as park fencing, or parkland fencing, it is used on estates and parkland for retaining stock and decoration. Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Traditional English continuous iron estate fencing. Also known as park fencing, or parkland fencing, it is used on estates and parkland for retaining stock and decoration. Nikon D700 + Nikkor-O.C 35mm f/2 lens.