The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Sandy Lane

Nikon D700 with AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens at 70mm f/8. My experience of the AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 is that no matter if I used it on full frame, as here, or APS-C, as on a Nikon D2Xs, I would almost always have it at 70mm (as here). On rare occasions when I did not have it at full telephoto, I used it at the widest it would go, ie 35mm. This is not unusual. Other photographers have reported that with a zoom lens they are either fully at one end or the other. I reduced the contrast and clarity of the photo in Lightroom. I thought it looked boring otherwise. I'm not entirely confident that it actually looks interesting now. Hey-ho.

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This fingerpost on the road between Devizes and Derry Hill is in a poor state of repair. It probably dates from before 1933 when a change in regulations resulted in the supporting posts being striped black and white. That being the case, this road sign might well have been lifted and stored in 1940 when a German invasion of Britain was imminent. No point telling the Wehrmacht the way to Naish Hill.

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

Smouldering pyres on farmland east of Reybridge, Wiltshire. Nikon D700 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens.

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

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

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

Bowden Hill rises steeply away from the river Avon at Lacock. Behind these gates is the Bowden Park estate and a country house (Grade I listed) which is not visible from the road. It was built in 1796. The estate is concealed by the slope of the hill and surrounding woodland. Nikon D700 with an AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-210mm f/4 lens at its longest.

Photographed with a Canon EOS 30D (£59.78 on eBay, February, 2015) and a Canon EF 35-135mm f/4-5.6 Ultrasonic lens (£37 on eBay, July, 2015). The lens was in production for ten years from 1990. It has quite a good reputation for a product aimed at the amateur end of the market. It’s more modern and advanced than the trombone action Canon 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 EF I had and which I wore out, but it’s not as nice in my opinion. I bought the camera to use with old screw-thread M42 lenses for a bit of a challenge. (You need an M42 - EOS adapter if you fancy doing this. They don’t cost much). Then I saw the 35-135mm lens on eBay going cheap. You could see why from the photograph. It looked as though it had been stored for several years in a shed. It cleaned up OK and the focus motor worked readily. There was a scratch concealed by the dirt on the front of the lens but damage of this sort has to be desperately bad to make much difference in normal use.

The George at Sandy Lane, between Chippenham and Devizes. Built circa 1720. Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 lens.

I used an 18-135mm lens on a Nikon D50. I cropped out distracting features. I confess to doing this often to compensate for poor technique.