Fujifilm Finepix S3 Pro

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.

I visited the East Somerset Railway near Cranmore in Somerset on 1st July, a hot day such as Edward Thomas immortalised in 'Adlestrop'. I reflected on what enables preserved railways such as this to thrive. Enthusiasm, of course - of volunteers and visitors alike. And the availability of locomotives and rolling stock, thanks to Dai Woodham at Barry not being in a rush to break up the scrapped BR locomotives. But - paradoxically perhaps - it is the motor car which makes preserved steam possible, for it often operates in the back of beyond, and is accessible only by private transport for all practical purposes. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.

I visited the East Somerset Railway near Cranmore in Somerset on 1st July, a hot day such as Edward Thomas immortalised in 'Adlestrop'. I reflected on what enables preserved railways such as this to thrive. Enthusiasm, of course - of volunteers and visitors alike. And the availability of locomotives and rolling stock, thanks to Dai Woodham at Barry not being in a rush to break up the scrapped BR locomotives. But - paradoxically perhaps - it is the motor car which makes preserved steam possible, for it often operates in the back of beyond, and is accessible only by private transport for all practical purposes. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.

Activity on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

A summer evening on the Kennet and Avon canal in Devizes. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tamron Di II SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR LD Aspherical (IF) lens.

A slice of life one Summer evening on the Kennet and Avon canal in Devizes. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens. The Tokina 50-135mm is a pro lens which provides crisp photographs. The FinePix S3 can be set to simulate film stock. Here I had it replicating the characteristics of Velvia.

Patrick Taylor, author of 'Gardens of Britain and Ireland', remarks of Bowood gardens, 'A particularly coarse figure of a sprawling nude woman is an exceptionally unhappy late 20th-century addition'. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro & Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens.

This is Sydney Wharf on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath, Somerset. In the past, coal from the Somerset coalfield was unloaded here, as were slates and agricultural products. Photographed from the east side of Sydney Wharf bridge which straddles Bathwick Hill, using a Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Tokina SD 50-135mm f/2.8 DX AT-X Pro lens.