The Limbo Connection's photos

An outing. Almost the last normal thing we did together before the curse of covid descended.

Fujifilm X-E1 and Fujinon XF 35mm f/1.4 R lens.

Lacock Abbey. Before Covid, I spent a lot of time here, always finding opportunities for pictures, but I have not visited since 2019. In fact, I have since sold the camera and lens used to make this photograph, and a good many other pieces of kit as well. (Posted 31 October, 2023). Nikon D700 and Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 AF lens.

Green Lane Wood. Nikon D2Xs and AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G lens.

In the land of the over-processed, converted, and mightily cropped file, I am King. I told you before: you can't do that.

When by chance I met this Italian visitor outside the 'Red Lion' in Avebury, she was on holiday from her home in Ireland. She was enjoying a glass of real ale and preparing a cigarette. Telling me about her day out, she opined that the Avebury landscape had its limitations. She said, 'You walked a bit, and saw a pile of stones. You walked a bit more and there would be another pile of stones'. Never before had I heard Avebury Circle described as 'a pile of stones' but she had a point, and she certainly expressed it amusingly. In days of yore the locals broke up the stones to make building materials, and so they didn't overdo the reverence and awe. They probably just said, 'here be a handy pile of old stones'. Photographed using a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens on a Nikon D2Xs. Cropped and converted to black and white.

Cropped/converted to B&W/processed like Kraft cheese/tiny file/I mean really tiny.

In my limited experience, approaching strangers to take their photograph provokes varying reactions. By far the greater number readily consent. Surprisingly few show any interest in seeing the result.

Nikon D2Xs with a Nikkor-H Auto 85mm f/1.8 lens made sometime between 1964 and 1972. Cropped square.

Nikon D2Xs, Nikkor 50mm f/2 AI.

Fujifilm X-E1 with Fujinon 35mm f/1.4 lens.

Fujifilm X-E1 with Fujinon 35mm f/1.4 lens.