The Limbo Connection's photos

The much-married Alexander Keiller was born in 1889. When he was nine, his father died, leaving him the sole heir to the great marmalade fortune. He pursued many interests, but the greatest contribution he made was his work in exploring and restoring Avebury Stone Circle.
He arranged for the removal of many of the buildings that were within the circle. Most of the displaced inhabitants were re-located to nearby Avebury Trusloe, which his great wealth enabled to be built from scratch. Keiller's intention was to remove all the modern buildings from within the henge; other events prevented that from being seen through. The buildings that remain within the henge now exist in a juxtaposition with the stones. Some of them appear to be built of materials raided from the stones; the locals developed good techniques for heating the stone and breaking it into small pieces for building. Oddly, it is not considered a particularly good building material by those in the know, but it had the advantage of being readily available.

For the photographer there are specific-purpose bags: rainy day bags; anti-pickpocket bags; bags which do not look like camera bags for use in tough neighbourhoods; slim-profile bags for carrying in crowded areas; bags to inspire confidence at an important event you've been hired to shoot; bags so impossibly large you use them as a supply depot where your other bags call to make changes to their contents; bags which are devoted to specialist items like flashguns or filters; medium-format bags; 35mm film camera bags; digital camera-with-lens-fixed-always bags; soiled bags that you don't mind using in dirty conditions ... the list is endless. The more camera bags I try - all sourced from eBay, the world's greatest lending library, where sometimes it's even possible to turn a modest profit on short-term acquisitions - the more I realise that what we're talking about is a sack. A sack with compartments, a sack with different dimensions to the previous sack, a sack made from different materials, but nevertheless a sack. This particular bag is the Tenba P-750 Pro Pak™ from the early 1980s, with its super-cool logo which reads the same upside down (but best not to verify this when the bag is full of kit). You often see them referred to as the ‘Tenba Equa’ because the logo suggests that is the name. It was available in rust, black, and grey, as well as the more traditional tan colour you see here. It is constructed of ‘Cordura’, a waterproof and rugged nylon. ‘Cordura’ will always win in a friction squabble with your coat or trousers. Tenba put a less aggressive pad of material on later Pro Pak™ bags where the ‘Cordura’ met the owner’s clothing. Of 'Cordura', the Tenba catalogue of the early 1980s said, "Dupont Cordura nylon ... is 3 times stronger than canvas, yet 1/2 the weight. Will not rot or mildew like canvas. We use . . . a complete waterproof coating of 2.3 ozs of nitrile WATER-LOK, an elastomeric coating." The P-750 is an unusual design with a fairly deep compartment within the lid to store 30 to 40 rolls of film, and a stout zip fastener to keep the contents secure. On the other side of the top ‘half’- i.e. on the inside of the bag’s main compartment - is a modest zipped compartment which might be for tickets and passport-type documents. There are four ‘D’ rings, for a back-harness or tripod straps, and unusual side straps which can be deployed to limit the travel of the lid or to transport a monopod. The main compartment lacks the extreme weather-proofing measures you find on a Billingham bag, like zips and secondary flaps. That is perhaps a weakness if near water or sand. It rather negates the value of ‘Cordura’ as a waterproof fabric. The coups de foudre are the two external pouches which, in combination with the hip logo, make this bag unusually distinctive in a market place stuffed with boring oblong boxes with straps. Nikon D2Xs and AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.

The much-married Alexander Keiller was born in 1889. When he was nine, his father died, leaving him the sole heir to the great marmalade fortune. He pursued many interests, but the greatest contribution he made was his work in exploring and restoring Avebury Stone Circle.
He arranged for the removal of many of the buildings that were within the circle. Most of the displaced inhabitants were re-located to nearby Avebury Trusloe, which his great wealth enabled to be built from scratch. Keiller's intention was to remove all the modern buildings from within the henge; other events prevented that from being seen through. The buildings that remain within the henge now exist in a juxtaposition with the stones. Some of them appear to be built of materials raided from the stones; the locals developed good techniques for heating the stone and breaking it into small pieces for building. Oddly, it is not considered a particularly good building material by those in the know, but it had the advantage of being readily available.

Good Friday March of Witness.

Nikon D50 and Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6 G lens. f/8.

Psalm 32:5

Miranda 28mm M42 lens on a Canon EOS 20D.

Optomax 35mm f/2.8 on a Canon 20D. A lens with a bit of mildew and hair and dusty crud inside.

A scene on the Kennet and Avon canal at Devizes. Breakfast time in August. Nikon AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens for a sensation of packed perspective (although perspective depends on where you stand, not what lens you use).

In June, 2010, it was reported that plans were being made to decommission and demolish the Lafarge Cement works at Westbury in Wiltshire. Cement manufacturing had ceased in February, 2009, because of difficult trading conditions. 68 people lost their jobs. The industrial activity in an area of great natural beauty had sometimes been controversial. The production of cement on the site was permitted shortly after the end of World War II because of national need for building materials. The location was fine from an industrial point of view, because both of the necessary raw materials of chalk and clay could be quarried close to the plant. Later, the local authority did a deal with the factory to burn rubbish, which for a time seemed to suit both parties. About that time many new houses were built in the area under the chimney. People who lived there checked the wind direction carefully before putting their washing out to dry. Nikon D2Xs and Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AF-D lens.

Fluffy clouds in the blue sky. Golden sand. The sea shimmers. The beach is deserted.

Photographed using an AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens on a Fuji S3 Pro camera.

According to Wikipedia, Richmond is a value brand of tobacco cigarettes re-introduced into UK markets in 1999. The brand is in competition at the lower end of the market, against value UK cigarette brands such as Mayfair, Sovereign and Park Road. Richmond's variants Superkings and King Size are the fourth and fifth top-selling cigarettes in the UK respectively. The empty packs provide a colourful and attractive addition to the natural flora, a fact understood and followed by many users.

According to Wikipedia, Sterling is the largest selling cheap brand in the UK and is the eighth biggest selling brand of cigarettes in the UK. They appear to disgust their users so comprehensively that they cannot wait to put the empty packets in a dedicated litter receptacle. Here, a pack has become a part of Autumn's rich and colourful tapestry. Photographed with a Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm M42 f/2.8 lens on a Canon EOS 20D camera.