The Limbo Connection's photos

Wade Brown, a quarry owner, built the tower in 1848. Various motives have been suggested, including a desire on Brown's part to provide employment during a period of economic depression.

For a few months during 2013 I used a secondhand Canon EOS digital camera with a selection of elderly M42 screw lenses which are plentiful on eBay. It was like stepping out of a Tornado GR4 and into a Sopwith Camel. Rediscovering manual focussing was particularly refreshing, although with variable success (no split-image microprism focusing screen on an EOS). Of the several lenses I tried, I liked the Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm f/2.8 Tessar the best: not fast, but tactile and close-focussing, the optical equivalent of a silk scarf. And a surprise was to be had in the Optomax (who they?) 35mm f/2.8 which was quite a capable lens with a wider field of view than the Tessar. This was despite a load of dust within the barrel, and a hair from some previous photographer’s head, and a smattering of mildewy dots not so bad as to rob the results of contrast, just a sort of early warning of problems ahead. It was built very solidly and it had engraved on the barrel, via a strong technical-drawing instrument, I shouldn’t wonder, the postcode of some previous owner. Eventually the M42-on-digital craze wore off. Some of the better kit was recycled on eBay; some lingers awaiting a burst of energy for further forays in the auctioneering nether-world, but the 35mm Optomax was not in the kind of condition guaranteed to please a fastidious prospective purchaser and went on a one-way excursion to an Oxfam shop. What remains of its optical ability is displayed here on ipernity for the amusement of all who venture into the flimsy biplanes of the photographic community.

Shot with a 55mm Micro-Nikkor f/3.5 AI lens on a Nikon D2Xs camera.

Taken with a Nikon D2Xs set to high speed crop and therefore 'converting' the 180mm lens to a 360mm equivalent in the old 35mm film measurement of focal length. Aperture was f/9.5; speed 1/350th sec; ISO 400. The picture was taken from Morgan's Hill, some two-and-a-half miles distant from the Lower Compton landfill site which is in the top left-hand corner.

The Pentax Optio S30 camera is small and out-of-date. However, it fits into a jacket pocket. I should use it more often.

Canon PowerShot SX120 IS camera.

AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED on a Nikon D90.

Morning mist slow to clear near Devizes wharf. AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED on a Nikon D90.

Thomas Sotheron Estcourt was the Member of Parliament for Devizes who also founded the Wiltshire Friendly Society. Photographed with a Sigma 15-30mm F3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical DF lens on a Nikon D2Xs. Optically, the lens is capable, although suffering from flare if pointed towards a source of light. It is versatile too, being compatible with full frame Nikon cameras as well as APS-C format. But it is a big lens occupying a lot of bag space, and although well-built and in Sigma's professional range, I did not think it was the sweetest lens to handle.

A view of the cafe on platform 3.

Designed by J H Sanders, the station has a vaulted glass roof in a single-span wrought iron arch structure. The station was originally called 'Queen Square' and renamed 'Green Park' in1951. Passenger trains from this station ceased in 1966. It is now a short-cut to the centre of Bath doing duty as an occasional market. The sidings have been redeveloped by Sainbury's Supermarkets.

What this photograph reveals about the human condition is desperately depressing.

F/10; 1/400th; 400 ISO. Nikon D50 with a Nikkor AF-S 35mm f/1.8 G lens.