Lacock, Wiltshire

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Canon EOS 30D and Auto Chinon 55mm f/1.7 lens.

This is a photographic challenge if you are a visitor because you run out of space in which to back up. The answer is to take your picture from the field behind the building, which, incidentally, costs nothing to enter. Photographed with a 200mm f/4 Meyer-Optik Orestegor lens on a Canon EOS 30D camera. The Meyer-Optik Görlitz Orestegor 200mm f/4 is a preset manual lens, with continuous aperture, which can be limited with a special preset ring. It has 15 blades which close and open very smoothly in the range f/4-f/22. The focus throw is very long. It is all metal and built like a tank. Enthusiasts report difficulty in finding one. Mine just happened to be in a little Zenit-E kit which I bought for the Helios lens. To get the 15-blade Orestegor and a set of three extension tubes was something of a bonus.

Nikon D2Xs + Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens.

Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens.

Lacock Abbey rendered misty. Nikon D2Xs + 35mm Nikkor-O.C f/2 lens + Nikon Teleconverter TC-16A.

There's often something unexpected at Lacock Abbey. Today it was a curtain of blue strands suspended from the bough of a tree. Nikon D2Xs + 35mm Nikkor-O.C f/2 lens + Nikon Teleconverter TC-16A.

Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI lens + Nikon Teleconverter TC-16A.

Built in 1863. Photographed with a Nikon D2Xs + Nikkor-P 105mm f/2.5 lens + Nikon Teleconverter TC-16A.