Gone Forever

Nikon D50. Tamron 55-200mm lens. Both ridiculously, fabulously, stupendously cheap.

Nikon D700 + Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens made sometime between 1992 and 2003. ISO 3200; f/5.6; 1/250; focal length 112mm.

Nikon D700 + Tamron AF 70-210mm f/2.8 SP LD lens made sometime between 1992 and 2003. ISO 3200; f/2.8; 1/1250; focal length 72mm.

Nikon D50 and AF Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens.

A photograph of a work by Gavin Turk entitled 'Ajar (Grey)' in a Roche Court leaflet. Art begets art. Canon EOS 40D + Cosinon Auto f/2.8 135mm lens.

Canon EOS 40D + Soligor C/D 28mm f/2.8 lens + Minolta Close-Up lens no.1.

Nikon D2Xs+ Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AI lens, with an AF Teleconverter TC-16A between.

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro and Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

This photograph dates from February, 2012. It was one of those 'let's see what happens' efforts which worked out better than anticipated. I used a Nikon D90 with an AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens at full stretch (not a setting where it excels: it's performance is usually poor beyond 200mm). Aperture was f/7.1; speed 1/3200. Elsewhere I have remarked on how difficult it is to repeat a photograph due to factors like different light, forgotten camera settings, mistaken perspective; in this case it is impossible because the tree has been felled. I doubt the picture would be half as attractive without the spindly twigs silhouetted in the winter sunset.