The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: roots

Devizes, Wilts. Photographed in 2012. Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro + Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED. Processing notes: This was always a JPEG and thus scope for improvements is limited. Fuji colours are usually well saturated and that seemed to work against me with this photo. I put it through the old version of PicMonkey which still survives on the ipernity platform and made distinct improvement to the colours; then I wondered what it might look like in B&W and on a whim used a Tri-X filter. Finally I restored some of the colour, keeping it muted, and settled for what you now see above.

People buying fruit and vegetables in the open air, in circumstances where they can reach in and explore the texture and rub the soil remaining on the surface, are doing something pretty primal. There is a dichotomy between what they are doing now and what they did an hour or two previously when they put on designer clothes and elevated sunglasses above their forehead. Metaphorically - and for real - they are returning to their roots. Converted from colour with a Tri-X filter simulation. Tri-X provides a rich, grainy texture and tonal response to certain colours such as skin tones.

Nikon D40 + AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5 - 4.5 G DX lens.

Avebury, Wiltshire. Nikon D700 + Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S lens.

Beech roots. Photographed with a Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AI-S lens on a Nikon D700 camera.

A trip to Avebury. The weather forecast was for blustery winds with just an odd chance of a shower. I got a few pictures and then ... I got drenched. The cheese scone was worth the trip however. Nikon D700 + Tamron 70-210mm f/2.8 LD SP lens.

Tree roots, Lacock Abbey. Nikon D700 + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 AI lens.

Exposed tree roots of the beech clump at Avebury stone circle, Wiltshire.