Medieval wet cobblestones

Much water still around after all the rain and not feeling well today, I didn't really want to venture out with a tripod for time exposures. So, our medieval Poultry Cross, here in Salisbury, is great for pattern shots especially when the cobbles are damp.

Ironically, the pink light is coming from from a T-Mobile shop, with its in-store advertising and is an interesting mix between the very old and the very new, illustrating the enormous change in what consumers buy. Not live chickens any more but the latest digital technology.

Speaking of contrasts, my Nikon D700 had attached to it a lens from the late 1960's, an old, manual focus Nikkor-N Nippon Kogaku 35mm f1.4 that's partly made of brass and has a scalloped metal focus ring. It hardly gets any use these days but I specifically wanted to use only it this evening.

This also illustrates how Nikon lenses of almost any age can be fitted and used on their upper range DSLRs. It cost me £99 secondhand about 20 years ago - Nikon's latest equivalent is nearly £1400!

Grabbing the shot when four people were rushing about, going home, was a bit of luck but I wasn't sure if it was sharp as I jabbed at the shutter in haste and it wasn't until in editing that I saw that it was OK. The quite pink left foreground is mainly from quite severe shadow extraction as it was in almost complete darkness.