Details of Old Sarum

A year ago, we got English Heritage family membership, which paid for a years’ entry to a large number of castles and other historical sites over England.  We got our money’s worth, but won’t be renewing — we’ve seen all the castles we can conveniently get to.  However, the membership was about to end, so we used that as an excuse to visit nearby Old Sarum.

I’ve posted about Old Sarum before, and visited so many times that it was hard to get excited about photographing it, so I experimented with highlighting details of the castle rather than the whole castle itself.

Patrick’s Griffon

My colleague Pat just finished painting a Griffon, and asked me to take photos.  This gave me the first real excuse to make use of the macro extension tube that I bought at a charity shop for £5.  It goes with the £5 50mm lens I bought at the same charity shop.  I’m happy with the results, but that’s probably due to the stunning job that Patrick did.

New Toy

I was lucky enough to find an old 50mm lens in a charity shop for a very reasonable price.  I have been wanting to play with a legacy lens for a while.  I ordered an adaptor on ebay, and when it finally came, I took the lens out for a spin.