Water service, Jax Beach

This was a lens test. Michael Johnston of the T.O.P. blog waxed poetic about the Pentax 50mm f/1.4 lens of old. He explained how it was designed to be, and ended up being, better than the Zeiss Planar of it's day, a legendary lens. He was so compelling that I went over to eBay and looked one up. It was on sale for $48.00! How could I lose? When it came I put it on one of my Micro 4/3 cameras by way of an adapter. This was one of the test shots, on a walk in Jax Beach. It is a lovely lens, based on 200 files. Lower contrast then modern lenses and to my eye it renders color more smoothly. The reds are like velvet.

For Martina...a rare albino.

For Martina, Crab creatures move to a new level.

 As we both know, hydrants eventually metamorphosize into these stalkers. I think, in the photo below, that I have caught one in it's chrysalis!

Now they're wearing party hats! For Martina.

Can't fool me!

Red yellow and orange, St. John's Town Center

They wait.

Stalker, Jax Beach

They've learned to hide in the shrubbery. Luckily they're colorblind.

Water service, Jax Beach

It's Breast Cancer Month here in the U.S. and pink is worn and painted everywhere. But when the stalking crab-like water services get into the act, it has gone too far;-)

Red water service, St. John's Town Center

They aren't even hiding anymore.