The Helios sings!

Given that the purple flower is a weed I think I'm safe saying you've turned a sow's ear into a silk purse. The bokeh's really swirling even though the bokehgons are vague in character. Top result.

Extraordinary combination of up front clarity and interesting bokeh that shows off the 44-2's versatility.

yeah i had a version where i really stressed out the lines but ended up choosing to go more subtle with it

Yes, the flare's the feature - much less obvious in b&w.

No other customers ... were you early, late or just brave? Doesn't seem as crisp as your other darker interiors.

Cool flare - I like how it's directed at the post box from the lights, with some action in the sky too.

Swirly goodness. Love it.

Yeah, they don't always come out to play and when they do I try not to shoot them and if I do shoot them then I usually trash them.

This isn't really pushed very much.. It was the lighting mostly. Also, this is FA50. And as far as the problem with my first copy of the Helios, if I take pictures when the problem happens, I usually bin them... It makes the pictures washed out in random spots of the image, which is not usually something I'm going for.