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.

Didn't have to check the exif to know what this was! Rod and Товарищ Simon summed it up well - looking all good!

Don't think the bold B&W helps this to jump out.

Asia>Australia. Surely not.

Sharpness, да. Swirls, да. Superb in B&W, да. Splendid isolation with softer rendering towards the edges, да. You've got a good one!!!

And a good choice for the test too, да.

This one, although they're very close. Again, the problem you have with this copy isn't jumping out at me.

A bit hard to compare - quite a different style of picture. Can't see any light leaks.