Well I've just had a most enjoyable time looking though your great Helios 44-2 photos. Can't get enough, really. When I listed my top 5 mf lenses, I rated this lens above the legendary Super-Takumar 50/1.4 8E in terms of pure enjoyment, and I stick with that.....

Helios 44-2...lovely photo...could be taken on the streets of Moscow or St Petersburg. I worked in St Petersburg for a short while, the girls were very pretty.

That sign board's message. It started out so promisingly. But the punch line was lacking IMHO. Doesn't have Jay Leno out of work punch-line writers as customers me thinks.

OMG..OMP. Great shot and bokeh'd action behind as well

Ha! Love it. Is that a lady's hair?? Fabulously rendered hair streaks!

MAKE IT SWIRL (dammit)

Love those lights and sharp too...really I sometimes think I could spend a long time only with this lens and be happy. A marriage made in Helios.

Nice impressionist backdrop, with some characteristic Helios 44-2 bubbles adding a touch of magic to the bonnet.

Helios 44-2, you are an absolute star lens. This is so well photographed and rendered, and a fun subject.

I though comnplexity was short for commonplexity, "making common objects look complex". That you have certainly managed to do. Love the lines/angles and the shadows.