month three of the year of the Takumar is now in the bag - the SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4
yet another lovely little Takumar - the expected build quality, color rendition, sharpness, bokeh - all in spades here....
I can't even complain about the MFD, now that I'm using an adapter with a focusing helicoid.... but it does not like sunsets; the strong evening sunbeams tend to lose contrast and color enough to where I just stopped trying to shoot sunsets with this one....
no worries - there were enough other things around PbF to shoot; the beginnings of spring, the return of shooting more outside than in, and the first snatches of color returning to the land....
some March shots that were my favorites:
and on to April....
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