Cucumber leaves, Garden

Another shot with the Pentax/Lumix combo

Solano tree

I went out to play with my new rig. A Lumix S-1R with an old Pentax Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens that was highly touted by Mike Johnston at The Online Photographer. He gave it's history and how Asahi ordered their lens designers to make a lens as good or better than then current Leica or Zeiss, back in the 60s. They succeeded and Pentax sold them at below cost to gain market share and a reputation. It worked. I found my example on eBay for $80.00, in mint condition. It is a lovely lens, very smooth transitions and extremely sharp. Put it in front of a modern 41mp sensor and it really shines.

Wild collard. my garden

This collard plant popped up near our dock. I have a very old, six foot tall, collard, 50 feet away, that has gone to seed numerous times. I guess a bird got clumsy one day. It is in it's second year. We had some of the leaves on New Year's Day, very sweet for collards.

Datura flowers, Roscoe

These flowers are very robust on the plant but decay very quickly on the ground.

Water tower, Jax Beach

This one always brings to mind War of the Worlds. Any day it could start walking around.

Neighborhood watch, Jax Beach

Off level seat, Jax Beach

Walk around Nocatee today, with the Holga lens. Flags everywhere.