Week 1: Helios 40 - "Bokeh"

This is what this lens is really good for - although you can see quite a lot of dust in the optics :-/ ( and that's bearing in mind that I actually cleaned up the worst of that in Lightroom ... ) - still, looks pretty eh ? 

This is an expired incandescent bulb, not that I can actually see where the wire has broken, I just know it doesn't light up any more ! Fairly useless at light output - far more "atmospheric mood lighting" than anything else - but very elegant and a lot nicer in an exposed shade than the current crop of modern alternatives. Fortunately Amazon still sells them, so this has been replaced with another similar light.

The background is candles, and then repurposed Christmas tree lights - before they go back into storage :-P 

One of those photos that I happen to think works better in colour - they do exist :-P ( Warming up for Skeena's month challenge ! )