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After being at a local Japanese garden a few days ago, we went to a local park that has a large amount of graffiti. I have some additional photos on this site from the same place, but I thought I’d add some from the recent trip as things change frequently.  I used the FA* 85mm f1.4 and DA 14mm f2.8 lenses. The 85mm is frankly amazing at rendering pleasing backgrounds. Not much else to say except that Pentax needs to release a D-FA WR version of the 85mm lens with rounded aperture blades and such just like they did with the FA 100mm f2.8 macro lens. A D-FA 85mm f1.4 WR would be a prefect lens by most accounts. I’m just a back seat driver, so what do I know though? 🙂

I was getting scheduled maintenance and a car oil chance. As this usually takes some time, I decided to bring the camera along so that I could walk to a park around 10 minutes from the dealership. There is a large storm water retention structure in the park that is a prime target for graffiti artists. I actually like the graffiti, but as you will see from the photos there is an added negative side effect. They leave the spray cans on the ground… Lincoln graffiti representing. Someone must really love grilled cheese sandwiches. Graffiti reflection. Spray paint trash. Rust didn’t stop there. I’d say… let the people do graffiti as it’s interesting and colorful, but they should be responsible about the trash they leave behind. It’s disrespectful on many levels.