Whatever the lens cost, it was worth it. Some interesting comments at the site.

i'd love to see a pic of the broken lens and camera...

Great photo. Nice pre-judgements made for the manual settings.

Photography has these "fun," little adventures. I was filming in a steel mill once and the camera started to melt.

I once was trying to take pictures in a very low-light situation where flash wouldn't work, so I just set the camera on open shutter and hoped for the best. All the pictures turned out (this was in the pre-digital days).