260: Coil With Beads

Settings: f/4, 1/180, ISO 100, 58mm Helios-44M M42, 1/4 flash, foil reflector, black velvet, tripod.

126: Hanging Beads

It took ages to thread all these beads! It's quite relaxing though, especially when sitting in front of the TV with something on that doesn't need watching all the time (namely election night.)

Perhaps I am thinking hung parliament while hanging these beads..?
There are certainly enough colours to represent the various political parties here.

Settings: f/11, 1/3, ISO 100, 50mm Cosinon M42, 26mm extension, 1/4 flash, white cards & foil reflector.

040: Golden Embroidery

Shown here is a detail of a tightly-sewn patch of metallic embroidery on a cloth-bound address book. The cloth weave is visible in front, while larger brown glass beads can just be seen behind, heavily out of focus.
Close up like this, the brass-golden coils of embroidery remind me of caterpillars piling on top of each other on a leaf.

This one's quite a super-macro. I used at total of 82mm of extension rings with the usual 50mm M42 lens to get tons of magnification. The focus distance is so close that I had to use a rubber lens hood, so I could collapse the lower end of it against the book and still have some shade over the top.

When I look as closely as I can at the embroidery, I can only just make out the fine details. This photograph may not be a very good example of the difference, but it really shows the details up more clearly, albeit often with a more selective depth of field. I suppose this is what fascinates most people who like to shoot tiny details of things; being able to see the details that are not resolved by the naked eye in everyday situations.