159: Vegetable Blackfly Vault

Settings: f/8, 1/2.5, ISO 100, 50mm Pentacon M42, 77mm extension, 1/4 flash, foil reflector.

104: Nasturtiums & Halos

I glanced at these well-grown nasturtium seedlings on the kitchen windowsill and noticed the fascinating pattern of shapes they cast.
I've chosen to use my mirror lens again today because I'm getting to love the weird out-of-focus highlight rings. To accentuate the effect here, I sprayed a fine mist of water onto the window behind the plants, as the background looked decidedly lacklustre without it.

Plus, yet again another one-take wonder! Maybe I'm economising on the shutter actuations because of my ~500 frame animation blowout from a few weeks ago. I should hopefully be getting another [old & cheap] DSLR to animate with. I'm quite excited about the prospect of it...

Settings: f/8, 1/30, ISO 200, 500mm Tamron SP mirror lens, tripod.

081: Baby Nasturtium

This tiny nasturtium was the first seed-sown plant to appear this year. It's the current leader of its class in the springtime growth race.
It's so neat and fragile, therefore rather like a baby, I thought. But at least it doesn't scream and mess itself, it doesn't require a great deal of care, and I only have to keep it for about ten months before it withers away.
Plus I can pull bits off and eat them. Yum!

Settings: f/5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, 50mm M42, 17mm extension, 1/4 flash, white reflector.