176: Roots of a Beet

Some roots from slighty pot-bound a red beetroot here, just prior to re-planting. They really are pink all the way through.

Settings: f/5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, 50mm Pentacon M42, 19mm extension, 1/4 flash, white card, tripod.

166: Fresh Onion Roots

Settings: f/2.8, 1/2000, ISO 100, P-FA 50mm. Cropped.

158: Tiny Parsnips

Settings: f/2.8, 1/40, ISO 200, 50mm Pentacon M42, 16mm extension.

090: White Roots

Some white-sprayed thyme roots from a short animated clip I made. My first in HD, in fact. This part of the plant was not featured, but rather the wider and stouter top half, which ironically looked more like what I wanted to show - roots!

Settings: f/8, 1/180, ISO 100, 58mm Helios-44-2, 10mm extension, 1/4 flash, foil reflector, black card.

057: Tubers of Destiny

How about that for an excellent post title? I've been thinking about growing delicious Jerusalem Artichokes in the garden for a year now, but I missed the opportunity last year. These tubers have a rich, earthy smell, which reminds me that I should plant them out as soon as possible. Their skin has a layered look that reminds me of eddoes, but I know they're definitely nothing like them.
I would rather refer to them as girasoles. As the Italian name suggests, they are followers of the sun; related to sunflowers, they sport similar but smaller flowers.

Settings were f/5.6, 1.180 sec, ISO 100, 50mm M42, 11mm extension, low flash, foil & white reflectors. The tubers were arranged tightly, interlocking with each other as much as possible to avoid showing any background underneath.
Not a great photo, but I wanted to take a picture as a landmark of sorts in my gardening year; something important I'm starting off which will hopefully be well worth it come early winter.

013: Hyacinth Roots

Another snowy-day image from indoors - this time a manual macro shot.
The hyacinth stems themselves are only just starting to appear, but the roots are nice and long. They resemble noodles from a distance, but close up they posess finely a wrinkled texture rather like that of an elephant's trunk. Between my fingers, they have a very similar texture to beansprouts -but I hesitiate to try eating one for fear of any potential toxicity.
All the detail in the photo looks ever so slightly distorted and soft as it's seen through the glass of the bulb jar, but is still quite sharp. The bubbles are not set in the glass, but ones clinging to the inside of the jar.
Equipment used: K10D, Cosina 50mm f/1.8 (M42), 16mm extension ring, M42-PK converter, Canon Speedlite 300TL.
I placed the jar standing on a black background and the flash firing upward and forward into a white reflector above. I tried a couple of shots at f/5.6 and the flash on 'M Lo' but the focus was difficult to get accurate, so I tried f/16 and 'M Hi' flash power. This gave more detail and a deeper field of focus, but a little less contrast, so I increased the contrast a little bit in postprocessing. and here you have it.