150: Elder Buds

Settings: f/5.6, 1/180, ISO 100, Photax-Paragon 35mm M42, 10mm extension, 1/4 flash, white card and reflector, tripod.

149: Insect Nation

Giant aphids have apparently taken over Cardboard Town.
I say good for them.

Settings: f/16, 1/2.5, ISO 100, 50mm Cosinon M42, 60mm extension, 1/4 flash, yellow paper, tripod.

148: Chive Flower

Lit from underneath.
Settings: f/2.8, 1/4, ISO 100, 1/4 flash, white & black cards, tripod.

147: Fingers and Frets

Settings: f/1.4, 1/50, ISO 400, P-FA 50mm.

146: Green Sapsuckers

Mid-May onwards has seen the emergence of the dreaded aphids. They're always congregating on young apple and blackcurrant leaves, but also the buds on this Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle. They can encrust stinging nettles in near totality later on.
I dislike these tiny vampires, but at least they provide an abundant and interesting subject. What's more, they pack themselves densely and hardly move, which certainly helps with composing a very close macro shot like this one.

Settings: f/11, 1/180, ISO 100, P-FA 50mm 1:1.4, 70mm bellows, 1/4 flash, white card & foil reflector, tripod.

145: Golden Glass Spiral

Looking closer, I can see that there are more bubbles than I expected in this marble. I focussed on the large bubble, but it's difficult not to hit plenty of the tiny ones at other focus distances.
I like this photo, but I don't like seeing the highlight of the reflector on the top right, and I would have preferred to have less shadow on the left. Yet more convincing reasons to get a flash cable setup soon.

Settings: f/8, 1/180, ISO 100, Helios-44 58mm 1:2 M42, 42mm extension, 1/4 flash, foil reflector, tripod. Luminance adjustments and cropping.

144: Chamomile Flowers

Grainy but sharp - better this way than otherwise.
When I left home on Friday, only a few emerging petals could be seen. Now the plants are in full bloom; some of these flowers need picking to dry for tea now.

Settings: f/8, 1/500, ISO 400, P-FA 50mm 1:1.4, cropped.