abstract dahlia

Just a simple close up image of a dahlia in my back garden today - the first shot with a new (to me) lens after I bought a vintage Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8.  

It's old, it's manual focus, it's only a 1:2 magnification ratio; but it is glorious.

Nikon Z6, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8 AiS
1/250th of a second at f2.8, ISO 100
handheld

I'll be making a video about this new lens and comparing it to my much more modern Fujifilm 30mm macro lens all in due course.  But for now here's one I made earlier this week about my longer range (100mm or thereabouts) macro lenses: