A bit of photography in the garden

When I should really be packing for my holiday tomorrow, I couldn’t resist having a little play around with the camera in the garden.

Nothing amazing, just a few different perspectives…

1) Even a leaf looks complex through the lens..
2) The leaf was about 1.5 inches long, for an idea at how small the beetle was (just a black speck to the normal eye)
3) Ugh…this was actually a centipede curled up.
4) Just thought this looked quite good, with the near branches in minute detail and the other branches blurring off into the distance.
5) Close-up on a thistle leaf. Can see the spikes clearly, and the white ‘stuff’ that I guess is used to stick onto insects.