you have some odd looking plant life

Impressive result for such casual effort lol. I like how the small star-shaped frond stands out from all the bigger fan-shaped ones.

Indeed, the black and whites straight out of camera are often just as good as doing it the 'proper' way, good subject for it.

nice

I like this lens, great value and results.

.25m

Hard beasts to capture well in my experience - nice result. What's the MFD?

Purrfect subject for a wide open test. Nailed the eyes with a single hair visible across his left eye in the larger version.

Seems a fairly shallow dof for 5.6 at this distance but sharp enough and the bokeh looks OK.

Your cat looks almost as enthused as you were. Even with all those problems, I still like the shot.