Garden bits

Happily, my increased investment in kit appears to be giving me the desired motivation to get out and take some snaps. My garden is in need of some rather serious attention, but if anything that makes looking for photographic opportunities a little easier. It's usually full of bugs, so I hope that I get some better opportunities to photograph some of them over the next few months. Here are some of the better shots taken this evening.

All images shot on a 5D mk II and Sigma 105mm macro lens.

I'm not totally sure what this is, but I have a few of them. My garden being north-facing helped with the colours here as I was able to shoot in relative shade.
1/250 at F3.2 and 1/400 at F4 respectively.

A bog standard dandelion (as I said, my garden is in need of some attention!) but I like how it is only semi opened up and how the yellow contrasts the stem.
1/400 at F3.2

This isn't exactly spot-on focus wise, but I think it makes quite a nice picture. Definitely need more practice with bugs like this ladybird.
1/125 at F4

Another ladybird (well, the same one actually). Again, not exactly pin-sharp, but I'm trying!

1/125 at F7.1