found an actual tripod and had fun with it in the garden!
using a tripod is fun actually! at least for small things.
speaking of, macro shooting is not fun on a non-close-focusing lens x . x
setting minimum focus distance then moving the whole tripod back and forth, don't recommend! (i guess you do this during Real Macro too, but there you have the wiggle room to focus out to like 1:2-1:4 magnification and still have a Pretty Big small subject).

2nd shot is very busy and i should've stopped the aperture down even more than just f8 but i'm still pretty happy with it.

photo from last august. i think it could be pushed even brighter (edit in reflection i think it is quite bright actually)