and well exposed Tulip "the symbol of Nederland" .. The choice of a black background is very good..

Nice picture , well done..

Hi Shelley,
Is is an old zoom M42 screw mount lens; I got it on a bid on ebay for about 40 euros.
I guess , it is a soviet lens.
When I use this lens I am always surprised by the quality of the photos obtained.
I have done another photo on this site with that lens
(Westminster 2 ).
So , You have to focus manually, and often close the aperture at max to be sure having a good dof. But this lens is sharp!!
Sometime I use other old lens.
For macro , another good one is the Zeiss Flektogon 35mm. ( focus to 0,25m) ( You can get it for about 60 euros on ebay).

If you are interesing by old lenses and photos done by them, try http:/www.photosig.com/
You must get a free registration and after you can watch photos by lens type.
In general the best M42 lenses trademark are
Zeiss, Takumer, Helios.

Another site dedicated to M42 lenses
http://m42.povlab.org/index.php

Happy you like the "flower " , Shelley
Regards
Bruno