Old typewriter and flower with xmas lights

Firstly a shot taken handheld (should have got a tripod really, but got away with it) using the 100mm Zeiss Makro. To light it I bounced flash of the ceiling to avoid glaring from the metal keys.

Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/9 @ 100 mm, 1/300, ISO 400, Flash

Secondly a shot in low light when I really should have used a tripod. Even at ISO1600 and a fast aperture (f/2.0) it was still exposed at 1/30s - much lower than the 1/200s I would have wanted for hand-holding. I braced myself against a chair and tried not to breathe!

The flower had some fairly lights about 2 metres behind it. I love the way they've turned into disks of light.

Canon EOS-1D Mark III, f/2 @ 100 mm, 1/30, ISO 1600, No Flash