This is a Japanese beetle attacking a zinnia flower. It was shot with a Nanoha lens which shoots at 5:1 which is way more than life size. With depth of field only allowing focus about a hair’s width I focused on the eye and let the body and flower form more impressionist color patterns in the background.
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