This series explores three insects found in the window of an old shop. We don’t usually think twice when dusting and cleaning out a windowsill of its insects despite the beauty—if we just look closely. I enjoyed taking these photos and hope this gives you a bit of extra curiosity.
There was once life in these mechanisms, but now the insects lay still like old rusted machines covered in dust
The Wasp
The Carpenter Bee
The Western Conifer Seed Bug
To capture the full depth of focus on each photo, I took up to 15 shots from each angle, each focusing on a different layer of depth using a 100mm macro lens. The shots were then stitched together to form the full images.
