
A very close macro shot of a green June beetle digging into a bud. This was one of the first times I used my macro lens to just get into the face of an insect. Another f stop or two would have sharpened the rest of the beetle, but I was already at f/16 so I was risking diffraction already, and its face and mandibles digging into that bud are as sharp as they should be.
July 31, 2016. Cropped from a larger image. Nikon D7100 (DX sensor), 105mm Nikon macro lens (35mm equivalent: 155mm), f/16, 1/350, ISO 2,200.