This isn’t one photo, it’s two sets of image focus stacks… 2 sets of 8 images. Left and right, west and east, never the twain shall meet. Except here. To get this amazing amount of detail I used a macro lens and a flash. And simply taped a piece of white paper around the flash (harsh light) to spread the light out and soften it.

For this detail, I had to get really close to the moth. It wouldn’t fit in the frame as a whole. Which meant two final images – one of the front, one of the rear. Each of these final images was composed of 8 images at slightly different focus points (about 1 or 2mm). Then a lot of time was spent combining them seamlessly. I think it went quite well!