a close up study of a sawfly

Sitting at the back of my garden the other day watching insects as I usually do (I know - what a life), I spotted this tiny sawfly - around 5-6mm long - settle on a leaf on one of my roses.  I figured this would make an excellent subject for my new macro lens - a 100mm f2.8 2X job from TTArtisans.  Just like my Laowa 65mm, it's a fully manual affair.

Normally they're (the sawflies that is, not macro lenses!) pretty skittish and don't hang around, but this one felt quite secure, or it was tired, and just stayed still while I rattled off a 35-shot focus bracket for a portrait.

Fujifilm X-H2, TTArtisans 100mm f2.8 2x macro lens
1/125th of a second at f11, ISO 400
handheld
35-shot focus bracket stacked in Helicon Focus

Satisfied I then couldn't believe my luck as it then turned sideways on for a profile shot.  So, I rattled off another 35-shot bracket.  After stacking though, this time I wanted to give the image a more painterly or illustration-like look.  The sort of thing you might see in an old book about insects.

Fujifilm X-H2, TTArtisans 100mm f2.8 2x macro lens
1/30th of a second at f11, ISO 400
handheld
35-shot focus bracket stacked in Helicon Focus