a life in vain

For the past week or so there has been a cobweb attached to one of the window frames in our house.  And every day my wife gets the hoover out to clear it away I stop her, concerned there may be a spider living inside it somewhere.

Well, after these two flying insects - one of them a traditional wasp and the other, a much smaller species (a mosquito maybe) - became trapped in it I figured the spider would surely make its presence known.  But no.  And so, with a heavy heart the cobweb, along with these creatures who died in vain, is now residing in a vacuum cleaner in a cupboard.

Still, made for a nice picture though!

Fujifilm X-H2, TTArtisans 100mm f2.8
1/15th of a second at f8, ISO 125
tripod, self-timer release, JJC dual LED light
9-shot focus bracket stacked in Helicon Focus

The only problem I had really was lighting it.  Shooting from the indoors against a bright light source (the outside world) was always going to render any subject as a silhouette.  So, I broke out my dual LED light to illuminate the little insect cadavers and attempt to balance ambient and created light.