Nobody enjoys greenbottle flies or really wants them around. They are pests, at least from our perspective. But still they find their way in front of my lens each year, and when the opportunity for a photo presents itself I’m not terribly picky.
Such as this summer morning, with the milkweed in full bloom and heavy with cool dew – and a greenbottle fly, still sluggish from the overnight temperature. Insects are vulnerable in this condition, unable to flee as they usually would, which makes my work that much easier. And so this unlikely subject became the subject of a portrait session.