I really dig this, conceptually. It's like the bug "snuck" into the frame at the last minute! Visually, I'm about 90% of the way where I think you are headed. Something about the distribution of DOF across the frame doesn't quite work for me--not enough to make it ineffective, though. (I'm kinda distracted, though, by whatever is creating that thin perfectly vertical white line to left of the bug.)
At any rate, a really fine, standout entry in the challenge for me! |