#7 · Mar 6–10 · Insects Awaken
Hidden insects return
蟄虫啓戸
Sugomori mushito o hiraku · Hibernating insects emerge
Macro of an insect emerging from bark, leaf litter or a crevice; shallow depth of field.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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