Eggs Again

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Eggs Again

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This is another cluster of eggs that are the same as what I took earlier. This cluster is on my tree and in a diffcult area to focus. I had to bend backwards to get this (not an easy feat at my age :lol: ). The cluster was on the underside of a tree branch.

Canon 20D with the Canon 100mm Macro, handheld. I use an aperture of 13 and my shutter speed was at 1/25. This is approximately 85% of the original image. Flash was set to fire without compensation.
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Sue,

Yep, wheel bug eggs looks right. Google image search on "wheel bug" eggs produces several pictures that look like what you have. Not as well photographed, of course :wink: , but lots of info available. There is a particularly good shot of eggs and hatchlings at http://bugguide.net/node/view/3507, and an amusing caption at http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/wheel_bug_04.htm .

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Looks like a colony of ants with red hot butts Rik. :lol: I know little about photography but it seems as though the image is a bit hazy but having to position ones self in an awkward position doesn't help matters much I know.

However you managed to get a good shot of the eggs Sue, nice work. I hope that you will get the chance to photograph the hatch. :D
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Yes, the image in not totally in focus. Hard to do handholding at 1/25sec, but good enough to see a bit of detail.

Yep, the little red-butts will soon be seen on this forum :lol:
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I think we're seeing a little bit of motion blur, not out-of-focus. At this resolution, it's hard to tell for sure, but there's a distinctive "feel" to the photo that I have come to associate with images that are clearly motion blurred when I blow them up.

At 1:1 and 1/25 second handheld, I would be shocked if the image were not motion blurred!

For handheld in low light, I usually sacrifice the background to black and rely entirely on the flash, which then gives effectively 1/1000 second or faster.

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Thanks Rik, I will have to give that a try. Motion blur...likely. I am not that stable bent backwards. Heck, I am not that stable standing straight up either anymore... :lol:
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Ok, here it is using Rik's suggestion. What do you think? Better? I like the blacked out background on this.

This image is full frame, as it came out of the camera. Well, I did sharpen it a bit.
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Yeah that is much better Sue but you have dust on your lens or something. I can see it on the rightside in the darkened background. But the images of the eggs is much sharper and cleaner. :D

...and then there is that peristome thing. 8-[
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yea, it is my bird's fault (Niki). I had the camera and she came flying by and landed on me. Dusty feathers everywhere. I should have checked to make sure none was on my lense, but I did not.
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Actually, it looks like it is on the senor, mirror..not the lense.
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Second version is better Sue and its an interesting subject. Very unusual to see and well taken IMO.

All the best Sue. :D

Danny.

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