Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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Hi, sharing a Sumatran Sunbeam (Curetis saronis sumatrana) egg shot under an Olympus BHM stage with a no brand 4x objective:
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Re: Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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Jin, the butterfly egg is beautiful!

However, I am horribly distracted by that mysterious out-of-focus green blob in the foreground.

For me the image as shown works better if it is heavily cropped to show just the egg and that richly colored orange-yellow background.

I speculate that having the green blob in focus also would add to the interest by showing the egg's environment better.

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Re: Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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Hi Rik,
Thanks for your kind words and am distracted by the OOF too but it was to late to retake the pic by the time I process and realise the issue as the caterpillar already hatched :D
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Re: Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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jin wrote:
Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:29 am
but it was to late to retake ... as the caterpillar already hatched :D
Ah yes, one of those strict time limits!

On the left side of the egg I see a small black dot.

Was that the caterpillar already starting to chip its way out?

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Re: Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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Hi Rik,

The cat. actually come out from the top of the egg the next morning after I have done with the picture taking the night before :D .

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Re: Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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very nice !

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Re: Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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That still is a beautiful and evocative picture. I do like the off-center composition on the egg.
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Re: Egg of Sumatran Sunbeam

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sharing the newly eclosed adult Malayan Sunbeam (Curetis santana malayica) from the above egg :-)
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