It's that time of Summer, the cicada's skin shells are popping up everywhere. This one is in serious need of a shave and some lotion.
D300s
60mm macro
ISO 200
1/25 @ f/18
tripod/cr
Thanks for looking.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 30, 2012 at 8:08 PM
Good detail. This looks like an invitation to stack! If this were mine, I would clone out the bright OOF space in the URC.
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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on July 30, 2012 at 8:49 PM
Very cool! I've never seen these up close and personal. You have some good detail in this and I like the placement in the frame.
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Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 30, 2012 at 9:31 PM
Good eye Phil, that's how bad I am. I didn't even notice the corner and a fix even I can handle. I currently don't have any software tools to create stacks it sounds interesting.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 30, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Nice find and image, John. Kind of creepy, but well done.
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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 31, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Interesting, looks like it should be the cover shot for some alien horror film. Great detail
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 1, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Great detail in the husk. Do you know if the blue "stuff" shows up on the insect or is part of the decay process? This is fine as is, but I could see a 2 (or 3) shot stack to get both antennae fully in focus. If you've got Photoshop, it works fine for stacks with a small number of exposures and absolutely no motion, otherwise you need something like Helicon Focus or Zerene Stacker (both offer demo versions). Stacking does come with it's own set of problems/limits.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on August 1, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Wow, this is how you do it! I've shot these things several times, and they always look pretty dull. You have found the secret, in getting in there for the fine details. Excellent.
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Comment posted by John Neukirch on August 1, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Don't know for a fact but I assumed it's the decay process.
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