How to count the number of eggshells in the image

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My goal for this is to simply count the number of eggshells in the image.

eggshells

Using color negate only leads to this

shell = Import["https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJLJX.jpg"];
binshell = FillingTransform[ColorNegate[Binarize[shell]]]

negate

With luck, I at least came up with something clearer using

binshell = LocalAdaptiveBinarize[shell, 25];

binarize

What is the best way to count the total number of eggshells?

Are these photos always white on a green background? That would help separating items a lot. — kirma, Apr 28, 2018 at 18:14
Tried ColorQuantize. Using colornegate after only makes the whole image white. I however tried detecting all the white stuff using this as guide link but this is merely the result link — visatete, Apr 28, 2018 at 18:36
Very ad hoc, with too much magic: Import["https://i.imgur.com/PZNt7JQ.jpg"] // ColorSeparate[#, "S"] & // Binarize[#, 0.25] & // ColorNegate // Dilation[#, 5] & // MorphologicalComponents // Max (* 11 *) — kirma, Apr 28, 2018 at 18:54

bill s · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-28 19:41:25Z

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Here's one way:

{r, g, b} = ColorSeparate[Import["https://i.imgur.com/PZNt7JQ.jpg"]];
bw = MorphologicalBinarize[b, 0.5]

ComponentMeasurements[bw, #Count > 200 &] // Length
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answered Apr 28, 2018 at 19:41

bill s

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$\begingroup$ Or Max@MorphologicalComponents@SelectComponents[bw, "Area", # > 200 &] in pre-v11. $\endgroup$
– corey979
Apr 28, 2018 at 19:58

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