July 30: The Egg by Robin Reid

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30-JUL-2006	Robin Reid

July 30: The Egg

Rancho Bernardo, CA

Please no puns about eggs. Just comments about the shot. No Photoshop except for USM and converting background to black.

This is dedicated to Pete (a.k.a. virginiacoastline) who wanted me to take a food picture.

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
0.60s f/20.0 at 100.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Bob Foisel		31-Jul-2006 18:58
Nice detail, I doubt if it needed sharpened. Now that's using your egg!

Bryan Murahashi		31-Jul-2006 15:28
Very nice, sharp shot.

Greg Harp		31-Jul-2006 05:48
Excellent B&W Robin.

Karen Leaf		31-Jul-2006 04:04
ok, my 1.5 cents. What Cindy said about doing a major levels conversion leaves me with edges like this, and without a clue how to fix them. It drives me NUTS. I would have liked to see only about 1/2 the eggs, taking up a whole corner of the frame, making it almost graphically abstract.

snootydog		31-Jul-2006 03:10
yeah, what pete said. I like it, and I am a bit jealous that you took a shot for her. I am going to have to think of a shot I want you to take for me. Hmmmmmmmmm...

royalld		31-Jul-2006 02:39
The black background and the texture of the shell makes this a winner in my book.

Cindy Flood		31-Jul-2006 01:27
Since everyone is adding their 2 cents, I will chip in too. I think that the white line around the edge from the USM is distracting and makes the egg look 2 dimensional instead of 3 dimensional.

Gary Blanchette		30-Jul-2006 21:45
Nice detail...

virginiacoastline		30-Jul-2006 20:52
did I tell you . . . I made deviled eggs today too =)

virginiacoastline		30-Jul-2006 20:51
I LIKE this, BUT (do eggs have butts?) . . going by the new stuff I'm learning in the online class . . . either all of the egg's reflection (or much less of it) needs to be in here. Otherwise my eye doesn't know where to go. Well, MY eye knows eggsactly where to go (sorry . . . hadda do it =) . . . but instructors tell me less is better for S or C shapes or leading lines. . . What does that have to do with eggs . . I have NO idea. Me . . I like the little sweat beads on the shell =)

coaster		30-Jul-2006 20:35
Good job.

Dougie Young		30-Jul-2006 20:33
Good work Robin I like the composition..:>

Jen Bixler		30-Jul-2006 20:15
No puns! What fun is that! Well, it is the incredible edible egg~ I like how it looks cold.

Ron S. Bernardo		30-Jul-2006 19:52
Eggs not cook yet, can't be food ;o)I like mine scrambled. Very good details on the egg shells. I can see where you hold the eggs and the yoke from some other egg. :-)

Pepe Zyman		30-Jul-2006 19:45
I agree with Gary. The composition doesn't make any sense.

JW		30-Jul-2006 19:33
It's great technically, Robin. I think there's something missing, but I don't know what it could be! maybe a touch of red would be dynamite with this 'pure' composition. Sorry to be vague

Guest		30-Jul-2006 19:13
PS or not, great composition. V

laine82		30-Jul-2006 19:10
Is that a Robin's egg ??? No photoshop except for...hmmm.

Gary Winters		30-Jul-2006 18:38
Given the rules you've suggested, I'm speechless! Okay, seriously, the image is crisp but the composition gives me a jittery feeling. I'm not sure if the upper egg is balanced on the lower one, or the lower one is just a reflection. I like the black background.

James Ross		30-Jul-2006 17:58
Good Work! The black background brings the Egg out nicely.

Herb		30-Jul-2006 17:58
Nice work