The goal was to illuminated the egg from behind, obscuring all indication of the light source. I used a mini-maglite with some black tape to seal out stray light. A trick I used to keep the egg from rolling was to put a few grains of salt on the paper, then the egg on the salt. A pic of the set-up is here: http://www.pbase.com/image/8024099

It came out a little differently than i thought it would. More inner illumination like....orange'y hue'd. Much darker shadow...but the only light was from the maglite. Sun spot covered came to mind...an egg shaped Sun maybe, or an asteroid, hot lava rock or something??

Maybe do a white ballance adjustment to shift the color to white? More angle? More lighting to cut the deep shadow? hmmm.