Photo Competition: May 2011, THE VOTE OFF
 

Thanks for last month I wasnt expecting to win with such great entries.

OK so in an attempt to level the playing field so that everyone with a camera can have a go. This months competition is to take a photo of an egg.

Not to teach you to suck eggs but ... the idea is that everyone takes a photo of the same item, just with their spin on it. Lighting an even round surface is trickier then first seems so I hope that even though it might seem like a mundane item, it turns out to be more fun then you might think. (I´m also sure this might put you off voting for me in future vote off´s ;) )

So here is my quick example, taken tonight with D90 (and highlights lovely the table´s crappy surface!)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2725116/org/egg.jpg

usual rules apply

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Oh I remember this, one of the exercises in the book, now I presume you ment exterior lighting, however the intriguing thing about eggs (if there is such a thing) is they aren't linier in construction as far as thickness is concerned, this translates to varying light transmission through it.

By no means my original idea, but I've had a quick go at recreating something I saw a while back, on a longer exposure the thinner shell appears to emit rays of light.....(and it makes it look like the moon or some scifi planet).

I though it was pretty cool :smt102

Taken with Canon 20D standard kit 18-55 lens.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._5635051_n.jpg

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Not quite the same as the first two but here mine a double yoke! Taken with my new Canon 1000D




http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/v...400rob/egg.jpg

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Taken with D7000 and 16-85mm lens.

Didn't quite make it.....
http://tc3.smugmug.com/photos/i-f7rd...-f7rd68v-L.jpg

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A bit of thinking outside of the carton, so to speak.
Taken on my phone.
http://www.allenschevron.com/e6a.jpg

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http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9995/eggfs.jpg

taken tonight and photoshopped the face and text on.

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photo comp entry's close at end of play today, then the vote starts until midnight 31 May.

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Last minute entry, I ended up with a similar shot to Rictus but tried to take a different slant.
El-egg-tricity
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/...bc215011_b.jpg

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POLL now Added, Happy Voting.

last vote is at 31/05/11...