I'm participating in
C&C Photography's Spring Photo workshop, and the assignment this week was to photograph the humble egg. I was supposed to start with a white egg, but I live in the land where "brown eggs are local eggs, and local eggs are fresh," and I had a fridge-full. So I improvised and used a brown egg and a robin's egg that we found in the yard a few years back. So here are my egg shots, indoors and out, in lamplight, early morning light, and gray outdoor light.
Just when I had finished up, along came Phoebe-the-cat and brushed her tail against the little robin's egg, and it broke into pieces. The wind scattered the pieces into the woods, and it was gone. And then there was only one.
These were all taken with my 50mm f1.8 lens. So it would be fun to try some shots with my other lenses. Also, I'll put white eggs on my next grocery list and try the white balance exercise, too.
I'm participating in C&C Photography's Spring Photo workshop, and the assignment this week was to photograph the humble egg. I was supposed to start with a white egg, but I live in the land where "brown eggs are local eggs, and local eggs are fresh," and I had a fridge-full. So I improvised and used a brown egg and a robin's egg that we found in the yard a few years back. So here are my egg shots, indoors and out, in lamplight, early morning light, and gray outdoor light.
Just when I had finished up, along came Phoebe-the-cat and brushed her tail against the little robin's egg, and it broke into pieces. The wind scattered the pieces into the woods, and it was gone. And then there was only one.
These were all taken with my 50mm f1.8 lens. So it would be fun to try some shots with my other lenses. Also, I'll put white eggs on my next grocery list and try the white balance exercise, too.
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These are fantastic! Gorgeous compostion and the contrast with color is truly special. I aslo like how you used a softer focus on some.
ReplyDeleteVery beautifully done.
Number two is really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThese are all great but I think number one is my Dave!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos, my favorite is the last one.
ReplyDeleteI find it appealing that the eggs are not overly obvious in the shots. Very abstract and very beautiful. Really nice compositions
ReplyDeletemy favourite is the first, with the egg perching on the old perfume bottle. Lovely.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed looking at all your photos, but number 7 followed closely by number 1 are my favs.
Tina
Oh, you make me want to start all over again. Everything is so delicate and your photos just glow.
ReplyDeleteLove the editing that you placed on your eggs. Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful imagery. I like that last one...it's so intriguing.
ReplyDeleteYou have taken beautiful images, I love the colours and tones.
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holy holy moly. those are some great egg photos. i love the grid, and all the colors...putting all the photos together, it feels like they are related!
ReplyDeletei like the bottles ones the best....looking from the side, the way that bigger egg is just barely balanced.... barely balanced, that's my style!
ReplyDeleteHaha, one broken egg...and a beatiful extra photo!
ReplyDeleteI love the rest too, especialy the dark nest :)
Nice to meet you Lucy!
These are truly gorgeous! I absolutely love them all but my favorites are the next shots, particularly the first one! The lighting is gorgeous and the little next is just perfect! Thanks for following my blog..sorry my shots weren't up earlier when you stopped by :)
ReplyDeletei love your use of color and light. so beautiful. i particularly liked the shots with the eggs on the bottles and the tones in the last photo. love your work!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful shots! They're so creative and they look like film...are they? So great!
ReplyDeleteI really love the colors of the photos, very inspiring. The birdhouse and nest are so cute.
ReplyDeleteI really like the use of glass, somehow the glass looks heavier than the egg. Especially the first one of both eggs on top of the bottles.
ReplyDeleteAn absolutely wonderful array of compositions. Your sense of atmosphere is particularly fine. Kudos.
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome shots, so colorful and such imaginative settings for your eggs. I like the kitty shot, too bad your robin's egg became a casualty...kitties have that way about them. At least the egg has now been immortalized in photos. These are fun, happy, creative shots! That last shot is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteGreat great photos. The ones with the bottles are wonderful and the last one - amazing. The colors in all of the photographs are just amazing. Oh, and that black and white in the nest - I'd hang that on my wall!
ReplyDeleteThe soft tan egg and nest - my favorite. Love the processing.
ReplyDeletethese are amazing! i love the creativeness with the bottles.
ReplyDeletefantastic comps all of them.
ReplyDeletewhat a great first assignment~~
O I love each and every one of these!...beautiful softness, colors, creative settings..love them!
ReplyDeleteThe dark nest egg pic is very stark...and that last photo is just stunning, the reflection, the water, the light.
ReplyDelete:)Lisa
Your photos are beautiful - the whole set together! I love how you played around with focus in the bottle pictures! The two eggs in front of the birdhouse - very cool & I love the blue! Poor little robin's egg... The egg in the last photo truly looks lonely - amazingly evocative!
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy–– you have such lush atmosphere in all of your shots–– really beautiful. I love the cat story and photo and the wonderful last shot. In the future, it would be fun to see how you achieve some of your results. I'd love to know how you got that fourth image. I look forward to more!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how to pick a favorite with these photos. the vibrant colors, the bottles, the bird house....WOW!!!! I can't wait to see what you do next week.
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