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Challenge: Broken II (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: home
Date: Feb 7, 2006
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 sec strobes
Galleries: Humorous, Action
Date Uploaded: Feb 7, 2006

 Held one egg on stick. The other already broken on table which is moved away while I make multiple exposure with egg on stick. Working in darkness with one blacklight as safety light. When through with multiple exposure you move table hoding second egg and one final flash. 20 sec exposure. Used curves over and over again to hide the semi visible blur left by the stick. Wore a black sweat shirt and painted stick, holding egg, with black magic marker.

Yes, the egg was broken as I went to boil it and I said, hey: I have the egg epoxied to stick in the basement, this would make a nice shot. 6 hours before challenge deadline. Of course, I kniw I would get hit because the egg appears to be breaking.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 285
Avg (all users): 6.1633
Avg (commenters): 6.5938
Avg (participants): 5.8519
Avg (non-participants): 6.3441
Views since voting: 2964
Views during voting: 495
Votes: 294
Comments: 47
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 03/12/2006 01:16:34 AM
wow, thats pretty clever. It sound like it takes quite a bit of creative thinking to make this photo.
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 02/21/2006 08:50:31 PM
Super travail, et je suis contente que tu es expliqué comment tu as fait cela, je ferai des test de ce que tu as fait.

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 02/17/2006 12:36:21 AM
I do love this shot, I like all the aspects you captured. However, I voted it a 6 and I will tell ya why: The blue dish, now if you had used a nice stainless steel frying pan it would seem to work better together, and make more sense. Its is a great effect...
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 02/16/2006 02:29:43 AM
Brilliant shot Dan....what a wonderful illusion of the journey of that egg. To my mind this shot does meet the challenge as the egg in the place is most certainly broken. You inspire me!
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 02/15/2006 08:01:59 PM
I would give this shot as a photograph a 10. Unfortunately, I doubt the egg was "found" broken so prettily on a plate. I give a good shot that DNMC a 3, so that is what you got from me. Some people give DNMC shots a 1, and likely that is where the ten 1's came from.
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 02/15/2006 05:48:30 PM
Great job again. You are consistantly near the top and always with a new idea and brilliant execution.

I see no sticks!
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 02/15/2006 12:37:37 PM
I thank all you warmly for your support of this image. First there is is no visble stick as has been suggested. This is edited strictly for basic editing and if your screen is not calibrated then you will detect a flury of blurred streaks. To force this blur into absolute black would endanger the quality of the image even further. Bad calibration equals bad picture.

To answer msieglerfr: I come here to learn and no image decently presented warrants my one. I do not ever give ones. Since I am here to learn I always try to figure how the image was accomplished. You must remember that although we all have basically the same tools, we all find creative ways to use them. If your intent was really to learn then I would gladly show you the original. Instead you appear to come from a different direction. Look at my port and you will find more images that will give more doubts.
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Message edited by author 2006-02-17 01:37:23.
 02/15/2006 12:18:03 PM
It's really unfair how a shot like this is not a ribbon winner.

In reponse to msieglerfr: Shame on you for scoring it a 1, apparently you understand nothing about multiple exposures, you did not have to expose your ignorance like that.
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 02/15/2006 12:04:05 PM
In response to Librodo, I gave 1 (no shame with that), and I ask the picture to be DQ. I would like to see the orginal picture.

Message edited by author 2006-02-15 12:04:55.
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 02/15/2006 09:59:24 AM
Where is the "stick" that people keep mentioning?
I don't see it.
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 02/15/2006 08:33:45 AM
10 ones. It is ridiculous. This is a difficult shot to exceute and you succeeded. I second Leslie's suggestion. Those who gave out ones should be named.

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 02/15/2006 07:52:59 AM
great shot daniel!

what is it with the 1's, we have to put a stop to this.

i have an idea if someone gives a one others should be able to see
who it is.
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 02/15/2006 07:48:28 AM
Wow! 17th place! I had this one picked as a clear cut, no brainer ribbon winner! Congratulations on a top 20 placing. .but it sure should have been higher!!
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 02/15/2006 01:03:30 AM
Well done Daniel. You got a lot of comments. I don't get the 10 ones though.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/14/2006 10:06:16 PM
great photo
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 02/14/2006 09:30:20 PM
Great job! 10
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 02/14/2006 09:19:32 PM
Super well done but the Challenge description required "..something already broken..."
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 02/14/2006 06:13:40 PM
Woosh! Great capture of movements! I only wonder about the stick (growing out from the egg just before smashing) which I don't really understand here. The composition, colours, wow factors are anyway spot on.
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 02/14/2006 02:06:32 PM
very interesting
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 02/14/2006 12:30:39 PM
is it edited dont u disqualified?
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 02/14/2006 09:26:28 AM
Probably not an easy shot, but don't get the purple on the falling egg, and on principle I am marking down every egg image in this Challenge as something just broken and not "already broken". Cliche...although yours is less cliche than most.
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 02/13/2006 08:08:22 AM
That's a fantastic shot.
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 02/13/2006 04:13:27 AM
How do you do this?
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 02/12/2006 08:33:11 PM
Very very good.....
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 02/12/2006 04:17:36 PM
Very cool, too bad you couldn't remove the stvk holding the egg.
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 02/12/2006 09:11:04 AM
Best broken egg shot in the challenge, even if it doesn't quite meet the 'find something already broken' bit! Clever work.
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 02/11/2006 09:21:26 PM
I really like this picture, how did u do it?
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 02/11/2006 05:36:09 PM
except of the line i really like this, man, i wanna do things like tht someday
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 02/11/2006 01:30:16 AM
lots of work went into this...good job
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 02/10/2006 11:02:29 AM
Nice effect. I focus mostly on the dropping egg.
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 02/10/2006 02:26:48 AM
I think this is just adorable. I love the colors. LOVE them. I would buy a print of this, for sure. Great work.
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 02/09/2006 10:50:36 PM
Fantastic capture. Love the movement effect here and the impace. Excellent focus and color. Wonderful composition.
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 02/09/2006 09:18:39 PM
Great shot, but you were supposed to find something that was already broken.
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 02/09/2006 06:20:46 PM
Wow, looking forward do reading about how you did that one, great exposure, I'd give it an 8, minus for taking picture of something that's not already broken ;)
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 02/09/2006 03:32:30 PM
Wow! How on earth can this be done in a single shot? I can only guess at multiple exposure but I think this is a fun picture as well as intriguing compositionally.
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 02/09/2006 02:41:50 PM
overall not a bad shot. But, the challenge states take a photo of something already broken, not break it and then shoot it.
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 02/09/2006 01:48:12 PM
Hi. Cool effect. Would be nice to know how you acheived it. Not sure it fits the challenge description though, since it isn't something already broken.
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 02/09/2006 12:10:45 PM
If this is a legal entry I'm very impressed - how long would it take to make a multi-exposure photo with the same egg in it 7 times !? One minor criticism - perhaps a bit more saturation to brnig out the yolk and red background.
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 02/09/2006 08:49:21 AM
stroposcopic flash? cool. how did you place the egg? like it.
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 02/08/2006 06:40:52 PM
Very novel idea........8
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 02/08/2006 05:18:56 PM
I do like the effects here but it was meant to be something already broken.
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 02/08/2006 12:38:58 PM
Very cool! Would love to know how you did it!
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 02/08/2006 09:32:11 AM
That is an awesome multiple exposure shot, great work.
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 02/08/2006 07:53:44 AM
My favorite so far. Great job making broken look really interesting.
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 02/08/2006 05:52:50 AM
How'd ya do that??? :O)
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 02/08/2006 02:22:58 AM
Incredible take. How many retakes did you do?

Not really 'already broken', but I won't let that influence my vote.
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 02/08/2006 12:52:33 AM
Ah, the egg challenge... ;)
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