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Egg with a Side of Ribbon
Egg with a Side of Ribbon
LadyK


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: The Ribbon (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Chicago
Date: Aug 14, 2009
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Aug 14, 2009

This was fun to shoot. I was completely lacking in ideas til around 11 last night when i decided that eggs would be fun to work with. Scalvert's was a big inspiration for this photo, even though we executed it very differently.

The first try i used three whites and yolks, but the consistancy was all wrong. The second try i went with 5 eggs, yolks only. The consistancy was even worse; it was really thick and bubbly and impossible to cut. Finally, i used 5 yolks and one white, and that was perfect. Cutting the peices out was actually really easy; i used a plastic lettuce knife.

RAW conversion
cloning touch-ups
dodging/burning
desat background
evened out the egg texture
border

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 72
Avg (all users): 5.7615
Avg (commenters): 7.4444
Avg (participants): 5.4737
Avg (non-participants): 5.8804
Views since voting: 917
Views during voting: 314
Votes: 130
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)


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08/24/2009 04:38:17 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First Impression: You really must love eggs! :) This is a really fun and a very original photo (and sounds like you had fun setting it up as well!).

Technicals/Processing: Although the composition is good, having the pan straight on (like your inspiration) or a tighter crop would have strengthened your composition significantly. I am not a big fan of your background, its texture and pattern seems to compete with the omelet. While your focus for the most parts is good, I really wish the focus was sharp throughout -- the slightly out of focus handle knobs and lower right of the omelet are a little distracting. I think a final pass of sharpening would have helped to bring out some texture in the omelet. The lightning on the top left of the pan is a little strong.

Final thoughts: Unfortunately, I think, your choice of background costed you a few points, as technical shortfalls are fairly minor. This is a fun and very original image and, as Jutildasaid, you really can't go wrong with Calphalon!

Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Anna
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08/24/2009 12:46:55 PM
This is among the underrated pictures in the challenge ..
for (&&^()** sake how someone can rate this 2 and 3 ..
Well .. If I voted at this challenge, I would've gaven it 8-10 ..
very well done and keep up ,
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08/24/2009 10:10:08 AM
It looks like you had fun putting this together, and glad that no hens were hurt in doing this :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/23/2009 01:07:03 AM
very cool....great idea, love this
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08/22/2009 03:00:51 PM
Very, very nice. One of my favorites.
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08/19/2009 04:45:00 PM
Brilliant idea, 9
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08/18/2009 08:05:45 PM
Looks like IreneMs breakfast... I guess thats the secret eh.
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08/17/2009 03:44:38 PM
Seriously excellent, even after voting the whole challenge!
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08/17/2009 02:35:19 PM
You just can't go wrong with Calphalon. This is clever. I like the graphics.
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08/17/2009 01:31:30 PM
very creative! great color.....nice comp
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08/17/2009 01:00:37 PM
Very creative! I like the colors and contrast. =) 8
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08/17/2009 01:18:19 AM
nice job with this!
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08/17/2009 01:15:05 AM
If you hadn't told me with the title, it may have taken me a while to figure out exactly what this is!

Nice idea, and I like the black on yellow. Those eggs seem almost luminous in appearance! Don't know that the stripy background helps at all though.
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