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How to Scramble an Egg
How to Scramble an Egg
indigo997


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Motion (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
Location: home
Date: Dec 8, 2002
Aperture: 2.2
ISO: .5 sec
Shutter: 50
Galleries: Action, Studio
Date Uploaded: Dec 6, 2002

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Statistics
Place: 14 out of 167
Avg (all users): 6.4048
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.3694
Avg (non-participants): 6.4326
Views since voting: 1849
Votes: 252
Comments: 24
Favorites: 4 (view)


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12/16/2002 12:16:31 AM
OK. I took this before reading the "how'd they do that" on the "Swish" photo, but my technique was similar. I don't have second synch flash and wanted to freeze the egg above the nail rather than at the beginning of the fall... To do that, I blew out the egg and glued a piece of black thread in one end. I then tried holding the egg for the flash and pulling it up. The problem was that the string was showing in the shot (due to the flash). To solve this, I flipped everything.
I nail was hanging from a string (and wouldn't hang straight). I held the egg just under the nail for the flash and then let it fall. In post processing I flipped the photo so that it would be falling the right way. I also had to adjust the black level some so that the string didn't show at all.

Message edited by author 2002-12-16 00:19:09.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/15/2002 11:39:20 AM
Nice. I like it.
12/14/2002 02:38:17 PM
1)Does the photo fit the Theme? (9)
2)Color(7)
3)Composition(8)
4)Focus(8)
5)Bacground(8)
6)Lighting(7)
7)Title(6)

Overall Score: 7.57 rounded to 8

Commentary:
This shot is done very well. I think the nail could have been straight. The idea is just perfect. The black background causes for the perfect amount of contrast here. Wish I would have used a black background myself. Wonderful shot

John (TurboTech)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/14/2002 11:58:05 AM
Looks like winner to me. Great shot. Nice effect. Jacko.
12/13/2002 04:14:37 PM
How many eggs did you break :) nice shot
12/12/2002 09:05:27 AM
i like the simplicity of the white egg on the black background.
12/12/2002 08:36:26 AM
Very Nice. Really meets the challenge. 8 waltoml.
12/11/2002 10:48:38 PM
This photo creates alot of tension! Nice job... 9
12/11/2002 10:47:08 PM
LOL, you must have made a mess before you got the picture/exposure you liked. :)
12/11/2002 09:15:07 PM
nice shot!
12/10/2002 11:24:52 PM
Neat idea, did you get any shots of it landing on the nail?
12/10/2002 02:24:59 PM
...or how to make a goo-ey mess. Nice shot.
12/10/2002 12:06:14 AM
that couldn\'t be an easy shot to get. Cute idea, and well done.
12/09/2002 09:42:57 PM
Clever concept.....8
12/09/2002 08:00:39 PM
gr8 photo.. good motion... 9. barbara
12/09/2002 05:18:22 PM
Wow! This is so creative! ... 10!
12/09/2002 04:30:24 PM
great shot..very dramatic in black and white. How many retakes?
12/09/2002 04:14:01 PM
Wow.... how many tries before you got this awesome photo? This reminds me of "hat trick" from the games challenge. Very cool!
12/09/2002 03:58:55 PM
Great photo with exceptional clarity.
12/09/2002 01:31:23 PM
Nice. Not crazy for the lighting at the top, cause the soft area. Sitll the subject, composition and color is very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
12/09/2002 12:26:42 PM
Nice Idea! jgillard6
12/09/2002 09:06:37 AM
how many takes did you have to do here?
12/09/2002 04:03:52 AM
Nicely timed shot. Hope you didn't have to do this lots of times!
12/09/2002 01:35:30 AM
Nice tones. The nail is not quite vertical though which throws the composition off very slightly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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