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Challenge: The Egg II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: studio
Date: Mar 2, 2010
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 2, 2010

 [Mar. 8th, 2010 11:24:04 PM]

Ok, details.

Thought I'd use the new chick props we got for Easter shots. Put the chick out there with a broken eggshell. Take the shot on white seamless at f/11 lit from above with a 4x6 softbox. 1 light to get the background to f5.6. Edit the shot. Upload and call it "Just Hatched".

Look on the internet to get more egg ideas. See a shot of an eggshell with cross-hatch marks as if a chick had been counting the days. Cool. Add counting marks to egg shell. Re-take shot. Upload and call it Escape.

Get 2 comments that call it un-original. Throw hands up in the air and give up.

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Thanks for the Red ribbon and all the lovely comments. I'll try and remember this is the internet and there are as many opinions as there are people.

Thanks all,
Tony

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 121
Avg (all users): 6.7955
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 6.7656
Avg (non-participants): 6.8049
Views since voting: 5955
Views during voting: 441
Votes: 269
Comments: 48
Favorites: 8 (view)

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 03/14/2010 03:19:50 PM
The egg is a little bright. Maybe its my screen but it blends in with the background too much for my taste...
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 03/13/2010 02:17:24 PM
Belated congrats. This is the cutest concept ever!
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 03/12/2010 10:50:28 AM
Congratulations on the great finish! Glad your chic, managed to eggscape! 22 - 10's sweet!
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 03/11/2010 09:30:04 AM
I remember a Frasier episode where Frasier was allowed to secretly view marketing research being conducted about his show. In a room full of people, *one* person said they didn't like his radio show, everyone else loved it... Frasier obsessed about the one negative comment. You scored a win with a lot of people, don't take the handful of negative comments to heart.

And if we're keeping score on originality, let's start counting the long exposure beach scenes; pet portraits; tone-mapped portraits of old people; black and white with a splash of color; use of photos within the photo; posed mice; liquid droplets/splash photos; etc etc etc...

You're doing fine, shoot what inspires you... even if the inspiration comes while surfing the web and seeing someone else's attempt.

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 03/11/2010 02:06:46 AM
Love this, it's so very well done. Congrats on your ribbon, Tony.
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 03/10/2010 09:49:24 PM
Well originality certainly isn't a requirement around here but if that was actually a goal then why on earth would you search the internet for "egg ideas" and use one of them?
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 03/10/2010 05:17:07 PM
Congratulations on your second place win, great use of shallow dof.
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 03/10/2010 03:21:54 PM
Totally awesome ... :)
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 03/10/2010 12:56:55 PM
Nice.... but shouldn't the title be "eggscape"?
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 03/10/2010 10:55:37 AM
I agree it is un original, the language which the chick has marked inside the egg is known, you should've invented your own language .. shame on you :)
Man even if this idea has been presented before, you really got the best out of it, I like it .. I didn't vote this challenge, but if I did, It would've been a straight 10.
P.S, Like if all the poses in photography haven't been used millions of times before :)
Cheers mate,
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 03/10/2010 09:49:17 AM
Love the shot LOL
Love the details!
Thanks
Debbi
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 03/10/2010 08:54:35 AM
This should have been first.
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 03/10/2010 06:56:30 AM
What a great concept!
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 03/10/2010 02:52:18 AM
congrats, such a nice image!

Message edited by author 2010-03-10 02:52:32.
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 03/10/2010 01:01:19 AM
Congrats!!! Definitely one of the best!
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 03/10/2010 12:51:47 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon. I knew this would do well

Message edited by author 2010-03-14 09:21:39.
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 03/10/2010 12:47:51 AM
Excellent....Congrats!
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 03/10/2010 12:20:34 AM
Very cute and creative! Well deserved Red ribbon!
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 03/10/2010 12:18:34 AM
This made me laugh. Great concept. Congrats.
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 03/10/2010 12:08:23 AM
Awesome! Congrats on your finish!
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 03/10/2010 12:05:19 AM
I didn't really get a chance to look at the entries for this challenge but I like the idea you've presented here and you've executed it quite well I think. Congrats on the red!

Message edited by author 2010-03-10 00:05:33.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/09/2010 10:55:24 PM
Great idea. Wish the chick was closer to the egg though
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 03/09/2010 10:30:13 PM
love this. wonderful lighting
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 03/09/2010 09:15:39 PM
Creative, funny, haha! Best of luck!
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 03/09/2010 07:57:32 PM
Very humorous photo! I like that the chick is oof due to the depth of field. I just tink it is so out of focus to make it not be a part of the scene. I would recommend a smaller aperture.
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 03/09/2010 12:41:47 PM
wonderful!!! i'd love to see the chicken a bit more sharper...
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 03/09/2010 12:03:04 PM
Cute idea. I think less separation between the egg and the chicken might have helped. My eyes keep jumping back and forth between the two areas of the image.
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 03/08/2010 04:39:43 PM
great!
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 03/07/2010 08:46:29 PM
Cute idea but I've seen this too many times. -2 for lack of creativity
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 03/06/2010 10:35:54 PM
Well done and very funny!
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 03/05/2010 09:20:11 PM
It rarely gets cuter. Nice work. Very clever.
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 03/05/2010 04:58:58 PM
I like the composition of this. the hash marks really add to the shot
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 03/05/2010 03:46:47 PM
great shot! I like it
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 03/05/2010 02:33:35 PM
this is really cute...moving up your score
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 03/05/2010 11:39:16 AM
Hahah!
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 03/05/2010 06:16:55 AM
Love this, brilliant!
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 03/03/2010 11:06:35 PM
Very creative and cute. Would prefer lighting a bit different.
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 03/03/2010 09:52:04 PM
If background was a different color or darker...overall a great picture. 8
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 03/03/2010 08:42:15 PM
Love it. Well done. - 10
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 03/03/2010 06:08:51 PM
I love this. One of my favorites in this challenge. 10
The only question remains...is that a real chick in the background?
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 03/03/2010 03:43:00 PM
Not the most original but well executed anyway and well deserving of top 10
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 03/03/2010 03:32:42 PM
Hope this wins - cute and well done
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 03/03/2010 01:00:03 PM
LOL! LOL! (not voting)
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 03/03/2010 12:22:46 PM
Very clever indeed, well executed and shot. So far one of 2 tens.
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 03/03/2010 11:50:38 AM
Clever!
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 03/03/2010 09:14:01 AM
Now that is an cleverly humorous photo. I absolutely love the concept and the execution is great. This one is memorable.
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 03/03/2010 12:42:55 AM
i love the cleaverness of this one... and it is done really well too. this might be my favorite one so far.
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 03/03/2010 12:33:30 AM
Very well done. I love the soft lighting and the quality of the bokeh.
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