The Egg and I

RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
edited August 27, 2006 in Holy Macro
Some of you might recognize the background of this shot. It was a pic I put on the Whipping Post last week. A couple of people liked it, but the overall response was that nothing in the shot really grabbed attention. Since I thought the scene felt a bit surrealistic, I decided to try to just push it over the edge:

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So does that get your attention? :D

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  • iSparkiSpark Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    Yeah, My egg and I have wonderful walks together also. :D

    Cool edit thumb.gif
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    this is really well done! You were even able to get the lighting (angle and intensity) on the egg to match that in the background scene. Adding the egg gives the photo some punch!
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  • adrian_kadrian_k Registered Users Posts: 557 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    :D - I think you might start a trend with this.
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Some of you might recognize the background of this shot. It was a pic I put on the Whipping Post last week. A couple of people liked it, but the overall response was that nothing in the shot really grabbed attention. Since I thought the scene felt a bit surrealistic, I decided to try to just push it over the edge:



    So does that get your attention? :D

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited May 22, 2006
    adrian_k wrote:
    :D - I think you might start a trend with this.
    Sounds like it might be fun, Adrian.

    And thanks to Scott and iSpark as well.

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    Almost looks like UFO eek7.gif clean job
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  • ForeheadForehead Registered Users Posts: 679 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    I wonder if the walkway is hot enough to FRY that! :hotcake
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  • AndymanAndyman Registered Users Posts: 267 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    Only thing it's missing is a shadow:

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    Oooh, that shadow makes all the difference!
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited May 22, 2006
    Wow shadow is perfect now it only need hatching
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited May 23, 2006
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Almost looks like UFO eek7.gif clean job

    Thanks, Awais.

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited May 23, 2006
    Forehead wrote:
    I wonder if the walkway is hot enough to FRY that! :hotcake

    Why do you think it's floating in the air? rolleyes1.gif

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited May 23, 2006
    Andyman wrote:
    Only thing it's missing is a shadow:
    Wow, Andy, you sure did a great job with the shadow. All the little transitions between vertical and horizontal surfaces seem exactly right. clap.gif.

    I thought about adding a shadow but decided that it would look more enigmatic without one. (That plus the fact that I did not have a clear idea of what a shadow would look like here :D.) Now that I see yours, I am going to have to rethink it. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.

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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2006
    Much more eggs-citing, Richard! rolleyes1.gif
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited May 23, 2006
    saurora wrote:
    Much more eggs-citing, Richard! rolleyes1.gif

    Eggsellent comment, Saurora. lol3.gif
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited May 23, 2006
    eggstraordinary!-
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited May 23, 2006
    gefillmore wrote:
    eggstraordinary!-
    Thanks, George.

    Well, after seeing Andyman's shadow I just had to play with the pic some more. So I did a somewhat different shadow and while I was at it, cloned out a light fixture that was bothering me.

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    I'm sure that Andyman's version is more optically correct than mine, but in this case, I see no reason to be bound by the laws of physics. :D In any event, I'm having trouble deciding whether I like the shadowless version better. Please let me know which you prefer and why.

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  • benbobenbo Registered Users Posts: 206 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2006
    It look like a Salvatore Dali painting. Nice

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2006
    benbo wrote:
    It look like a Salvatore Dali painting. Nice

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited May 24, 2006
    Art Scott wrote:
    I must agree.....it does have a DALI sense about it......truly nice thumb.gif
    Thanks Art and benbo. I was certainly trying for surrealism, thought I had Magritte rather than Dali in mind. Glad you liked it.

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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2006
    I think this is much more egg-ceptional than the original.

    The first think it made me think of was "Nano-Nano". Where's Robin Williams? :D
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited June 18, 2006
    richard

    I know it might be eggcentric and eggocentric of me to scramble this up but I've been wanting to do this since I saw the peck-

    let me know if you don't want to take a beak at this and I shell take this eggstra photo down-

    george

    sorry for all the stupid yolks-

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited June 18, 2006
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  • MalteMalte Registered Users Posts: 1,181 Major grins
    edited June 18, 2006
    Wery well done, Richard! And what a great idea.

    Malte
  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited June 18, 2006
    gefillmore wrote:
    richard

    I know it might be eggcentric and eggocentric of me to scramble this up but I've been wanting to do this since I saw the peck-

    let me know if you don't want to take a beak at this and I shell take this eggstra photo down-

    george

    sorry for all the stupid yolks-

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited June 18, 2006
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited June 18, 2006
    Malte wrote:
    Wery well done, Richard! And what a great idea.

    Malte

    Thanks, Malte. thumb.gif

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2006
    It Has My Attention
    rsinmadrid wrote:
    Some of you might recognize the background of this shot. It was a pic I put on the Whipping Post last week. A couple of people liked it, but the overall response was that nothing in the shot really grabbed attention. Since I thought the scene felt a bit surrealistic, I decided to try to just push it over the edge:

    So does that get your attention? :D

    Cheers,

    Wow that egg doesn't even look out of place eek7.gif blends in really well with the scene ....... clever ... Skippy (Australia)
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited June 20, 2006
    Skippy wrote:
    Wow that egg doesn't even look out of place eek7.gif blends in really well with the scene ....... clever ... Skippy (Australia)
    Just your everyday floating egg. rolleyes1.gif

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  • deeyadeeya Registered Users Posts: 147 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2006
    Bravo
    Egg-stremely Creative!!

    very nice abstract now.... reminds me of some of the sets on the original Star Trek series..

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,954 moderator
    edited June 21, 2006
    deeya wrote:
    Egg-stremely Creative!!

    very nice abstract now.... reminds me of some of the sets on the original Star Trek series..

    Denise

    Thanks, Denise. I was more of a TNG fan, but I see what you mean. The inspiration for this one came from Rene Magritte, a Belgian surrealist painter that I am fond of.

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