Saturday, March 27, 2010

eggs

So, like I said; last weekend, I spent some time with an egg. A lovely brown speckled egg. We bonded and didn't much care what people thought of our unlikely relationship. We were so absorbed in each other, we didn't actually have eyes for other people, anyway. Oh sure, we heard some jokes at our expense, but didn't pay much attention.
Sadly, as it goes with flings, ours ended as quickly as it began; at the end of the day we spent in mutual admiration, I had my friend for dinner... But I'll always treasure the sunny spring day we spent together. And luckily, I've still got the pictures :-)

But the photography workshop I'm taking asked for a white egg, first. So I had to forget all about my first love (egg-wise, that is) and start it up with another pre-feathered friend! White on white and white on black, here are the pictures:


Now let's get back to my first friend! So me & my egg - with Man, Squirt & visiting father-in-law in tow - took a roadtrip!
The province I live in is poldered. The land that keeps my feet dry wasn't even here before the late 1960s. Nothing here is older than that; everything only slightly predates my birth. Nothing like a new town to make you feel young ;-) I have no issues with this place on a daily basis, but every so often my feet need to touch old land. I need to see trees my arms could never circle. I need to see crumbling walls and gable stones stating '1758' as if it was yesterday.
It was fun to discover me & my egg were birds of a feather (no pun intended! Neither of us were birds, and it's safe to say, neither of us ever will be. Sad...)! He loved it out there, and it was fun to see how much flair he had posing with the old, the crumbling and the rusty:

These are my own personal favourites:



We also hugged some trees, watched the grass grow and sniffed some culture:
And at the end of a long & lovely day, we rested on some steps together. Me & my egg...
So that was last week's photo assignment! I had a lot of fun - and a lot of pictures :-) I love taking orders when it comes to photography! Never in a million years would I have come up with the idea of investigating the photogenic quality of eggs, but as soon as I read the post last Saturday, my mind was swimming in possibilities :-) I'm looking forward to seeing what's next!

P.S. I'm sorry not all photos can be enlarged - I have no idea how to change this, and honestly, after this photo-rich posting, I'm pretty exasperated with B.log.ger and its image publishing feature! Tips welcome!

33 comments:

  1. Love your shadows!

    And that egg on the water, just great!

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  2. Beautiful black and white, lovely use of light...nice touch with the feathers.The grid is very pleasing and creative I think.
    With the brown egg I appreciate the different textures that I am noticing you are using for the back ground, the rocks, the rust. I think your egg has traveled to some very interesting places that most eggs never see.
    Very nice work and compostions.

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  3. those shadows are so beautiful. my favorite is the egg in the water.

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  4. Gorgeous work!! I totally love the egg in the water!! Perfect!

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  5. Your exposure looks great! Love all the light and shadows in the first mosaic!

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  6. What an adventure the egg had. Love your outside photos very much and the white egg photos are beautiful, nice with the feathers.

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  7. From one tree hugger to another, the egg in the tree with the beautiful blue sky is my favorite.
    Connie

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  8. Yes, very nice shade Photos

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  9. Egg and you seemed to have gone on quite an adventure, the second mosaic are the best ones to me.

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  10. The first group in pale aqua and mauve are wonderful. Thanks for sharing!

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  11. Oh! Your first grid...the shadows are beautiful! And I love your humorous writing and the fact that your egg went on a history trip. The nature shots are great, I love the brown-speckled egg against the tree trunk with the blue sky and clouds showing. He lived a short, full life. Your photos made me happy...very creative!

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  12. I love the blue shades in the first mosaic. And the black background is very black!

    The egg in the water photo is beautiful.

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  13. I too love your first grid...but I am especially taken with your use of the photos to tell a story. Great writing, quirky, unique.

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  14. In the second grid, the egg on the grid is probably my favorite (but it's hard to pick just one). The egg seems so fragile and the grid seems so industrial and hard - great juxtaposition. The shadows in the first gird are wonderful, too.

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  15. I'm very happy to meet you and your well travelled egg! Nice photo essay.

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  16. i love the egg over the sewer! love!

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  17. lovey work...I especially like the one in the puddle...nice comp and tones.
    great first assignment.

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  18. The shadowing in that middle pic of the first collage is stunning...and the nature collages are great, what a mixture of color and texture...and an egg way up high in a tree with a blue blue sky...just great.

    :)Lisa

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  19. oh my word, fabulou shadows... all so wonderful!!

    yay, for all the amazing egg images....

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  20. Squirt and man are impressed. Not being allowed to share the egg we eyed with growling tummies all trip long was a cruel and unjust punishment though.

    But we respect the fact that you can't share friends in that manner.

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  21. Love the mosaics that you put together. and I really like your black and white series. nice job!

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  22. Your grids are great and I love the egg in the tree! Th ebalack and white shot with the feathers is perfect.

    http://leafgreenknits.wordpress.com/

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  23. I love the little egg in the water. The reflection, the texture. Very, very nice.

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  24. What a fun time you had!! I love all your mosaics and reading about your adventures with your eggy friend! The egg in the puddle is great! The tension between the fragile egg and the stone and ironwork is excellent.

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  25. your shadow shots in the first collage are just beautiful. i love that blue light. i also love old stuff and the outdoors, so your rustic and nature views were creative and lovely.

    thanks, also, for introducing me to a new word..."poldered." had never run across that one before. now i know!

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  26. your second grid makes me happy!! so do your humorous words. i am now a fan of your blog for sure!!! so glad to have found you through this photo workshop. i love that you took your family with you on the egg journey, to such a beautiful sounding place. i look forward to visiting your country some day.. those shadows on your white on whites are lovely.

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  27. the feathers are an inspired touch.
    love the eggs in trees too.

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  28. Beautiful shadow shots and feathers!
    Love the egg in the gras :)

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  29. Hi Yvonne,
    Your first grid is just gorgeous-- love those feathers and the pretty bluish shadow. The tiny black and white square works in such an interesting way to hold the piece together. Your writing is very clever, and I'm glad you had so much fun. I just ate two eggs for lunch from my hen house shoot.

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  30. Yvonne, I love your blog and the 'egg' photos- esp the one with the feathers.

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  31. Thanks everyone, for kindest comments :-) I especially appreciate everyone who took time to read the writing - I know it was a lot to ask for in the marathon to comment everywhere!
    @ maccandace -- thanks so much :-)
    @ Nancy -- I'm blushing!
    @ Lucy -- :-)
    @ Heather -- you're too kind! Hope I can live up to your praise!
    @ Carolyn -- thank you & hope the eggs were as good as they looked :-)

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  32. Mridula's sister01 April, 2010 10:05

    A bumpty bump egg rolling down the stairs
    Into the street
    Over the grates
    Under the cars
    :) ok, thats a little too far..

    Tracked this blog from my sisters..love it. You have talent!

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  33. Thank you very much, Mridula's sister! :) & no, the egg didn't end up under a car - or in any other immediate danger, although sometimes it was a close call... Well, that's until it met with my teeth ;)

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