Chook Eggs

Continuing this weeks theme of experiments, here is a new one. This one is more of an experiment of lighting than it is the object itself.

Using side lighting lets the photo show the objects texture. Standard front lighting is usually quite unflattering light, which is why using an on camera flash usually gives disappointing results, but more about that another day.

So here we have a silly old egg. Nothing completely special about the egg, its a brown egg. mainly because that is about all you can buy around here, dont ask me why, it just is.

Set Up

For this photo you will need it to be night time (or a dark room if you happen to have one just laying around somewhere )

An Egg

A T-shirt or something else that is black, if you have black paper or cardboard, this is better, as it would give less "noise" from the fibres.

Piece of Glass (I used one that I nabbed from a picture frame that was on the wall. )

Torch (Flashlight)

How To

Put the Tshirt down on a table.

Place the glass over the Tshirt.

Place the Egg in the middle of the glass.

Place the torch so that the light shines on the egg from the side, you may want to bring it slightly forward from the exact side to ensure light hits enough of the egg to make it a good photo. Experiment by moving it to different positions around the egg until you find a spot that works for you. I find that using batteries in the torch that are quite used works better as it gives off a softer light.

Turn off the house lights and Take the photo!

You can do this without the glass, but using the glass gives it a nice reflection that gives your photo a special something.

Tech Details

70-210mm Lens

Exp: 30 seconds @ f5.6