Inverted, Broken, and Only Half There

Day 345 of 365

"Inverted, Broken and Only Half There"

 

Today was one of those days when I had absolutely no idea what I would shoot. I started photographing a metal wheel...and that was a terrible waste of time. I then spotted an empty egg shell, and proceeded to fill it with tiny ball bearings. That also seemed stupid. My shiny black tile still has some solidified gallium on it, and I thought it would make for a nice work surface. I then inverted the egg shell, and the image suddenly had some potential. I then went vertical with the image, and observed the egg's reflection. When I saw that it had the impression of being a whole egg, and knew I was on the right track. I loved the symmetry, and was finished......until I thought that I should try to add smoke to the image. So, with a pair of tweezers, I gently dropped half of a lit match into the hole on the top of the egg, and we had smoke!! I lit my egg with a diffused beauty dish at camera-left. When I noticed that the smoke was not registering, I realized I would have to light it from behind the egg. So, I added a snooted speedlight, and placed it just below the edge of the tile on which the egg was resting. Suddenly, the smoke popped off the background! And.......scene. Thanks for dropping in!!

 

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