Eggciting news

[gstark]

Announcing....
DSLRusers.com Challenge number 10: One egg

One egg: Your image must contain as the obvious, primary, identifiable and dominant element, one egg. The egg must be from an animal source of some kind, such as a farmyard foul and must be of natural extraction, and thus items such as thunder eggs, chocolate eggs, Faberge eggs and the like are specifically excluded. Photomicrography is also not permitted for this challenge.

Time Line:
Entries Valid for BOTH rounds from:The date this post was posted
Round 1 submission gallery open: 19/6/06
Round 1 close round 2 gallery open: 3/7/06
Round 2 closed voting opens:17/7/06
Voting closed:29/7/06

To ensure your chance to enter, please REGISTER BY COB Friday 14/7...
AND READ THIS: http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=19094


Winner announced during the 2nd Anniversary dinner in August

Prizes:
1st prize: D70s body only HKG stock (Birddog114)
2nd prize:Epson R800 printer (Birddog114)
3rd prize:Transcend 8Gb 120x CF card (Birddog114)
4th prize: 2Gb CF card (Glen)
5th prize: Photographic book (nnnnsic)
6th prize: Photographic book (gstark)


Prize exclusions: Any person who has won a Challenge prize of greater than Au$500 (at time of award) will not be eligible for the major prize in this challenge. This does not apply to the winners of PotY, MotY, etc prizes. Any such person is still eligible to submit entries, and such entries are encouraged and welcomed. And such entry being voted into a place will be have that placing so acknowledged.

As always, our appreciation to Birddog for his generous sponsorship of our challenges, as well as for Glen, and Leigh for their prize donations too.

Let's see some eggcellent entries for this challenge.

And no bad yolks, if you please.

[Glen]

Sounds great Gary, looking forward to this challenge

[Geoff]

Very much agree Glen - the specific nature of the topic will I think result in some fantastic images. Bring it on!!

[losfp]

Fantastic topic, with fantastic prize incentives!!

This time, I shell DEFINITELY enter. For sure. Although I eggspect that I'll forget or not bother, again..

Sorry for the bad egg yolks My brain is too scrambled today.

[PiroStitch]

Holy...great topic and prizes too. Thanks to the contributors!

[sheepie]

Wow! Really Eggcited about this one, should see some Eggstreme creations!



..and thanks heaps to those donating prizes - your generousity is much appreciated

[birddog114]

Great theme!
Sorry, do we accept duck's egg????

[sirhc55]

Wow - this is exciting (no - I’m not going there). I was beginning to think that no one could come up with a real challenge, you backroom boys have done well.

OK let’s get started - go to Woollies - buy 1,000 eggs - buy new CF card - buy heat lamp - get hatching

[Steffen]

Sounds intriguing...

What's the deal with the two rounds?

Cheers
Steffen.

[gstark]

Great theme!
Sorry, do we accept duck's egg????

Yep.

And even someone ducking an egg, as long as the egg is " the obvious, primary, identifiable and dominant element" and is "of natural extraction".

For those who are interested, the members involved in choosing this subject have a discussion thread that extends over 15 pages, discussing alternate subjects, possible interpretations, rule changes, and the like.

It's been quit5e eggscruciating to finally get it to this point, and we're really eggstatic to finally get this topic beaten.

[gstark]

What's the deal with the two rounds?

Same as before.

You get to make and submit up to two images. One image may be made and submitted within each of the two stated eligibility periods. Each image gets assessed separately and anonymously, and each image is equally able to win first prize.

Or not.

[Geoff]

Hopefully Gary the topic won't get scrambled, and no one will foul up

Sorry

[Matt. K]

Now this will an interesting challenge! I am looking foreward to seeing how the members tackle this this one because luck will play no part whatsoever. This one is about light and composition. Bring it on. (I can almost see Chris rubbing his hands together with glee).

[NikonUser]

I told myself I'd make sure I enter the next challenge...

And now you come up with a topic like this

Time to get my thinking cap on... Hmmm

Paul

[birddog114]

I told myself I'd make sure I enter the next challenge...

And now you come up with a topic like this

Time to get my thinking cap on... Hmmm

Paul

Paul,
I think you'll be right, coz you have thousand eggs in the freezer at work

[padey]

This is going to be hard, as i'll be in Germany at this time.

Any special prizes for sneaking an egg into a world cup venue?

[birddog114]

This is going to be hard, as i'll be in Germany at this time.

Any special prizes for sneaking an egg into a world cup venue?

They have plenty eggs at breakfast

[phillipb]

Eggscuse me, but how the hell are we going to stay sane untill the end of this competition with all these egg puns.
The prize donors deserve an ova-tion though.

[Big Red]

Woohoo, i'm all eggsited about this

[rooboy]

How does one go about registering for this excellent (must..resist...temptation..to.. write..eggcellent ) challenge?

Also, what restrictions are there on PP/file size etc? If this info is sitting in a post somehwere obvious I'm sorry

[macka]

Wow, very generous prizes guys. Looking forward to this one.

Let the laying begin.

[Zeeke]

guess i better give this challenge a go

sounds like fun too.. lookin forward to it!!!

Tim

[gstark]

How does one go about registering for this excellent (must..resist...temptation..to.. write..eggcellent ) challenge?

Also, what restrictions are there on PP/file size etc? If this info is sitting in a post somehwere obvious I'm sorry

If you've registered for a prior challenge, then sure as eggs you're already cookin' for this one.

If not, you need to send an unscrambled message to Scott (MHD) with your username here, and he will get crackin' for ya.

In the interim, you can stop yolkin' around, get ova any hangups you might have with the subject, and get white into it!

[rooboy]

If you've registered for a prior challenge, then sure as eggs you're already cookin' for this one.

If not, you need to send an unscrambled message to Scott (MHD) with your username here, and he will get crackin' for ya.

In the interim, you can stop yolkin' around, get ova any hangups you might have with the subject, and get white into it!

I shouldn't have asked

I suspect this theme was chosen becuase of the numerous puns available . The 15 page thread was just all of you cooking up ( ) a comprehensive list so that you could out-do everyone else .

No-one will poach my pun!

Edit: I will ask again though about PP images. Are there any rules against spot editing a la DPChallenge, or is it anything goes as long as the original image is one frame (ie not copying elements from one inage into another).

[Alpha_7]

Excellent challenge and I'm going to avoid all the egg puns, but I did want to ask, why isn't a thunder egg a natural egg ? Should the definition maybe, be "organic egg" perhaps if you are excluding thunder eggs ?

[Slider]

Congratulations to the sadists who hatched this plan.

And a big bouquet to Birdy, Glen, Nnnnsic and Gary for their generosity and support.

[gstark]

Excellent challenge and I'm going to avoid all the egg puns, but I did want to ask, why isn't a thunder egg a natural egg ? Should the definition maybe, be "organic egg" perhaps if you are excluding thunder eggs ?

It is. But it's not from an animal source.

It's a point that we considered, discussed, and wanted excluded. Likewise chocolate eggs. The microphotography exclusion is to remove such things as an ova. Yes, ova is out!

I thought about organic in suggesting the wording, but that would possibly have included chocolate. Note too that the wording says of "natural extraction" which I'm suggesting is perhaps different from just "natural".

Regardless, the wording is spefific in that it states that the egg "must be from an animal source of some kind". If you can produce a thunder egg that is of natural extraction from some sort of animal source, more power to you.

But being a thunder egg, it will still be excluded.

[macka]

I'm assuming that having more than one egg is not allowed? Sorry if that's a stupid question.

[Zeeke]

I can push a thunder egg through an animal... wont be legal in most countrys.. but im sure it'd be pretty funny

I'll stick to being semi creative... Look forward to the challenge

Tim

[gstark]

I'm assuming that having more than one egg is not allowed? Sorry if that's a stupid question.

Not a stupid question.

More than one egg is fine, but that's where your compositional skills come into play. Only one egg must be the the obvious, primary, identifiable and dominant element.

DoF, selective focus, lighting, whatever ... Salmon roe sushi is a possibility, but you'd need to do some work to make it comply.

[gstark]

I can push a thunder egg through an animal... wont be legal in most countrys.. but im sure it'd be pretty funny

Not for the animal, Tim.

A thought comes to mind - one we didn't discuss in formulating this theme: Wendell is at a severe disadvantage in this challenge. Probably even with a thunder egg.

[birddog114]

I can push a thunder egg through an animal... wont be legal in most countrys.. but im sure it'd be pretty funny

Not for the animal, Tim.

A thought comes to mind - one we didn't discuss in formulating this theme: Wendell is at a severe disadvantage in this challenge. Probably even with a thunder egg.

[Zeeke]

Animal could be dead... lol..

and for those sick.. sick people out there... i meant nothing "rude" about the egg pushing... i just didnt mention a howitzer canon and a pound or 2 of black powder... just need one high speed camera and one thunder egg... lets hear it go BANG

Tim

[Nnnnsic]

The disturbing thing for me about all of these egg puns is that I actually have to use them later on in the year as they're written in for me to speak when I play Humpty Dumpty.

I'm not kidding either.

[optogamut]

<-- Done?

I better find out the fine print.... looks like an awesome comp., and the prizes! Wow.

[ozczecho]

I hope i dont screw up with the various definitions, otherwise I might have egg on my face.....

[Nnnnsic]

I said to everyone when this was being worked out that we'd have to deal with these puns for the next two months.

[ozczecho]

I said to everyone when this was being worked out that we'd have to deal with these puns for the next two months.

You are just egging us on....

[byrt_001]

wow...great prices

i will get cracking immediately!!!

how many pix are allowed? what size?

gosh were are all the rules? were do I post them?....uuhmm


christian

[Yi-P]

oh no, submission by 16th of June....

I dont think I will be able to get a shot these weeks

[gstark]

oh no, submission by 16th of June....

No. The submissions site opens from June 16. You'll still have a couple of weeks (I think) to lodge your image for the first section.

[birddog114]

oh no, submission by 16th of June....

I dont think I will be able to get a shot these weeks

But you still have closed to two months to participate the game.

And egg is one of our daily food in every household.

[Aussie Dave]

Great theme guys.....great theme.

I will hold back all the egg jokes as it seems everyone else has plenty of them to share around !

Looking forward to seeing all the great images that are sure to come out of this one......

[Greg B]

Because I can't help myself, I went to the thesaurus.

There are several synonyms for egg, but one that stood out, an oldie but a goodie....

cackleberry

Happy with that.


Here is one I took circa 1979 with my trusty old Olympus OM1.

I called in "Morning". Life was more rock and roll back then.

[Glen]

Greg, love the lipstick on your cigarette, you were very rock and roll back then (Alice Cooper?)

[Manta]

... Faberge eggs and the like are specifically excluded.

Damn... I've got a stack of them lying around the house too.

Great challenge, great topic. Should result in some great images. Looking forward to printing them all off and putting them in a photo albumen.

Boom tish.

[Zeeke]

[birddog114]

Tim,

Who's this for?
This thread could be locked by him.

[gstark]

Looking forward to printing them all off and putting them in a photo albumen.

Wipe that smile off your face, or it's into the pan for you.

[Greg B]

Greg, love the lipstick on your cigarette, you were very rock and roll back then (Alice Cooper?)

That lipstick is courtesy of my first wife. Clearly good for something.

(Note - satricial comment only, no bitterness whatsoever, in fact, no anything )