Workshop 1 :: The Egg

**EVPohovich** · 10-11-2006, 05:32 PM

I was actually even though I should have been shooting JPEG, it was still set to B/W capture. Honestly I don't see the big deal of shooting in RAW. Either you compress it in camera or in PS. In PS means that you have to manage huge files and longer render times in PS. For client work that's fine, but for me just screwing off or knowing that an image is going straight to the web.....JPEG it is.

My philosophy is that if you have to "correct" it that much, then maybe you are doing something wrong. If you don't have a decent setup with lights and gels (which I don't...YET. Next month!!) then correcting your lighting using a gray card is one thing.....a very necessary thing. OH! And Kodak 18% gray cards are not for digital.....get a digital gray card, they are $15.00 USD. Think in terms of "enhancing" the color though, as opposed to correcting it.

**robbmcaulay** · 10-11-2006, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by EVPohovich

I was actually even though I should have been shooting JPEG, it was still set to B/W capture.

Just crank the saturation when opening the RAW file, the colour info is still stored with a RAW file.

I see your points on RAW files, each to their own I guess.

**MiLo_Anderson** · 10-14-2006, 02:59 AM

With raw just remember most of the adjustments it allows you to do the camera does by itself when it puts together a jpg. I would rather have control over how i does things then let it do it however it sees best.

**phil-ray** · 10-14-2006, 06:18 AM

i never use raw, i dont know i dont see the hole big deal about it especialy if its for the web

**frex** · 10-14-2006, 11:12 AM

I just dumped my first 10 shots into the garbage can

EV my sympathy for you is tending to 0!

**frex** · 10-14-2006, 12:03 PM

I did another dozend of shots and only this one turned out to be...whatever!
Darn, this is a difficult task! Never expected it!
I was using a 375 W Osram Nitraphot lamp and it still has this capucchino colour!
Why is it not white and grey and black?

**phil-ray** · 10-14-2006, 12:54 PM

can you buy white eggs just from tescos or where? as i looked through alot of egg boxes today and there all brown eggs

**frex** · 10-14-2006, 01:03 PM

I have no idea where to buy a white egg...I simply used a plaster egg

...at least it is white!!

**phil-ray** · 10-14-2006, 01:21 PM

ummm, tempted jut to paint an egg white but that would be cheating

**frex** · 10-14-2006, 01:46 PM

No it would not!
It is not said in the rules that it had to be laid as a natural and original white egg...painting and plaster is Ok

**MiLo_Anderson** · 10-14-2006, 01:53 PM

This is my attempt from the other day.

**frex** · 10-14-2006, 01:58 PM

This is against the rules...Look at that thingy underneath the egg!!

"White paper,white egg and white light"
Though fantastic lighting and colours MiLo!

At least you have a real white egg!

**phil-ray** · 10-14-2006, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by frex

No it would not!
It is not said in the rules that it had to be laid as a natural and original white egg...painting and plaster is Ok

ok one painted egg and a picture coming up in a wee bit

**robbmcaulay** · 10-15-2006, 12:19 PM

Why don't yall just boil it and de-shell it?

**frex** · 10-15-2006, 01:48 PM

Why did you not tell us earlier?

Btw...grand idea!

**phil-ray** · 10-15-2006, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by robbmcaulay

Why don't yall just boil it and de-shell it?

that sounds like hard work.

tho u do get something to eat out of it lol

**EVPohovich** · 10-16-2006, 12:02 PM

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! I love this thread.

Nice work MiLo, that is exactly what this project is all about.

**MsPamela** · 10-17-2006, 06:00 AM

This looked rather easy till I tried it!!! but like several others, I had no "White" eggs. I think these must be prominant with the "American" chickens!

But I tried to compensate by doing a shot in the sunlight and PS.....Ok Ok! I know, I am disqualified but it was fun and well as you can see, one shot is all I got before the wind took over, blew my paper.........

alas, cat food.

**frex** · 10-17-2006, 06:06 AM

The cappuchino colours at my first attempt caused by the studio light gave me the idea to go out into the sunshine today...guess MSPamela and I had the same thought at the same time!

**carly1979** · 10-17-2006, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by MsPamela

This looked rather easy till I tried it!!! but like several others, I had no "White" eggs. I think these must be prominant with the "American" chickens!

i thought the only white eggs you could get were duck eggs, but apparently i was wrong. but, yeah, in the UK i've never seen white chicken eggs for sale!!

EDIT: oh and welcome back MsP

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