A Basket of Eggs [Contest Finalists April 2011]
Uploaded: April 30, 2011 06:23:51
~ for the In the Kitchen 101 theme ~
Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 250, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 31.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Sarah A. Christian April 30, 2011
Good one, Patti! I will have mine scrambled! What time should I arrive? HTD! #1373419Patti Coblentz April 30, 2011
Ha...they were scrambled alright...I ultimately dropped this basket of eggs...what a mess...the basket handle broke!Thank you, Sarah :) #9381019
Jane Holestine April 30, 2011
Love the tones in this wonderful capture, Patti. Great clarity and comp. HTD! (sorry about the mess!) #9381024Monnie Ryan April 30, 2011
OMG! That must have been awful to clean up! Glad you got this first, though - terrific theme entry! #9381034Robert R. Goodman April 30, 2011
Hi Patricia,WOW!!!Blew me away with that beautiful detail.Absolutely gorgeous my friend!!!! #9381073Heather Loewenhardt April 30, 2011
Oh no that just couldn't have happened but thankfully AFTER you got the shot. You are such an expert on this lighting gig. These eggs are showcased beautifully in the light showing off such wonderful colours and textures. #9381096Patti Coblentz April 30, 2011
Thank you Jane, Monnie, Bobby, and Heather! #9381151Tammy M. Anderson April 30, 2011
Excellent light, comp. and theme capture, Patti. #9381179David Phalen April 30, 2011
Guess I'm too late to come over. LOL The light, shapes, colors and textures meet your usual standard of excellence!! HTD!! #9381270Naomi Weiser April 30, 2011
i like it that you have different colored eggs, adds interest, htd! #9381378Gord MacEachern April 30, 2011
That's why we have the old saying "Never Put All Your Eggs In One Basket!" LOL...Mitch Spence April 30, 2011
The arrangement, the light, and the varying colors of the eggs work beautifully here, Patti. #9381456Joy Rector April 30, 2011
great shot #9381469Emile Abbott April 30, 2011
Breakfast #9381485Daniella Puente April 30, 2011
Very cool Patti, love your image! #9381500Patti Coblentz April 30, 2011
Thank you Tammy, Dave, Naomi, Gord, Mitch, Joy, Emile, and Daniella!Ha, Emile..picnic style, as it were :)
Gord, LOL :) #9381533
Bojan Bencic April 30, 2011
Great light and shine, Patricia. Lovely looking eggs. #9381559Patti Coblentz April 30, 2011
Thank you, Bojan :) #9381564Patti Coblentz April 30, 2011
you slipped in, Joy...thank you! #9381568Marijana Fajgl April 30, 2011
Great idea and fantastic capture, Patricia! #9381637Patti Coblentz April 30, 2011
Thank you, Marijana! #9381844MELODIE C. ROBERTS April 30, 2011
LoL GordThis is fabulous Patti!!!
Great shapes lighting and detail #9381906
Patti Coblentz April 30, 2011
Hey, Mel...Claudia Kuhn April 30, 2011
Terrific, love the tones and light #9381983Courtenay Vanderbilt April 30, 2011
Fantastic details, tones and colors, Patti! So sorry for the catastrophe but at least you got the image first! :-) #9382062Michele Peterson April 30, 2011
I love this, Patti! We have chickens and a basket just like that... this could have been taken at our house! I am, however, going to check the handle on our basket... just in case! Excellent photo, beautiful light and colors!! #9382163Patti Coblentz May 01, 2011
Thank you Claudia, Courtenay, and Michele! #9382239Leslie McLain May 01, 2011
Terrific theme entry, Patti, with beautiful details and light. #9382432Christine Czernin May 01, 2011
Very well done, Patti. The eggs look like they are just to grab. (not to drop,LOL) #9382507Karen E. Baumann May 01, 2011
Love the circle lines of the basket and the black color to frame the eggs! The mix of white and brown is wonderful too, makes me think you just gathered them! This is a very nice image Patti! #9382601Patti Coblentz May 01, 2011
Thank you Leslie, Christine, and Karen!#9382621
Ellen Hodges May 01, 2011
Looks soooooo cool, Patti! Wonderful light and comp!! #9382679Patti Coblentz May 01, 2011
Thank yo, Ellen! #9382737Susan K. Snow May 01, 2011
Love the basket and the placement of the different colors of eggs. Hope the broken one's weren't organic or it would be at costly mess as well! Good them entry! #9382947Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 01, 2011
What an incredible image Patti, I feel I can reach out and touch the eggs. WTG! #9383204Marcel J. Fernandez May 01, 2011
Great tones and texture not to mention the excellent comp. Beautiful work, Patricia. #9383273Renata Gusciora May 01, 2011
What a fantastic shot,Patti!Greatly presented with fabulous lighting and composition! #9383551Patti Coblentz May 01, 2011
Thank you Bunny, Donna, Marcel, and Renata! #9383662Joanna Madloch May 02, 2011
Amazing colors and shapes, Patti. #9385165Tammy Espino May 02, 2011
Excellent! #9385314Patti Coblentz May 02, 2011
Thank you Joanna, and Tammy! #9385374Rona L. Schwarz May 02, 2011
As soon as I saw this I knew it must be a Kitchen theme entry, Patti! Wonderful composition with great light, colors and shapes! #9385758Patrick Rouzes May 03, 2011
Wonderful tones, textures, lighting, clarity & comp here, Patti! Scrambled would be nice-oops!Karen Celella May 03, 2011
Terrific in every way, Patti! #9386834Debra R. Harder May 03, 2011
This is an awesome image for your Kitchen theme, Patti!! Superb lighting, clarity, colors, details and comp. Eggs never looked so good!!!! Deb #9387447Freddy Bland May 03, 2011
Fabulous light and details, Patricia! They are just glowing! #9387831Karen Slagle May 08, 2011
A gorgeous basket of eggs indeed. I sometimes don't stop and really look at all the details in nature. We see brown or white or blue, etc. In really looking at these eggs there are so many subtle tones and then your lighting adds another dimension along with the shadows. I think this is beautiful, Pat... #9394829Terry Cervi May 09, 2011
Wonderful detail and the lighting is so good! That must have been a mess to clean!! #9395799Patti Coblentz May 09, 2011
Thank you Rona, Patrick, Karen, Debra, Freddy, Karen S., and Terry...I appreciate your great comments!#9395809
frank w. degenhardt May 10, 2011
Love the whole composition and presentation. Simple in some ways, but oh so much to take in. I love the wire basket that looks like its setting in a stainless steel bowl or pan behind it. The eggs sure do make one want to crack some open and enjou. Love the mix of brown and white eggs, the textures of the shells stand out so incredibly, such gorgeous work my friend.Patti Coblentz May 11, 2011
Thank you so much, Frank...it's always so nice to hear from you :)) #9399765Courtenay Vanderbilt May 18, 2011
Congratulations, Patti! Well deserved, Finalist! #9411007Amy M. Wilson May 18, 2011
Congratulations on your awesome Finalist, Patti!! #9411073Tammy Espino May 18, 2011
Big congratulations on your finalist :) #9411117Robert R. Goodman May 18, 2011
A big Congratulations,Patricia!!!! #9411186Deborah Lewinson May 18, 2011
Excellent finalist, Patti!Congratulations!
Debby #9411286
Susan K. Snow May 18, 2011
Way to go, Patti!!! You did it.Nikki McDonald May 18, 2011
What fine lines, tones, lighting and textures, Patti. Congratulations on the finalist and good luck in the next round. #9411802Marilyn Cornwell May 18, 2011
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist! #9411938Mitch Spence May 18, 2011
Excellent all "round," Patti. Congratulations. #9412052Heather Loewenhardt May 18, 2011
Congrats on being a finalist with this very worthy entry. #9412249Lorna Shutter May 18, 2011
Lucky the eggs broke AFTER you got this shot!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your Finalist Award for this FINE image, Patti Cake!!!!! WTG, my friend!!! Good luck in the next round!!! :)Usman M. Bajwa May 18, 2011
CONGRATZ on your terrific Finalist, good luck in the next round, Patti!!!UB. #9412570
Graham Robards May 18, 2011
Great egg shot Patti, congratulations to you.Hope your dad is okay, B.O.L. for the nect round. ~Pat #9412577
Marijana Fajgl May 19, 2011
Huge congratulations, Patricia on your fantastic finalist! Good luck! #9412858Karen Celella May 19, 2011
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Patti. #9413619Emile Abbott May 19, 2011
Congratulation on wonderful finalist, Patricia #9413634Rony Sagy May 19, 2011
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist Patti. #9413909JO ANN CLEVELAND May 19, 2011
Way to go Pat!Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist!!
jo ann c. #9414052
Ellen Hodges May 19, 2011
Huge Congrats and very best luck, Patti on this awesome finalist !!! #9414468Ellen Hodges May 19, 2011
Huge Congrats and very best luck, Patti on this awesome finalist !!! #9414471Ellen Hodges May 19, 2011
Huge Congrats and very best luck, Patti on this awesome finalist !!! #9414478Bojan Bencic May 19, 2011
Congratulations on your finalist, Patricia! #9414557Michele Peterson May 19, 2011
So happy to see this got a finalist!! Congratulations!!! :-) #9414938Patrick Rouzes May 19, 2011
Congratulations & good luck on ths exceptional finalist, Patti! WTG! #9414996Ellen Hodges May 19, 2011
Huge congrats and very best luck with this awesome finalist, Patti!! #9414998Ellen Hodges May 19, 2011
Huge congrats and very best luck with this awesome finalist, Patti!! #9415000Terry Cervi May 19, 2011
Congrats on this terrific finalist, Patti! #9415094Carol L. Fowler May 19, 2011
Hope this hatches into a Winner! #9415181Patti Coblentz May 19, 2011
Thanks so much...I really appreciate it! #9415417Debra R. Harder May 19, 2011
This is the most beautiful basket of eggs I've ever seen, Patti! Huge congratulations on your EXCELLENT finalist! Deb #9415537Rona L. Schwarz May 19, 2011
Oh I am so happy to see this basket of eggs again, Patti! It has winner written all over it! Huge congrats on this great Finalist and Good luck in the next round! Apologize for my absence...once back from out of town I discovered we had a critical publication deadline with a very short turnaround, and then had computer problems. Such is life... #9415737Patti Coblentz May 19, 2011
Thank you very much Deb, and Rona :)#9415754
Freddy Bland May 20, 2011
This is one "outstanding" image, Patricia! It's PURE perfection!! Many huge congratulations to you on your stunning Finalist!! Betting we will see it again!!!! #9416556Patti Coblentz May 20, 2011
Thank you very much, Freddy! #9416712Leslie McLain May 20, 2011
Congrats on a terrific finalist, Patti. #9416748Danny B. Head May 20, 2011
Love it! Congrats! #9416753Daniella Puente May 20, 2011
Great to see this one again Patti! congratulations and best luck next :) #9416950Patti Coblentz May 20, 2011
Thanks so much Leslie, Danny, and Daniella! #9416954Lydia Williams May 20, 2011
Great one Patti! Congratulations! #9416996Marcel J. Fernandez May 20, 2011
Congratulations, Patti on your delightful Finalist. #9417053Patti Coblentz May 20, 2011
Thank you Lydia, and Marcel! #9417148Ron McEwan May 20, 2011
Hi! Patricia; thanks for stopping by my gallery. This is one terrific still life and congrats is in order too. I remember when you posted this. I had memories of when I was a kid growing up on the family farm here in MO. Mom's job was taking care of the chickens, the money from the eggs sold from over 300 chickens is what kept us alive. We also had a lot of shirts made from feed sacks. Did not know what a store bought shirt was until I was a teenager. #9417177Patti Coblentz May 20, 2011
LOL...thank you, Ron! There are lot's of similar stories that this basket of eggs brought to the forefront...so glad you liked it :) #9417181William88 May 20, 2011
Congratulations on your finalist! awesome shot! #9417232Wm Nosal May 20, 2011
Beautiful Shot, Patricia!Marilyn Cornwell May 21, 2011
Such a beautifully complex, yet harmonious image, Patricia! Congratulations! #9419365Patti Coblentz May 21, 2011
Thanks very much William, Wm, and Marilyn! #9419512Merna L. Nobile May 22, 2011
It is with great pleasure that I offer my congratulations on your award for the month of April. Merna#9422364
Susan K. Snow July 28, 2011
Beautifully sharp with clarity and tonality, repetitive shapes and composition. Well seen and captured creation.You are really raking in the finalists, Patti. Congratulations!!! #9560700
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