You have to crack eggs to make an omelette! ;)

[VWGolf]

[FUJI]

WOW!

 

That is one WINNER of a photograph…. …a must for  the Greetings Card …market surely ?..

 

love it!

 

FUJI

[VWGolf]

Thanks, Fuji - I entered it into my local camera club competition and the judge didn't like it because I'd chopped off the egg box half way through!  Can't win them all

 

[Fogey]

I agree with fooj - that is the shot of a lifetime.

And that is why I don't belong to a camera club.  When the so called judges see a good grab shot like that, they'll make up any puerile excuse to denigrate it.

 

[FUJI]

I have a camera club judge as Photographer pal…..we go on shoots together quite often

He slated one of my Street pics recently

This week it was chosen by our Local Arts Festival to be on display in town….

 

FUJI  

[JamesT]

Super catch.

I hope the cat cleaned up afterwards.

[Clicker]

It's an eggstraordinary  image Stella ... Well done....was it hard boiled ......?

[CMunzel]

I love it also, Stella. It didn't occur to me to think the egg carton was cut off as its not important to the story. I like the composition and tight cropping.

[Fogey]

18 hours ago, FUJI said:

I have a camera club judge as Photographer pal…..we go on shoots together quite often

He slated one of my Street pics recently

This week it was chosen by our Local Arts Festival to be on display in town….

 

FUJI  

Exactly Fuji.  If I had a photograph slated by a camera club judge, I would know it was above average.

[VWGolf]

I rarely enter competitions nowadays, as all the judges seem to have qualified about half a century ago and have never seemed to change their style or knowledge since.

However, as my camera club manages with Zoom nowadays, I thought I ought to support it, so entered this in the competition, then wished I hadn't bothered!

My other camera club has lost over half of its members due to lockdown and not coping with Zoom and is now down to fewer than 20 members.  Sadly, they seem to be doing the same as the judges, being stuck in the 1970s and not embracing change
Thank you, everyone, for your kind words - your taste if obviously a lot better than NEMPH judges!   lol

[Clicker]

I   must admit that  I have never   entered  photo competitions... Two reasons probably... one  because I've  never  ever  thought  about it and secondly  because I take photographs and process them  just to satisfy my need to capture something I just like the look of usually, in  a pleasing or interesting or different  manner .  If anyone else  likes  a photo of mine, It feels like  a very nice bonus in that    it may convey a little of what made me like  it  to another  person   and it is   a nice feeling to share something that  causes some kind of emotional response, but  selfishly I suppose, I'm really out just to please me when it come to my photography ...   Ooooh .... that doesn't look like a very nice thing to say once it is written down !

[VWGolf]

Perfectly put, Clicker

 

[JamesT]

2 hours ago, VWGolf said:

I rarely enter competitions nowadays, as all the judges seem to have qualified about half a century ago and have never seemed to change their style or knowledge since.

Sounds like Sixtus Beckmesser (Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg)

[KateW]

Beautifully caught! 

[VWGolf]

13 hours ago, JamesT said:

Sounds like Sixtus Beckmesser (Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg)

ha ha ha ha - true!
Whoever would have thought Wagner would feature on TIPF?  

[Paul]

This is the sort of thing I'd expect my Bilbo Baggins Cat to do - but he now doesn't ever jump up onto anything in the kitchen (self taught) and only jumps onto the windows sills or the printer located on a table by the front window so he can survey "his" street...

Lovely moment.

Pedants in many photo comps would clone out the other eggs!

Paul.