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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
October 16, 2007 |


Humpty Dumpty had a great fall …

All the King’s horses
and all the King’s men
Could not put Humpty together again …

So they hired a replacement.

How I took this picture:
Took an egg (actually, two) from Bee’s picture setting.
Placed a ceramic lid on a black granite tile with a black cloth backdrop.
Closed all the blinds (with a tiny bit of light streaming through) and made the room dark and spooky.
Placed the egg on the lid.
Ordered the egg to stand still.
Clicked with a 70-200mm lens at f/11 and 30-second exposure, ISO 100.
Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
- Jai

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49 Comments so far
wanted to say you ‘and’ bee…. 
wow excellent! thanks for sharing the tips 
waw you ordered the egg and it listened to you???!!!
Now thats ONE obedient egg 
The 2nd Humpty dumpty seems pretty sturdy (Not to mention obedient).. no falls there huh? Amazing-zing.
That simply superb. 
Hahhahaha.. :D….
for ur sense of humor Jai..
Fabulous Jai, very appropriate rhyme
Loved the second pic..well taken!
Thank god you are one of the judges and not one of us. 

You really know how to make people listen ! 
Awesome pictures…my hubby had thought on this theme for the event, but it just didn’t happen 
so now u have become the Master of eggs….huh
My son Rohi who is sitting beside me thinks this is really cool and he wants to add few icons 



Fabulous picture… very apt for your theme… And yes, You guys are very dedicated..
Fantastic.
seems to be an echo going around.
( duplicated comments )
anyway wanted to add a loud mavali ishtyle whistle.
Now how did you get that egg to listen to your orders???…. :notlisten…I don’t want to know…mine anyway never comes out like this….
:cry:
Okay, so who is going to guess how the egg manages to stay upright??
Great pic!! You are damn good.
What ISO did you shoot at, Jai?
ISO 100. - b.
Great Pics Jai. But what exactly did you say to the Egg that it obeyed you? 
So sweet 
coooool pictures…
i am feeling terribly inadequate so forgive me for not submitting anything yet.. u have around 12 pics of eggs in diff forms but didn;t like any.. all the entries are superb.. will definitely vote!
The second picture is a masterpiece 
I can only ditto the comments above - its so “:no:” for that egg to be so compliant!!
[…] not as artistic as Sharmi’s or as creative as Jai’s but for us these are far far far more beautiful than any eggs in the whole wide […]
Wow awesome pics!!
Reallllllly good!!! 
Really good 
CHEATER!!! You should knocked off that Egg, the REAL Humpty Dumpty!!! 
- jai
hey awesome photos……….and thanks for sharing the tips too :-)
Bee!! you always have a nice theme to go around your photos!! simply amazing!!
that is so cute 
Great pic and goes well with that poem!
Can we send two entries for the same event? 
I think I read on the rules one entry /blog/person
:D
:D
Padma
thank you for visiting my blog…thank you for adding me….the egg pics are very sweet…I wanted to take some of mine….but no eggs at home…and i am a strict veggie… :)…hope to take part in the next event….

wonderful creativity! way to go
really superb 
Great pics Jai!
you rock Jai & Bee!!! gr8 pics.

OMG I am totally impressed. Great you guys . I liked it more because i first thought of the lid was a chef hat. Great JB
wow……….looking good both pics and idea of replacement nice

Am I just sleepy and having double vision or the second picture has two eggs? Or is that the soul coming out of an egg?
there’s a disturbance in the force. it makes inji come out of hiding. it makes the souls of eggs wander through the universe aimlessly. that’s what it is. - b.
This is awesome! Wow! I’m staring at these pictures for the tenth time today 
ha haaa Nice one… 
it is simple yet stunning picture!
Oh great Jai who orders eggs to stand and they do, could you order up blue skys, white fluffy clouds and the tide to be right so I can go out and take pics of the gannett colony this weekend? Or is that a little much? Ta PP
Hi Jai,
That is a very thoughtful and creative post
I liked the second pic a lot
The poor eggs looked so shaky and frightened
….. was wondering how you ordered them to sit straight 

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looks great jai…loved the way you explained the whole process….you are bee are quite dedicated..nice