An Egg Apart

Photo of the week #19: A macro shot of Cadbury Mini Eggs. The neat reflects are due to the fact that the eggs are sitting on top of a polished granite tile in front of a black background. The inspiration for the shot came from an instructional book on macro photography that I received for Christmas. The book is called Macro Photography Workshop and is particularly interesting because each chapter is presented as a lesson, which also includes an assignment. I was feeling a bit uninspired this week and decided that I would give the book a try. For the first assignment, I was to take a 'high-impact, colorful photo using Skittles, M&Ms, or a similar multicolored candy'. This was my take on the assignment: