Thursday, September 19, 2013

{Theme Thursday} Store

I thought perhaps this week, I would give you a look into the warehouse/store/stash of stuff that lines the shelves in my basement.  But, it's really not a pretty sight down there right now, and, as I was making breakfast this morning, I started thinking about where we get our food - I know, a little philosophical over the stove top. 

As I cracked eggs into the skillet, I had one leftover from a carton from the store, and three that I picked up from a local farm.  My sister-in-law's mother raises chickens for eggs and meat on a few acres about 30 minutes from us.  (The woman is a dynamo who also works full time, quilts AMAZING pieces and does about three hundred other projects all at once that leave the rest of us feeling like slackers!)  Anyway - with SIL back in this neck of the woods, it's much easier to pick up eggs from her mom.

People that raise chickens know, there's SUCH a difference between a store-bought egg and an egg from free-range, well-fed chickens. 

So, for this week's "Store", a thought on how and where we get our food, as you can see the health of the farm-fresh eggs shining in their orange-yellow yolks, compared to the egg from our local store.

Playing with the lower end of my f-stops for increased detail - f 3.6, ISO 125

I'll let you guess which egg is from the store.  *Hint: it's not the lighting that's making one of them a different color!* 

I'm pretty pleased with the clarity of this shot before it was time to flip the eggs.  I can tell I'm getting *slowly* more knowledgeable about how to set my camera to get what I want out of it.....only a couple more years of these posts and I should be able to get the hang of it!

Stop by Cari's place for more Theme Thursday: Store

8 comments:

  1. Love it! The taste doesn't compare between store bought and free range chickens does it? Can you tell me what camera body/ lens you have?

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    1. I never knew eggs could be so tasty until I had a farm fresh one! I use a Kodak Easyshare Max Z990 - not a detachable body/lens....that shall be next. I think perhaps I can really only justify the $600 camera I'm looking at when I master this one :)

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  2. I've never had a farm fresh egg, but they sure do look better!!

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    1. I think if you looked a little, you could probably find a chicken farmer willing to let you try some. They're so good - and the choline, omega 3's, vitamins and minerals are generally higher quality in a farm fresh egg. They're better for you and sometimes, you can find a farmer who sells them comparable to the regular store eggs. Mine run $2/dozen and store-brand eggs run about $1.80. That 20 cents/dozen is nothing compared to the quality.

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  3. Love the detail. We're having eggs for dinner tonight! Can't wait. And I totally get what you mean, this time next year I'll have the camera figured out. Then on to learning about lights and angles!

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    1. There's a corner of my basement that I look at every time I go down to do laundry that I think I could take all my kiddos portraits in if I could just figure out my camera and lighting - well, that and getting the littles to sit still! Gotta have goals!

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  4. Great job, and so fun to learn new things.

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    1. That's what keeps our brains and hearts young, I think :)

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