L'Oeufs for CLICK! (ruchi chūchu)

Jugalbandi's Jai and Bee created a food blogging photo competition event extravaganza:

Not that I know why I am telling you this, since you not only know all about it, you've already submitted your own stunning picture while I have been lagging.
Did I hear someone say they haven't done it yet? What are you thinking?! The deadline is tomorrow, so you'd better get clicking!

I needed a lot of help to decide which picture to submit, and I thank you all for your input. Taking the various opinions into account, and my personal leaning, I finally decided on candidate six.

But first I needed to post this little fella for Sandeepa (and everyone else who liked him). Yes, both caps belonged to Angel Face (she's just recently outgrown them), and I loved the touch of whimsy. It is a miracle that this picture got taken at all though, because my camera's focus markings were superimposed on the egg in such a way when looking through the lens that the lower semi-circle and the cross-shaped center appeared to be a smiley face on the egg. I was giggling so hard I couldn't keep the camera still, even with a tripod!

Finally, here is my entry for the event. I took it with my Olympus eVolt e-500 with Zuiko 14-45mm lens 1:3.5-5.6

No other filters apart from the UV filter which is fitted on all my lenses for purely protective purposes. In fact, I won't take a new lens out of the box before I have purchased a UV filter for it, and the very first thing I do upon opening the lens is fitting the filter. If the filter gets scratched, it costs a couple of bucks to replace; if the lens gets scratched it is several hundred dollars down the drain.

I used 1/30 second exposure at f 5.6 with a focal length of 45 mm.