Food Photo Competition 2014 No 1 : Entry Number 59

This looks like a scene from a covered Asian market. Beautiful arrangement of different coloured eggs and a lovely natural light. Well spotted and composed, you have kept this nicely simple.

Taken in a street market in Guilin,China in April 2014 using my wonderful Leica X1.I have been taking photos for over 50 years .Nowadays I like to keep my camera gear very simple and as light as possible .This shot was a jpeg taken on the "natural" setting and is straight from the camera with no post processing and no cropping.I find that the X1 produces superb images on this setting and it is now my default setting . I use an OVF on the X1 -I cannot adapt to using the LCD as a viewfinder-and I love the simple controls,the feel of the camera and above all else the image quality.The fact that it has just a fixed lens means that I don't find myself wondering which lens to use so I concentrate on framing the shot not changing or zooming the lens. Thank you for choosing my simple photo .I feel honoured to be commended in such a strong field of entries.John Shingleton