Almost everything about the photo shown below is opposite to the approach I used to make a photo of the same egg yesterday posted here. I left the egg in place for a full day and was happily surprised to see today that the thinnest parts of the egg white had completely dried, become hard, and were filled with all sorts of interesting shapes that reflected the light in a beautiful way I would never have imagined. The yolk had also spread out at the bottom and the result was an interesting two-tier shape.
I decided that the new characteristics would look best when photographed using a black background, so I made the photo shown below. That decision about the background also made it seem natural to use a much more dramatic look when lighting the image rather than the subtle look of the first photo.
Another big change has to do with the thick area of egg white that is close to the yolk. In the other photo with the white background, I digitally removed all of the very tiny bubbles in that area because they were defined in dark tones that made them look like dust or unattractive imperfections in the tabletop; they didn't look like bubbles when the full-size file was displayed at anything less than 100%. When making this photo, those tiny bubbles are defined in bright tones that are very attractive when displayed at any size. So, I didn't remove them.
Setup
The tabletop is a thin piece of glass suspended 5 1/2 inches above black foam core to throw the foam core out of focus. Another piece of black foam core on the top side of the frame and perpendicular to the tabletop rises above the scene to ensure that nothing on that side of the room beyond the scene is reflected in the glass. The first capture was made with a medium continuous light lamp above the scene on the left side. A second capture was made with the same lamp above the scene to light the yolk the way I wanted it. The two photos were merged.