tom_mann1 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>We haven't had one of these in a while. Try to identify the objects in the images posted by others and / or add one of your own.</p> <p>I'll start with the attached image. It's a JPG taken straight from the camera with the only changes being cropping and down-rez'ing to 700 px for display in this forum.</p> <p>Tom M</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelChang Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Tom, I'm guessing a 3-1/2" full range speaker. What I'm not sure of is whether it's lens DoF or software blurring.</p> <p>Let me see if I have anything to post. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkissel Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Looks like the inside of a thermos bottle or coffee mug.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelChang Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Mark, I was certain it was a speaker because of the shinny outer ring; what looks like the foam surround, until your post. I think you might be right. :-) </p> <p>Interesting how we can see things so differently. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Re-formatted, cropped and down-sized for display...</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkissel Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>How about this one?</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kts Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Mark, if it was green or red i'd say a section of some window pane LSD circa 1973.....yummy!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_mann1 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Mark, you nailed it on the 1st try by ID'ing mine as the inside of a thermos bottle. Michael, I did nothing to the image, xcept for cropping to a more or less square format and down-rez'ing it for in-line display in this forum. Other than that, it was straight out of a Canon G12 using room light in our kitchen.</p> <p>Tom M</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_v. Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Mark, my guess is a waffle iron. It's tough to say if those features are pyramids or depressions, though, but I'm sticking with it.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_mann1 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Mark, is it a meat tenderizer (such as this one)?</p> <p>Tom M</p> <p>PS - I just saw Ed V's guess and his sounds even better than mine.</p> <div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_v. Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Well, it's breakfast time where I am so I guess that's where my mind is.</p> <p>Here's one from me.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_fox Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Stapler!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_v. Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Alright! Sarah wins the stapler!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzaebst Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <blockquote> <p>Alright! Sarah wins the stapler!</p> </blockquote> <p>Is it a red Swingline? You don't want to give up your red Swingline, do you? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkissel Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Ed, I thought it looked like a waffle iron, too. But Tom got it right; it is the face of a metal meat tenderizer.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Oops, I'm late to the party. Let's see, I'm sure I've got something a bit unlikely around here somewhere ...</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkissel Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 <p>Wow, don't have any guesses for Josiah's or yours, Matt. I'm stumped on both. How about a wee hint from you both?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbollinger Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>Josiah, your photo is both baffling and fascinating. </p> <p> My best guess is that the orange container is sitting on a table, fresh out of the freezer, and it contains some frozen substance that ruptured the lid, and that swirly stuff is condensation coming off it. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbollinger Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>After staring at it for several minutes and racking my brain, I think Matt may have a reflection in a piece of chrome on the fender of a car. But if I try to visualize what it is much longer, I will need an Excedrin. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>Josiah posted his inscrutible image first, so I won't drop any clues until <em>he</em> does! As for what the heck he has depicted, there - I'm pretty stumped, too. My first reaction was to say it looked like a piece of butter melting in hot water. Though that seems increasingly unlikely given the bit of red involved. Curious!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_mann1 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>Josiah's and Matt's images also have me stumped. </p> <p>I have a feeling Josiah's is something like mixing of paints in a bucket with a piece of semi-hardened film floating on the surface, but I have little confidence in my guess.</p> <p>For Matt's, I keep thinking that it's probably a honeycomb grid lighting modifier, but the angle looks wrong. I really don't know, but they are both great teaser shots! </p> <p>Tom M</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>Ding! Tom wins the prize, and now I don't have to think up a hint. The prize, by the way, is ... the personal gratification that comes with being a smarty-pants and figuring it out. That's all I've got! Here's the larger shot. It's an out-take from a product shooting set-up. We're seeing through the umbrella shaft hole in a monolight's metal reflector. We are indeed seeing a 20-degree honeycomb from <em>within</em> the reflector - which is indeed a wrong-looking angle!</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_mann1 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>So THAT's why the angle looks "wrong". I hadn't thought of the possibility of looking through the hole. Thanks for posting the overall view of the scene. No matter what the answer was, I was going to ask if you had such a shot.</p> <p>Again, a great shot, Matt.</p> <p>Tom M</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>Two hints: 1) think cold, colder than 'ice;' 2) and think safe, color 'food additives.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 <p>Two hints: 1) think cold, colder than 'ice;' 2) and think safe, color 'food additives.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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