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Nice job. Guess I still made them too easy
I won't give a hint on #9 just yet, waiting to see if anyone can figure it out.
#12. My first guess was bubble wrap, though that is clearly wrong. It reminded me of collapsed bubbles for some reason. Not feathers, fur, or scales. There is a pattern there, but I can't place it. I don't know how magnified this image is (applies to #13 as well). Hard to guess without knowing the scale of the subject.
#13. No idea, though as a pulmonologist it looks like alveoli to me. A gross section of lung from a smoker with emphysema
My next guess is a sponge, though that doesn't really fit either. Filter of some type? There is no sense of scale which makes it very hard to even offer guesses.Oh, I'll throw out a hint on my image #9: let there be fire. Rocking out in Rock of Ages?
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#9 is a disposable lighter - easy as pie imo
and more accurately #11 is the contacts of a nikon lens
and more accurately #11 is the contacts of a nikon lens
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Winner(s) Kallisti and mooblie both got #12 . It's bubble wrap (that may have fallen into the clutches of a certain 4 year old , not sure)
Kallisti also got #13 , the cigar smoker next door being uncooperative , I passed on the alveoli and snapped a piece of soft foam that was used to pack a hard drive .
Just as an FYI , 12 was taken with a 100 2.8 macro , and 13 with a 65mm MP-E
both at around life size .
Kallisti also got #13 , the cigar smoker next door being uncooperative , I passed on the alveoli and snapped a piece of soft foam that was used to pack a hard drive .
Just as an FYI , 12 was taken with a 100 2.8 macro , and 13 with a 65mm MP-E
both at around life size .
#8 Yes, a book binding
#9 Yes, it's a Bic lighter
#10 Yes, clearly a milk crate
#11 Interesting guess, but as others have said it's actually a Nikon lens mount.
#14 Yes, a prescription bottle cap. Specifically a CVS cap.
#15 There *is* a bulb present (as noted by a subsequent poster). It's a Mag-Light flashlight (possible there were better ways to photograph this).
#16 Yes, it's a spoon. Was torn on how best to crop this so it wasn't *too* obvious but could also be figured out.
#17 Interesting idea, but no. Henri Cartier-Bresson would have been able to identify this immediately, though the subject in question didn't exist in his lifetime... May have to post a slightly larger crop to make this a bit easier.
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Image #17 seems to be causing some problems for people. Here is a slightly larger crop:
German engineering at it's best. Perhaps Henri Cartier-Bresson wouldn't have been able to identify it, though his subjects might have had a better success rate...
German engineering at it's best. Perhaps Henri Cartier-Bresson wouldn't have been able to identify it, though his subjects might have had a better success rate...
It is the finder frame selector on a Leica M series camera body, this one specifically from an M9:
Much larger crop of the original image #17.
Two images from the M2 manual (gotta love the internet that you can find these things):
While it did change in shape over the course of the evolution of the M series (the tip is square on the M7 for example), the current lever is pretty close to the original.
As stated in the M2 manual, this lever lets you preview through the viewfinder the field of view of different focal length lenses when mounted on an M series body.
The function of this lever hasn't changed over time. From the M9 manual:
One of the fun things about an M series is that you get >100% finder coverage (unless you are shooting with a really wide-angle lens). This can aid in composition (though the finder guides aren't perfect--so it takes a bit of experience to know exactly what is going to end up in your image).
Much larger crop of the original image #17.
Two images from the M2 manual (gotta love the internet that you can find these things):
While it did change in shape over the course of the evolution of the M series (the tip is square on the M7 for example), the current lever is pretty close to the original.
As stated in the M2 manual, this lever lets you preview through the viewfinder the field of view of different focal length lenses when mounted on an M series body.
The function of this lever hasn't changed over time. From the M9 manual:
One of the fun things about an M series is that you get >100% finder coverage (unless you are shooting with a really wide-angle lens). This can aid in composition (though the finder guides aren't perfect--so it takes a bit of experience to know exactly what is going to end up in your image).
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New examples
Resurrecting another thread from the dead. Got into a macro mood and was reminded of this thread. Wanted to shoot something today and wasn't otherwise inspired. So you are stuck with this All shot hand-held with a 105mm macro and D800. Wasn't trying to capture technically great macro shots, just something to make you think when you looked at them.
Some are easier, some might be a bit harder. Always a balance between obvious subjects and ones that become obvious once you know what they are.
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Feel free to contribute your own examples. Just keep up the numbering scheme so we are all talking about the same photos.
Resurrecting another thread from the dead. Got into a macro mood and was reminded of this thread. Wanted to shoot something today and wasn't otherwise inspired. So you are stuck with this
All shot hand-held with a 105mm macro and D800. Wasn't trying to capture technically great macro shots, just something to make you think when you looked at them.Some are easier, some might be a bit harder. Always a balance between obvious subjects and ones that become obvious once you know what they are.
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Feel free to contribute your own examples. Just keep up the numbering scheme so we are all talking about the same photos.
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#18 door hinge.
#19 pen holder on an iPad case
#20 no idea
#21 power adaptor charger for iPad
#22 iPad 30 pin connector port.
#19 pen holder on an iPad case
#20 no idea
#21 power adaptor charger for iPad
#22 iPad 30 pin connector port.
