The super macro guessing game

[Rumjungle]

Can opener?

[MagentaJoe]

No, but it is from the ktichen. As an idea of scale, I used all 3 kenko extensions on a 50mm1.8 for this shot.

[BearLeeAlive]

Jar lid remover

[MagentaJoe]

Good guess... but no... always used as a pair.

[JDrex05]

Gears in a blender/egg beater/mixer?

[MagentaJoe]

Not electric. A very simple machine.

[JDrex05]

Pair of funky scissors?

[MagentaJoe]

You got it. Scissors... and funky too. The closeup is of the "bone breaker" jaws. You're up there JDrex05!

http://www.ceretti.com/msn/potn/scissors.jpg

[JDrex05]

Cool, just gonna let my battery finish charging then ill post something up.

[JDrex05]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/runnerdrex/SuperMacro.jpg

[MagentaJoe]

Looks like a pencil eraser, burned?

[JDrex05]

Nope not part of a pencil or any other writing instrument.

I wouldn't make it that easy :lol:

[G3owner]

The speed on this forum is insane... I posted my last guess about 24 hrs ago, and we already have more than three pages full of new entries since that.... whooooo :rolleyes:

Bamce

[JDrex05]

The speed on this forum is insane... I posted my last guess about 24 hrs ago, and we already have more than three pages full of new entries since that.... whooooo :rolleyes:

Bamce
You think thats fast? On antoher forum I frequent there is a "General Discussion Thread" that has grown to 120 pages (2515 posts) in 5 days.

[sdmaker]

looks like a pilot light orifice from something

[jr#8]

Hemostats or a nut cracker.

[hackwithacanon]

ibm thinkpad keyboard light.

[hackwithacanon]

oops, nevermind

[Rumjungle]

Business end of a crack pipe?;)

[MagentaJoe]

I think we all need a hint or more of the item in the pic... I know I'm stumped.

[JDrex05]

Sorry for not responding, had a loooong day of classes and I just wanted to unwind before doing my forum rounds.

Sofar nobody is right, however I will tell you that fire will travel down it....once. This one in particular has never been used, the wear and tear is just sings of age and poor handling.

[jr#8]

booster for a model rocket.

[MagentaJoe]

Is it a lighter for fireworks?

[JDrex05]

not a booster, but Magenta joe, you are quite close.

[the_boy]

is it a fuse or a spent bullet casing

[sdmaker]

hmmmm, Muzzleloader primer?

[hhf]

Looks like a hose to a grill.

[the_boy]

is it a firework

[MagentaJoe]

I can usually pick them off right away! This one still has me stumped even with the clues.

[JDrex05]

is it a fuse or a spent bullet casing

I'll give it to you for saying fuse, since i doubt anyone would be able to get what it is a fuse for.

Technically it is the powder tube in a grenade, the powder that makes up the fuse runs through it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/runnerdrex/macro.jpg

[MagentaJoe]

Very cool! I think they put you in jail for having those things round these parts. :-(

[Cybnew]

i want a grenade! (dont ask)

[JDrex05]

I bought it for $8 at a local guns shop. obviously its emptied and drilled (there is a hole about the size of a dime in the bottom to help prevent re-filling) for safety. Personally i think it is one of the best $8 i have ever spent since it is one of my favorite objects lying around my house that i can photograph.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/runnerdrex/Still%20Life/Grenade.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/runnerdrex/Still%20Life/Pulled.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/runnerdrex/Still%20Life/backlitboom.jpg

[MagentaJoe]

I just checked and it's as I suspected. You can order them online, but hey, what can't you order on the net?

[the_boy]

i will take a picture and post it

[the_boy]

ok here is mine

[Vega$50]

The air stem valve of an innertube...

I will pass on a posting...

[JDrex05]

some sort of air hose connector?

[the_boy]

The air stem valve of an innertube...

I will pass on a posting...
yep you got it that was too easy some one jump in for him

[JDrex05]

Ok ill jump right in here (I wish id started doing this earlier, its rather fun.) this one isnt anywhere near as hard, but i just thought it was a fun shot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/runnerdrex/macro2.jpg

[Belmondo]

Hmmmmm. Red, Green, and Blue.

No idea.

[MagentaJoe]

Belmondo you're funny. It's the phosphors on a monitor.

It's not only fun but it's great as a exercise in technique. I remember how pathetic my first macro shots where and then how much I realized I had to spend to get the macro shots to be better. :-) and then how much I realized I could save by using "alternate" methods.

Belmondo post something!!!

[the_boy]

its an LCD screen

[Belmondo]

Belmondo you're funny. It's the phosphors on a monitor.

It's not only fun but it's great as a exercise in technique. I remember how pathetic my first macro shots where and then how much I realized I had to spend to get the macro shots to be better. :-) and then how much I realized I could save by using "alternate" methods.

Belmondo post something!!!

Soon, but not quite ready. Someone else?

[jabtas]

How about this one
CLUE - 99.9% of households have one

http://i.pbase.com/o4/53/626353/1/54400699.20DPicsDisk1IMG_0086.jpg

[Rumjungle]

Speaker grill from a radio?

[jabtas]

Close enough, actually a speaker grill from a TV

Your Turn

[Rumjungle]

It's rare that I get these things right, but I'm going to pass up my turn 'cause I'm at work right now. Who's next?

[MagentaJoe]

I've posted too many lately :-) Someone else who hasn't GO FOR IT!!

[bbulldog]

Ok my first time so here goes...

[john_ch]

Is it the sole of a pair of trainers (sneakers) ??

[bbulldog]

nope not sneakers

[jr#8]

Some type of grips for a handle.

[bbulldog]

nearly but not a handle

[the_boy]

is it diamond plate

[the_boy]

is it the handle of pliars

[Rumjungle]

Looks like diamond plate, but it can't be if it's a macro shot. Knurling on some bicycle footpegs?

[jr#8]

how bout a ratchet

[bbulldog]

no none of them, no where near :)

[Rumjungle]

Got any hints for us?

[bbulldog]

you sometimes get them on a computer, probably too good a tip

[jr#8]

Maybe a lens casing.

[bbulldog]

no not a lens casing... to do with casing though.

[codex0]

Looks like the side of one of those aluminum hard cases.

[bbulldog]

no it is not a case........

[Qtrmeg]

A protective pad so you don't mar your desk, err, foot pad?

[bbulldog]

no, this is harder than i thought...

[jr#8]

Hey bulldog this is a good one usually they only last a few hours this might go on for days.

[bbulldog]

oh hell, days!!! Well i am off to an Irish Pub in an hour so i will check back later. I thought it was easy but there you go....

[panasonic]

I was going to make a suggestion but read through the above and realised I was on the wrong track - I'm still thinkin'!

[Scunner]

Is it the thumbscrew of a monitor input/adapter?

[bbulldog]

well since you are so close It is a thumbscrew from a casing

[jr#8]

WOW nice one. But who's up next

[BearLeeAlive]

That would be Scunner.

[Scunner]

I'll defer to someone else. I'm at work right now, with camera, but no way to upload anything. (How shortsighted of me!)

[Mike Bell]

OK here's an easy one:

http://static.flickr.com/28/92650765_1a36ba79af_o.jpg

[D3StRoY]

I think its a orange (icey) ? :P

[Mike Bell]

I think its a orange (icey) ? :P

Wrong! Maybe not that easy, then.......?

[BearLeeAlive]

Popsicle?

[MagentaJoe]

Potato crisp?

[Mike Bell]

You're very close MagentaJoe! Bit smaller (and tastier IMHO).

[BearLeeAlive]

Pork Rind?

[Mike Bell]

Smaller, smaller! (this is a MACRO guessing game!)

[BearLeeAlive]

Hickory Stick?

[Mike Bell]

OK! OK! Before we go through the entire list of 'Very small snacks of the World' here is the last and BIGGEST clue. Sing after me - "Jimmy Carter had a farm", "Jimmy Carter had a farm", "And on that farm he grew some ..........."

[BearLeeAlive]

Ummmmmm........

Peanuts maybe?

[Mike Bell]

Yay!!:)

http://static.flickr.com/11/92650767_2dfeab3db0_o.jpg
Original peanut shot taken with 350D, EF-S 60mm Macro lens with 35mm Jessops extension tube. 430 EX flash with diffuser. Handheld. The competition shot was a 100% crop of the central area. BTW - it tasted good!

Over to you BearLeeAlive (love your alias!):) .

[BearLeeAlive]

Here's one to have a go at.

53271

[BearLeeAlive]

Is on item used outdoors

[3Turner]

water sprinkler

[BearLeeAlive]

water sprinklerNope, not a gardening object.

[MagentaJoe]

Is it bigger than a bread box?

[BearLeeAlive]

What the pic of is bigger than most bread boxes

[infinite012]

how come i can't see the picture?

[BearLeeAlive]

how come i can't see the picture?
Dunno, it is an attachment. I see it as others seem too.

[MagentaJoe]

Part of a ladder?

[BearLeeAlive]

Part of a ladder?
Nope, not part of a tool.

[BearLeeAlive]

Just 'cause I am a nice guy I will attach a slightly bigger image.

53292

[T.D.]

Is it a rain gutter?

[MagentaJoe]

Part of a garden chair?

[3Turner]

part of a child's swing set

[BearLeeAlive]

Nope to all. I gets used mostly away from home.

[MagentaJoe]

Is it the wheel well on your camper? (caravan to you Brits!)

[BearLeeAlive]

Is it the wheel well on your camper? (caravan to you Brits!)
Nope, but moving oh so slowly in the right direction.

[3Turner]

car jack

[BearLeeAlive]

car jack

Notta.

This really should help give it away. An even larger view, soon it will not even be considered macro.

53298

[MagentaJoe]

Hmm bigger than most bread boxes.. obvously my camper guess was not well thought out... hmmm

[BearLeeAlive]

Hmm bigger than most bread boxes.. obvously my camper guess was not well thought out... hmmm
We often refer to cube vans as bread boxes, it is not quite that big.

[Qtrmeg]

it's not part of a boat is it?

[BearLeeAlive]

it's not part of a boat is it?
No it isn't.

One last hint, I have to go for a while so I will make it easy. Be fast on the keyboard.

ZOOM ZOOM

[MagentaJoe]

Mazda logo hahha

[Qtrmeg]

you macro'd a car? or a snowmobile.

[3Turner]

Mazda logo hahha

Darn...you were to Zoom, Zoom for my fingers:D

[BearLeeAlive]

Mazda logo hahha

Yup, my wifes Mazda6 Sport Wagon.

53314

[MagentaJoe]

Right on, I'll go grab my camera and snap one.

[MagentaJoe]

Here it is.... This thread should be made a sticky.

http://www.ceretti.com/msn/potn/stc.jpg

[Vision Eyez]

ice scupltur?

[MagentaJoe]

Not that. Smaller.

[3Turner]

plastic phone cord tip

[MagentaJoe]

Similar plastic but no. The colours in the background are part of the object.

[3Turner]

plastic kitchen utensil

[MagentaJoe]

Smaller than a spatula. Not normally from the kitchen.

[JDrex05]

Ice scraper?

[MagentaJoe]

Not normally used outside.

[3Turner]

plastic magnifying glass?

any other clues??

[MagentaJoe]

The guesses are closer. It is from the office.

[MagentaJoe]

It's been a while since any guesses... My first post has the best clue.

[G3owner]

A holder for plastic tape, and I guess the oof color in the background is the roll of tape...

[MagentaJoe]

That's what it is. G3owner, your turn.
http://www.ceretti.com/msn/potn/tape.jpg

[Mike Bell]

C'mon G3owner!

This thread must never die! LOL!

[D3StRoY]

Yeah i'm also waiting :D

[G3owner]

Wow, I just saw that I got it. Wait, I'll be back in maximum about 20 minutes from now....

[G3owner]

Ok, Here you go. This time the joy is on my side...

Bamce

[BearLeeAlive]

A round hole in sumpin', maybe some kinda tool?

[G3owner]

A round hole in sumpin', maybe some kinda tool?

Kind of, but not really...

[G3owner]

Sorry, but I'll have to leave the computer for tonight...

I'll be back with the solution (or some larger pics if you haven't made a correct guess until then...) in about 9 hrs....

Good night!

Bamce

[Qtrmeg]

Ha, looked like a round hole in sumptin to me, but what do I know.

One fair guess. It is computer style black plastic with a tiny hole in it. While the part looks tapered in two dimensions it also looks like part of a larger unit. Difficult to say if the hole is functional, yet most likely it is in a way, if so some speaker or mike deal.

[jr#8]

part of a PC that the lock goes thru

[BearLeeAlive]

part of a PC that the lock goes thru
LOL......Never heard of such a thing, are there PC's you put a padlock on or you just yankin' our chain?

[Qtrmeg]

Ha, you watch, it will end up being a part of a Mazda. ;-)

[Mike Bell]

A computer games joystick?

[BearLeeAlive]

Maybe it is a hole for a lanyard ring.

[MagentaJoe]

The eye socket of a plastic fish, perhaps?

[the_boy]

a knife and if i'm right someone else post

[3Turner]

a trigger on either a 1) gun or on a

2) logitech Wingman joystick.

[jr#8]

.....Never heard of such a thing, are there PC's you put a padlock on or you just yankin' our chain? Both my Dells have locking rings. So you can lock it up and nobody can steal anything from the inside. Theres no screws holding the case closed. Theres just a big button you push and the case plits on a hinge.

[BearLeeAlive]

Both my Dells have locking rings. So you can lock it up and nobody can steal anything from the inside. Theres no screws holding the case closed. Theres just a big button you push and the case plits on a hinge.

Laughing my fool head off. Just looked at the back of all our computers, and lo and behold, a place to lock each one up. I don't know how many times I have been inside, cleaning or installing components and never notice until now. Just goes to show that you are never too old to learn............:D

[G3owner]

A computer games joystick?

The virtual prize goes to Mike and 3turner. Excellent guesses! I think it's 3turner who is up now, as his guess was closest :D

It's a Logitech Wingman Extreme trigger....

Bamce

[3Turner]

All right...here is my first picture. Sorry if it is too soft, but I think it may be easy for a historian or enthusiast. The reflection in the black is the environment you would find this at. This is not a house hold item.

[3Turner]

Best I could do on short notice. I am on the way to work and will attempt to monitor from there.