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Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-11-2007 04:53

Two years ago Emps did a POW called WTF?? (a lot of the links are dead, unfortunately, but all my photos are still online). The basic idea was to post closeup photos of ordinary objects and see if people could guess what they were. I had a lot of fun that week, and I thought I would resurrect the idea for this week's POW.

So get out there with your cameras and use your imagination! For the general rules and other info, see the FAQ:

POW (Photo of the Week}

I'll try to post some images later today or tomorrow to get things rolling.

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-11-2007 11:14

OK, here's one image to get things rolling...



It's always hard to tell which ones are going to be easy and which ones are going to be difficult. My first thought is that this will be easy. I suppose we'll see.

Anyway, this is the sort of thing we're looking for this week.

And here's another one, just for the heck of it. This one is a lot more difficult.



(Edited by Suho1004 on 05-11-2007 11:28)

mas
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From: the space between us
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posted posted 05-11-2007 11:31

mhmmmmmmmmmm....

1.peas

and a

2. pullover?

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-11-2007 13:12

No and no. I wish I could say you were close, but...

I hope to see some entries from others, too. We had some fun with this last time.

Blaise
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: London
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted posted 05-11-2007 14:49

Is the first one a carpet?

The second certainly looks like a garment of some sort. But maybe they are little spikes instead? Like velcro or perhaps the nylon strap to a rucksack?

DL-44
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From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 05-11-2007 14:54

The first one looks like some sort of aquarium gravel to me...

Second one looks like it must be some sort of knit fabric, but...

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-11-2007 15:13

Wow. OK, the first one is proving harder than I thought it would be. It is neither a carpet nor aquarium gravel.

The second one isn't really fair in that it's probably impossible to figure out what it is just by looking at it. It is indeed some sort of knit fabric, though. I'll take any answer that gets even close for this one.

reisio
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From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 05-11-2007 15:16

1. sprouts? wasabi-covered peas?
2. chainmail

White Hawk
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From: zero divided.
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posted posted 05-11-2007 15:56

Compelling...

The first piccie... um... dense, green pods/buds... I'm sure I've seen this growing somewhere. A dense-flowering plant of some sort?

If the second is definitely not a knit/weave of some kind then.... how about carpet (or a carpet tile)?

EDIT: Okay, so it is some sort of knit. I was slow to type my post... :P

Looks like artificial fibre rather than wool (refractive like polyester/nylon)... this is going to bother me all weekend - and not having internet at home thanks to the builders next door being about as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, I'm going to have to wait till next week before I can come back for an answer. *sigh*

(Edited by White Hawk on 05-11-2007 15:59)

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-12-2007 04:27

You guys are on the right track with vegetation for the first photo, with White Hawk getting the closest. As to whether or not yu've seen it growing somewhere, I can't say for sure, but I can say with certainty that you know what it is.

In fact, White Hawk is right about the second photo as well. It is an artificial fiber (although, to be honest, I have no idea of the exact composition).

And, uh, let's remember that this isn't the Suho Show here. I wanna see some pics that I can guess!

JKMabry
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From: raht cheah
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posted posted 05-12-2007 05:53

you're trolling for nose hairs

you don't fool me

DL-44
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From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 05-12-2007 12:50

broccoli...?

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-12-2007 15:03

DL: Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner, folks! The first photo is indeed broccoli. Pretty neat, huh? I never knew what broccoli looked like up close until I took this photo. Fascinating stuff.

True story: when I was typing my previous reply in this thread, the wife walked into the room. I scrolled up and asked her if she could tell what the first photo was, and without a moment's hesitation she said, "broccoli." Period, no question mark. My jaw hit the floor.

But she couldn't guess the second photo, even when I told her she could see the object from where she was standing.

JK: I'll take other parts of the anatomy as well. Doesn't have to be nose hairs.

lan
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From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-14-2007 13:32



(Edited by lan on 05-14-2007 13:33)

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-14-2007 15:17

Woohoo! Something for me to guess!

...and I just remembered that I suck at the actual guessing part.

Hmm. Whatever it is, it is fairly symmetrical, at least in the little bit we can see. My first thought is a flower, but if this is a closeup that's probably not it.

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-14-2007 15:33

Maaan... I hate you

(Edited by lan on 05-14-2007 15:38)

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-14-2007 16:13

I can't go down so easily



(Edited by lan on 05-14-2007 16:14)

DL-44
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From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 05-14-2007 19:22

A flower was my first guess as well, but that is definitely *not* the part of the flower I had in mind Looks a lot like an upside down tulip...

No clue on the 2nd one....unless it's also a flower

cyoung
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Home
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 05-15-2007 02:55

Long time no see. I have one that fits the bill..

linkage

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-15-2007 05:42

Aaahaa... I reckon I remember this one, cy, but it's safe with me... for the time being

Remember the face!

(Edited by lan on 05-15-2007 05:42)

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-15-2007 16:17

Ian: Sorry 'bout that. I had no idea I was actually going to be right! Like DL, though, it wasn't the part of the flower I had in mind.

cyoung: I remember that one, too... so I'll keep silent as well.

hyperbole
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From: Madison, Indiana
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 05-15-2007 19:11

cyoung:

Looks like Coke spilled on the hood of a 1964 Dodge Charger.

cyoung
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Home
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 05-15-2007 19:58

Urgh.. didn't think I had shown that one here. Sorry bout that.

hyperbole- no cars or coke I'm afraid. But if you'll provide that 64 Charger I'll make good use of it.

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-16-2007 08:37

"Uh, uh, uh... No peeking"

Click the link if ya give up... We'll be watchin' from the North Tower for peekers



(Edited by lan on 05-16-2007 08:40)

Blaise
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: London
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted posted 05-16-2007 10:42

It's Elmo isn't it?

[edit]ah... I see what you did there with the link and all...[/url]

(Edited by Blaise on 05-16-2007 10:43)

White Hawk
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From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 05-16-2007 12:35

I could kick myself. I typed broccoli more than once before changing my mind again...

Oooh! More! I'll be back...

Tao
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From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 05-17-2007 04:51

Great stuff, I would never have guessed broccoli for your first one Suho. The second one is perhaps them dangly tassels that sometime hang from the edges of cushions or curtains or even lamps I seem to remember. Or perhaps a curtain door divide?
I did guess your flower too Ian, though not too sure of the type, it looks a bit like an Iris. I had to peek on the second.

Let's see if you manage to use the force on these two


lan
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From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-17-2007 09:23

Tao, you wouldn't try a sucker us with another flower.... would you

The second looks suspiciously like a pigs umm... weeeell... rhymes with umm

Tao
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From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 05-17-2007 13:48

Nice one Ian, although it's not strictly another flower to be precise Shall I let another clue slip? I think I shall, we like clues. The first photo is not a macro shot and is seasonal.
The second photo is a well known creature (well done) but not a pigs posterior
Clue #2 You might try looking at it from a different angle.

I'm off on a little walkabout for a while tomorrow so I'll probably link up the solutions later on tonight.

kimson
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From: Royal Horsing Ground
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posted posted 05-17-2007 13:53

Is the first one a field?
The second one looks like human hair to me....

White Hawk
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From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 05-17-2007 14:16

The first looks like a field of Oilseed Rape - an increasingly abundant sight here in England - but then it couldn't be a close-up, surely?

The second... I'd guess a long-haired rat (or similar rodent) or rabbit (are they ears at the bottom of the piccie)? Maybe even a terrier? Something tells me it's not a cat... but what I think are ears could be a cat's shoulders/hips??

Blast you for starting this, Suho!! :P lol (Still trying to guess your second one)

(Edited by White Hawk on 05-17-2007 14:26)

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-17-2007 14:45

Oh, oh... is the second one a dog... from the front, showing the bottom of his chest and the start of his paws

Tao
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From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 05-17-2007 17:17

Badda bing badda boom! I'm enjoying this I must say.
I was "down south" for a week or two not so long ago visiting my sister in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Saw quite a few fields of Oilseed Rape which I believe are starting to used for an alternative fuel source. Beautiful countryside there, I'm just going through the photos I took there which I'll share with y'all when I'm through.

Clicky McClick-Click


The second one, well, you got it right with your first guess White Hawk. Introducing Missie, my friends long haired Persian. This is her in a good mood.



So, no nose hair then?

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-18-2007 01:13

"Wow. OK, the first one is proving harder than I thought it would be"

"And here's another one, just for the heck of it. This one is a lot more difficult."

No sh*t, Sherlock

C'mon man... help us out here

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-18-2007 04:57

Beautiful shots, Tao. Too bad I wasn't around to guess. Rape flowers was the first thing that popped into my head as well... we've got a lot of them in Korea.

quote:

lan said:

C'mon man... help us out here



Sorry, I haven't been home for the past few days.

My first shot was guessed correctly by DL, but I think everyone has given up on the second one. And rightly so--I never would have guessed it myself.

The answer to my second photo

If it doesn't look anything like the closeup, remember that this was an extreme closeup.

And since we don't seem to have any photos that haven't been guessed, here are two more.

This first one shouldn't be too hard, I don't think:



This second one might be a bit more challenging:



I think I'll let this go for a few more days...

[Edit: Whoops. Screwed up my tags]

(Edited by Suho1004 on 05-18-2007 04:58)

White Hawk
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posted posted 05-18-2007 18:07

Wow - all along I was thinking it was a heavier fabric... neat!
___

New pics:

The first is a keyboard, I'll wager.

Second is obviously um... uh... ARGH!

I'm going to make a guess that it isn't fibres, but striated and folded plastic/rubber, like the pleated material on expandable (laptop) bags or whatnot.

Darn it, I'm going to get my own back on you, Suho! *starts trawling through photos*

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-19-2007 00:24

Duno WH, ya gave me a clue with the keyboard. Don't ask me to explain the lateral thinking... but I reckon it's a stack of plastic chairs, Mr Suho

As for the second... hmmm->1000->mmm... is it curtain pleats

Suho1004
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From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-19-2007 04:02
quote:

White Hawk said:

Wow - all along I was thinking it was a heavier fabric... neat!



It is amazing how different things look up close.

The first one is indeed a keyboard--what you see in that photo are the corners of the 1, 2, 4, and 5 keys on the number pad.

The second photo is neither the pleated material on expandable laptop bags (or anything like it) nor curtain pleats. Good guesses, but quite a way off.

quote:

White Hawk said:

Darn it, I'm going to get my own back on you, Suho! *starts trawling through photos*



That's the spirit!

lan
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darwin, NT, Australia
Insane since: Dec 2003

posted posted 05-19-2007 05:56

Damn

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 05-19-2007 14:07

Mobile testing

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