Nothing like circles and shadows
Answer revealed, scroll down comments for answer. Most creative answer: Bubs is back: Indian kalai porul made out of waste material on Doordarshan programmes like Manaimaatchi.My favorite theme, I suppose.
Identify. I'm looking for a very specific answer, and will not reveal the final answer or award points till that specific answer is given. As with previous posts, the subject is commonly known.
3 guesses / person / day.
Hint: The small black dots and black lines are holes.
posted by lenscrafter at 10:27 PM
47 Comments:
1. Tip of a ball point pen
2. Tip of a thumbtack (or something in that family of friendly-looking devils)
3. A worn-out needle of a safety pin
(But this pic looks very symmetric, which makes me think guess #1 has the best shot!)
1. Space shuttle
2. Dial of a clock/Sundial
A bottom-up view of the Qutab minar (or some such monument) from within.
Top view of a wine-glass?
A wide range of guesses as always, keep up the great work folks ! Remember, I'm not giving any hints on this one till a specific answer is reached.
And as before, the picture is digitally altered, but aspect ratios are preserved.
Top view of a hand-woven cane basket?
A close-up view of the clicking mechanism at the rear end of a ball-point pen.
view of a capitol dome from inside
top view of a mushroom
Probably something functional... like a stylus, a probe or a reader...
1. tip of a plotter (the kind of machine that polygraphs and all that)
2. an OCR/barcode reader tip maybe - but why would it need perforations...
A dirty car radial?
A old greedam (whats it called in English?)
It is something that is old and used. The double lines are worn out into a single line at many places. It is also very strange that the worn out line is always to the left on one side (while moving outwards from the center) and always to the right on the right side of the picture.
One possible explanation is a consistent flow of wind/water in one direction (from below in the picture).
...creating consistent wear in one direction.
1. Top view of a Vietnamese bamboo hat, the type that farmers wear.
2. A beach umbrella of sorts, made out of bamboo
>balaks: good guesses, don't read too much into the worn out lines. it's more to do with the angle of the shot and lightning than the object itself.
>muddian: good guesses on cane bamboo themes, but nope.
>sisyphus/muddian: internals of a pen .. hmm haven't quite checked that out, so i can't relate, but nope.
>senti, manoj, arun, archana: good guesses, but nope.
there is enough detail in the image to solve it. detail is the key word.
vand, bubs, where r u ??
The structure does not look very rigid (notice that the outside circular structure is wrinkled a lot). The inner circle however seems rigid. Makes me think this structure is made of paper or cloth and has a wood or steel frame.
Things I can think of --
1. Umbrella
2. Tent (a circular one)
3. Pullayar chathurthi kudai.
I guess three guesses over for the day.
An alternate observation:
It looks like the inside of a thin long cylindrical structure. The lighting suggests the picture should be taken from the top right corner creating a bright spot (due to flash) in the bottom left and deep shadow in the extreme inner part of the cylinder.
I am not giving any guesses though since my three are over.
Sorry guys, the previous post was mine.
Tip of an audio plug as seen from inside the jack.
Wow, so many guesses in this new one, was out of station for the year-end vacation.
My first guess is going to be very normal, it is the pic of the inside of a dome from the bottom, possibly that of Capitol Hill in DC.
From your pbase gallery, I see you have visited DC and have taken pics of Capitol Hill, so wanted to give this guess a try :)
Arni, Just wanted to confirm one thing, are these pics (particularly this one) taken by you?
>vand: yes, all pictures except the jellyfish were shot by me.
>balaks: did you mean crown by kreedam ?
>manoj: drop of water .. i suppose it could be made to look like this, but for a view of that, check out: my macros
Hey lens, i yam back-u!
My first guess
Is it a japanese Lampshade?
please to combine all the other guesses and kinda update it every two days so that we dont waste our precious 3 guesses / day by repeating the old ones
HAPPY 2006! Have a great new year
>bubs: ok good suggestion, will see how it works ..
Is it a kathakali dress
(enna konjam less colourful-a irukku? may be a kathakali dress for a biblical story- adudan latest-aam)
or
a Manipuri dancer's skirt
Is it some part of a snail?
arnie, pudu varusha resolution enna? Easy -a pictures podanumnu daane?
Some african kalai-porul or
One of those Indian kalai poruls made out of waste material on Doordarshan programmes like Manaimaatchi which you bought at CP arts centre during your last visit to Chennai.
Single tea glass
Changu chakkaram
Drunk photographer trying to photograph the Colosseum
>Bubs: u're back with a bang ! manaimaatchi is a distant memory ... but the mere mention of it brought a smile to my face.
guesses have been updated.
Eyes?
Is it the small paper kudai that they give with an 5 rooba juice at 5 star hotels? (they charge 150 rooba for a juice, so i assume this kudai is very expensive- 145 rooba)
A Table fan?
Speaker / sub-woofer.
TOP (BAMBARAM)
UFO
old switch
Some fancy showerhead?
Its a wheel of a chariot
Part of a water filter (or any filtering device)
6 days is too long. I'm quite bored with all of your guesses (and mine). The answer - because of the number and variety of guesses so far - runs the risk of sounding terribly anti-climactic.
However, here are my guesses for the day...
1. Nipple of a full metal jacket
2. The pin end of an air-pump
3. One of those atomizer kind of tips used in these modern syringes
Correct answer: exhaust of a turbojet engine from a fighter aircraft.
once you post the answer can you also modify the original post to show the zoomed out / untouched image so that we can see how the final one was arrived at?
Please give me one satyaam on this new year...
.. that never again will you put such karutthaazham mikkka (meaning terila nna fone pannu, solaren) fotos on your blog....
... engayo poitta,but wasnt my 'manaimaatchi' guess fairly close?
..unakkum kamalhassan ukkum neraya similarity
.. avan edukkara cinema-padam puriyaadu.. nee edukkara pugai-padam puriyaadu
...seri adutha padattha podu
>muddian: i didn't want to reveal the answer in the front itself for people new to the blog. if there is a way to attach images in the comments, i can upload the originals
>bubs: the point is to challenge your thinking, so if i post a slam dunk image, it's no fun. nevertheless, it got me thinking into doing something different. will post soon.
Actually your comment "the subject is commonly known" got me into thinking it is an object one comes across every once in a while, if not everyday...maybe your definition of commonly known is different :)
(not sure if bubby had a similar comment).
I get it!
It's the strainer on the sink. Whatever it's called....yes?
Reposting the correct answer: exhaust of a turbojet engine from a fighter aircraft. I'd like to post the original, but only in the comments section, since the main page will reveal the answer before newcomers even have a chance to look at the puzzle.
Exhaust of a turbojet engine. Yes, now THAT is a very commonplace, everyday item.
Yes...everyday when I tilt my Bajaj Chetak fighter aircraft...I check the exhaust of the turbojet enjine! ;)
@ammani: a garbage dispoal...I would have thought the same.
>ammani, anu: u guys are putting words into my mouth. i did not say it is a commonplace item. i said it is commonly known. fighter aircraft are commonly known.
its a shuttle-cock!!
-pavithra
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