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Contest Results: "What is it?"

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Ended 02/09/12 2:15 AM GMT
Winner: nanadoo (See the full results)

1st place
Fire and Ice by nanadoo

zunazet: Congrats on a well deserved first place in the contest.

solita17: Congratz on placing first with this fascinating image... it is magical!
mary

Logun7: Congratulations!!!

luckyshot: Rita - A very cool capture - kudos! Thad

krt: A stunning shot and a worthy winner. Well done!

nanadoo received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

2nd place
Hmmm - What is it? by luckyshot

marcaribe: Congratulations Thad! This blue and yellow swirling beauty is a real winner in the photo contest

Eubeen: This is a closeup of that glass ornament given to you by your in-laws when you first got married. You only put it on display when they come for a visit, otherwise it sits in the hall closet collecting dust. Great looking colours and shapes in the image, Thad. Best of luck in the contest.

luckyshot received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

3rd place
Oh, What IS It? by cynlee

krt: Lovely shot Cindy and congratulations on gaining 3rd place! Now... whatever is it they're looking at?!?

nanadoo: I LOVE this!!!! What a great capture! I love your work.....it is always so inspiring!

icedancer: Large snake, can't wait to see what it really is

4th place
In&Out by zunazet

Nikoneer: I know what this is but I'll send my answer to you in a PM so as to not give it away to anyone else viewing it (but it's a *a** *****). And Chris is right about the diagonals; they enhance the image and also help disguise what it is. Good luck in the contest.

-Nik

5th place
What is it? by krt

J_E_F: Cynlee was the closest then. Good result from a fascinating image.

Nikoneer: Those non-symmetrical oblong shapes with the lighter colored edges must be the open ends of the more flat, light- to medium-blue shapes, so that means those shapes are hollow. Some are open, some are not. There appears to be a gelatinous surface inside the open ones, and they have what look like spores on the outside. I think they may be organic and possibly aquatic. I used to be a scuba diver and remember seeing underwater plants, sponges, even some corals that look a lot like this. As for the bright yellow, orange, and green irregularly rounded shapes... molds or egg sacs? I've been doing pretty well with figuring out many of the submissions for this contest but I'm really not sure about this one. I give a 9 for color and a 7 for suggested creepiness. It would make an interesting screen but I can't dance to it. What? You never watched American Bandstand back in the 50s and 60s?

Then again, it's possible it's a sculpture. While most of it is organic in shape (but not really color, unless this is a lost episode of "Star Trek"), just below the main cluster of yellow and orange globules there is a flat dark gray area running about half-way across the photo, plus another 5 or so small spots of the same flat gray material scattered about, almost like a base that all these shapes were attached to. There's also two square-edged light shapes below that same cluster that are definitely not globular in character. In fact they look a little bit like pieces of double-sided tape. Hmmmmm.

But... again, then again... it could be the inside of the head of one of brothers-in law. I've always had my suspicions about the way he thinks.

Ah well, you've promised to tell us so we'll just have to wait. Good luck in the contest.

-Nik