It’s Macro Monday again, and I have another puzzle for you. Some of you will recognise it instantly, others may not. It’s a very common item in most households, and I only photographed it today because one of my Christmas gifts was a nice new macro lens for my bridge camera, and I wanted to see what it could do.
It’ll take a little getting used to. I need to work out how best to light things, for instance, because I left it far too late today and the light outside was gone, so all I had was ordinary indoor lighting plus the ‘daylight’ flourescent anglepoise which I use for my jewellery making.
This is probably far too easy, but take a guess. What is it?
Check back tomorrow for the answer – I’ll put it in the comments.
Wow – I think you stumped me! It looks like material, so I am thinking maybe a pot holder or towel. Nice photo regardless, and I’ll bet you enjoy the new macro lens.
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Hmm….maybe its a table cloth? I have NO IDEA!
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I’m so hopeless at these things. Exciting about the lens though. I got a 50mm for my birthday and really haven’t ’stretched’ it yet so maybe I’ll go a macroing if the rain holds off. All I can think of at the moment is a ’tile’ of some sort or a trivet. I’ll be back you big tease!
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I can’t guess what it is…but a great macro it is!
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Love the photo! I think it’s toilet paper or a paper towel. Am I right?!
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I’m inclined to agree with Colleen. Very well done. Your lighting worked out quite well.
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I’m not sure what it is but I like the pattern of it.
Aren’t macro lens fun!!
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Great photo! Looks like the back side of those disposable cleaning cloths. Can’t wait to find out!
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I agree with Colleen, too. One of those, or perhaps a napkin. Nice shot, keep it up!
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A ceramic tile perhaps?
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Napkin?
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For some reason I immediately thought of a biscuit. Just a simple biscuit! I am right aren’t I? I know I’m right, I have to be right. I want a biscuit now… I’ll stop right here!
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To me it looks like a pot holder !
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Villager – Hmm.. it is kind of material, so good guess!!
I do love to take pictures of tiny things, so yes, I will enjoy the lens!
Meleah – Cloth again – pretty good! Close …
Baino – No, not a tile, though it is a kind of tile pattern, isn’t it?
I love macro lenses. But I just looked up how much it would cost to add a ring flash and I’m still picking myself up from the floor!! Yikes!
Birgitta – Thank you!
Colleen – Excellent guess – see the answer further down the list!
John McDevitt – Thank you! I had a little vignetting, but I cheated and cropped it out.
Dew Drops – Yes, they certainly are fun! I love macro.
Lynda – Cleaning cloth? Close! Very close!
Dimple and Mere – Napkin .. another great guess!
Jama – Definitely a tile pattern, isn’t it? But no, not a tile!
Mara – Oh, how I wish it were a biscuit! I’d eat it for sure. All that crisp icing. Yum! But no, not a biscuit! LOL!
Mara – Another great guess, but no, not a pot-holder either!
AND THE ANSWER IS … – Don’t look if you’re still guessing -
It’s a piece of paper kitchen towel, the heavy kind which is sold more for cleaning and mopping up than for food use. I loved the embossed pattern on it, which is faintly coloured with blue, and I thought it might come out rather well as a macro. When it turned out to be such a nice close-up and ‘flat’ looking (rather than rounded as it is on the roll) I thought it also might make a fun puzzle!
So, Colleen (and all those who agreed with her) you were right! Well done! And thank you all for playing.
I thought a ceramic tile paper huh?/
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I did not buy a car but I did go shopping and got a wonderful plush blanket and cards for next year
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Well unfortunately I looked at the answer before guessing – I was leaning toward a ceramic tile but the fact that you can see the blue through the white suggested something papery. Nice photograph – looks like you got a good lens for Christmas!
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Very clever! The paper towel is WAY too pretty to actually use.
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Very cool macro. We got daughter a nice camera for Christmas and she has two lenses so far; but macro lenses are expensive so perhaps for her birthday…
Awesome shot Jay!
It’s a paper towel? I love how everything is in focus! Makes me think of snowflakes.
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Great macro. It does look like some mosaic tile work than a paper towel. Have fun with your new lens.
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Nope – have looked everywhere and don’t appear to have one of these in my house. *Gulp*… hope that doesn’t mean I’m uncivilized or something worse. It’s not a drain cover is it? I’ve got one of those(!) – just not as attractive.
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Sandy – Aah, cards for next year! I usually do that, but I haven’t been into town yet!
Dave – Thanks! Yes, I think I did!
EG Wow – You might think so, but when there’s a spill you don’t look at the pattern!
Maureen – Yes, macro lenses are pricey, but you should also check out the cost of the ring flash they need if you want to light something properly. Yikes!
LIsa’s Chaos – Yep, a paper towel! Isn’t life in close-up fun? Thank you! It’s always hard to get a full width object in proper focus, isn’t it?
Marvin – That’s what I liked about the subject. It reminded me of tiles, fabric, wallpaper, all kinds of things, and yet it’s so much tinier than most.
Geri – Hahaha! You are funny! You mean you really don’t have any kitchen towel in your house? LOL! It IS like a drain cover, too, isn’t it!! I hadn’t even thought of that.
Ah in that case I can be forgiven. I don’t use paper towels so wouldn’t have a clue what their patterns look like up close. Nice one!
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I instantly guessed paper towel but when I read the toilet paper and napkin guesses, I lost my confidence and decided they were right and I was wrong. I do this all the time. I’m way too suggestible when it comes to these puzzles. Your lens looks like a winner.
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Baino – I don’t know how you manage without it, but of course we all did, not so long ago! I try to buy recycled, but OH won’t have it. He wants the good stuff, so I leave him to choose these days.
Dutchbaby – You should have more faith in yourself! LOL! Well done for guessing correctly, anyway.