I was actually taking pictures of something else entirely when I saw this photo opportunity and grabbed it. Rather lovely, isn’t it? But what is it?
I hope it’s OK using Macro Monday to pose these little challenges, because I’m really enjoying it, and it seems that quite a lot of you are, too! I guess as long as I include a macro picture and a link, I’m within the rules, right?
Let’s start guessing.
Could it be a planet? Unlikely, since I took this picture myself. And it is an actual object in my immediate environment, not an illustration in a book or anything tricksy like that. And again, this is exactly what it looks like, close up.
Animal, vegetable or mineral? You’re on your own there. No more clues – I’ve already told you it’s not a planet. What more do you want?
So. Off you go, folks! Give it your best shot. To me it looks easy, but then, I have the advantage of knowing what it is!
The answer is in the comments as usual, but for those of you who don’t want to wade through my answers to everyone, take a look at this.
How about the sweat on a glass?
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It is glass and has moisture condensing (or melting). The background is pebbly and looks like a hard surface. I’m going to say it’s an outdoor light with condensate or melt on the glass globe.
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I think it’s a water droplet…
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Well, I agree with John to a point. I think it is a glass bowl upside down on a towel with condensation on the inside surface.
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Who knows? It’s got great texture though. nice pic.
Ah light bulb! With perspiration!
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My guess is the same as Trish and John.Most probably you just finished your drink?
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Yes – I’m thinking on the same track. Is it a glass, drying upside-down on the countertop?
Great capture, whatever it is!
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A glass bowl with moisture on a kitchen counter.
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Oh Jay, I’m so useless at this sort of thing…(sob)!
Half a Christmas tree ball? Blob of cream from a cappucino?
Actually, I think some of the others have it right – an upturned wet glass bowl(?!)
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I have to agree with everyone else and go with a glass with moisture on the sides. It made a beautiful photo. You’re vry creative.
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I don’t mind this game at all. In fact I think it’s quite fun. However, I haven’t a clue what this one is. I’m going to go with Dimple’s guess or something like that.
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I think it’s totally fine!
I like guessing too, even if I’m too late, lol.
Well, it looks like a glass ball, but maybe just a glass?
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Looks like a sweating glass on a granite countertop. Looking at it without trying to figure out what it really is, I see magic crystal ball.
Nice shot not matter what it is!
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Wonderful it may be a glass lid
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As all the others my guess is some kind of glass
In the kitched, doing the dishes?
I’m with the majority, it’s some kind of glass on a counter top. It looks great, no matter what.
glass jar lid is my guess – lovely for sure sandy
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I ran out of ideas, lol !
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This I believe is a glass globe placed outdoors (looks like condense on the inside and melted water on the outside) and the black blur in the background I believe is asphalt.
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I think it is a shot from above a clear glass of something carbonated, like 7Up or even champagne…with condensation on the sides and sitting on possibly a granite counter top.
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I am going to guess a Door Knob? My guess is that is the doorknob on the outside of your house?
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Oh I thought it’s the blue moon last Dec 31 hehe. So really well taken. Thanks for sharing!
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The shape of the glass bowl reminded me of the “bloodsucker” glass jars they used in medieval days to put on your skin to draw blood. I’m sure it’s something else.
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Once again you have me scratching my head, trying to figure it out. It does look like water condensation on glass, but I’m not sure about the blue. It almost looks like the inside of an oven, or a pan. Maybe the oven light, but I don’t know why it would have water on it. Nice photo regardless!
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A very interesting photo, it reminds me a bit of an experiment I was doing a few days ago with a water drop on fabric. It looks like a cold glass of water with a melting ice cube sitting on a granite counter top to me. But then I know how macros can be deceiving sometimes. Great macro.
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Bottom of a milk bottle?
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I think it’s an outdoor light globe that has condensation inside, or (copying Liz) a milk bottle that has been washed out and left out on the step for the milk man.
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It’s glass, it’s upside down and it has condensation in it.
Could be a milk bottle on it’s side taken from the bottom, or a jar upside down draining.
Is it a jar turned upside down over a plant or seedling to protect it from the cold weather?
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I’ll go with the majority.
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A Christams bauble???
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1. Top Cop
2. Bug Rug
3. Roach Coach
4. Mare Stare
5. House Spouse
6. Cell Smell
7. Smart Heart
8. Clam Jam
9. Lead Sled
10. Pig Jig
here are the answers to the rhymers you played. I thouught #5 house mate was house mouse hahhah
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Looks like a water droplet.
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The bottom of a glass water pitcher after being removed from the icebox, or just out of a dishwasher sitting on a towel.
Hummm….might also be a light ‘globe’. You got me…no clue.
Condensation on a clear glass object? Really no clue but great photo!
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Oh, I’m not especially good at these, but I’ll try, as your photo is so artistic.
It looks to be not a full sphere, but perhaps a round clear plastic or glass lid to something. It seems to have an indentation on its rounded surface, so I’m thinking that might be where a straw or something else might go.
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One of those plastic spheres one uses to put detergents in laundry machines after washing?
Is this game addicting!
*sneezes*
Is it a bowl which has come in from the cold; there is condensation, isn’t there? Or is that Syd’s bowl on a piece of carpet! Hmmmmm…
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Is it a grapefruit seen through a wet glass bowl? I’ve no idea how you may have come across such a picture, but that’s my guess!
I thought it was a fishbowl on a granite countertop.
Lovin’ Macro Monday,
Cameo @–>–>—
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EVERYONE – Thank you all for being such good sports and playing along. I hope you enjoyed trying to solve the challenge as much as I enjoyed setting it!
I’ve added the answer to the bottom of the post, so if you can either go back and click the link, or you can scroll down, because I’m adding it to the bottom of my answers to you all.
Thanks for playing! See you next time.
Trish – You is smart! Yes, it’s condensation on glass, but what sort of glass? Not a drinking glass..
John McDevitt – Not a bad guess at all! Yes, it’s condensation on glass, but not an outdoor light. Pretty good though!
January – Nope, not a water droplet, though there is some water in there!
Dimple – Again, not a bad guess, and partly right!
Teresa – Gardening With Soule – Thanks! I’m glad you liked it!
Paul Wynne – Nope, not a light bulb, either!
Jama – Well, it is moisture on glass! But not that kind of glass.
Toby – Thanks! But no, not a drinking glass.
Kama – No, not a glass bowl! Nearly, but no.
Geri – Hahaha!! Blob of cream! LOL! No, and not a glass bowl either!
Leeuna – How kind you are! Thank you!
And you are at least partially right, because it is glass, and there is moisture on it. Well done!
Colleen – Thanks! Dimple and you are both nearly right! It’s glass. Not a bowl though!
LisasChaos – I’m so glad you approve! And with your guess of a glass ball you’re close – so close! But no. LOL!
Kaytabug – Oooh, the closest yet, I do believe! Yes, it’s a granite (well, okay, Corian) countertop, and it is sweating glass. Great guess!
Ingalill – No, not a lid. Not a bad guess though!
Christina, Sweden and Maia – You’re both nearly right! Glass on a countertop in the kitchen – all right. You just haven’t guessed what!
Sandy – It’s glass, but not a lid!
Gattina – Thanks! Sorry you had no clue. Scroll down – the answer will be there in a minute!
Maria – Now that’s an interesting guess! Yes, it’s glass, and yes, there’s condensate on it … but no, it’s not asphalt.
CarolynUSA – Well, it’s certainly a Corian countertop, which is nearly granite! And there’s condensation, but no carbonated drink!
Meleah – Oooh, good one! But no. LOL! Not a door knob, although I kind of wish I had glass doorknobs.
Kim – Blue moon? Now that would have been something! LOL!
Jientje – Bloodsucker jars .. now why didn’t I think of that? Sadly, I don’t have any, so no, it’s not that!
Villager – Another great, and creative, guess! It does look like the inside of the oven, doesn’t it? But it’s not! Tis glass though.
Squirrel Queen – A glass with an ice cube in it, on a granite worktop. Hmm. Good one!! And I can see the ‘ice cube’ now, too – even though there isn’t one!
Liz – Nope, not the bottom of a milk bottle, either. We don’t have those anymore. It’s a pity, because I’m sure that would have made a great macro!
Babs – No, neither of the above. That’s two for the outdoor light globe, though!
Granny Grimble – All excellent thoughts, but all wrong! It is glass, though!
EthelMaePotter – Then, like the majority, you’re partly right! LOL!
Gena – A Christmas bauble? Actually, I did take some pictures of those, but no, this isn’t one of them!
Sandy – Thanks for the answers! Like everyone here, then, I was partly right! LOL!
Walter – No, not a water droplet, though I can see that it might look like one!
Sistertex – Not a bad guess – but no. Although something just out of the dishwasher or the freezer might look a lot like this!
Michelle – Yes, it is condensation on a glass object! Right so far, now what’s the glass object?
Jenn of Many Cabbages – Very creative guess! I can see where you think there’s an indentation, but actually there isn’t one! It’s quite smooth.
Teresa – Interesting guess, but no! I don’t even have one of those.
Petra Michelle – Condensation for sure .. not Sid’s bowl though! And not carpet, either.
Strawberry Jam Anne – I’ve got no idea how I’d get a picture of a half a grapefruit through a glass bowl, either! Hmm. Maybe I’ll try that sometime! Sorry, but you’re wrong. It is glass though!
CameoRoze – Not a fishbowl, but it is glass, and it is a granite (Corian, next best thing) counter!
AND THE ANSWER IS: A rather lovely glass vinegar bottle which I’ve had for years. When I took it down from the shelf, it was dusty, and contained a little bit of vinegar in the bottom. The shelf is above the cooker, so yes, the glass had ‘sweated’ – there was condensation from the moisture in the vinegar on the inside of it.
The counter top is Corian, not granite, but very well done to those who guessed sweating glass, condensate or granite. I think you can all consider yourself winners!
Thanks for playing – I had fun, and I hope you did too!
Ah! I had guessed it was glass but didn’t know what until I got to the end of the comments and found the answer! Great shot and the game was fun.
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I NEVER would have guessed the correct answer! Good one!
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Sunnymama – Well done on the glass, at least! I’m glad you enjoyed the game.
EG Wow – It was quite a tough one, wasn’t it? Wait till you see what I have for you next week!
that was tough!