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Challenge #45 in the Language Of Light series. Hosted by Deleted pending purge.

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Let's make this one a bit different. Take a photo of something unusual, or something usual in an unusual way, but take care to present your object clearly! Then go see what the other Entrants' images might be, and write your guess in the Comment field below their image. At the end of Voting phase, each Entrant should explain their image, and we'll see who managed to guess correctly what their image shows. More about it - in the Rules!

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Announced:

Thursday, 1st November, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 8th November, 2012 – Wednesday, 14th November, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 15th November, 2012 – Wednesday, 21st November, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Digitally taken photos with full EXIF only.
Longer side of the photo MUST NOT be over 1600px.
Minor Post-Processing interventions are acceptable.
One-Shot photo contents only.
No Frames nor Borders.
No watermarks, no date/time nor any other identification allowed.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Observe DPR Rules on decency. Entries which may offend the viewer in any sense will be disqualified.
Your Entry MUST have a proper Title. Title MUST NOT suggest what the object may be - let it remain as mysterious as possible.
Titles containing camera codes or such (alone or anywhere within the Title) will be disqualified.
Leave your guess as to what other Entrants' objects might be in the Comment field under their entries. Don't "guess" under your own Entry! ;)
AFTER THE VOTING PHASE, all Entrants should explain their images in the Comment field, and congratulate those which have guessed right.
Sandbagging, vote soliciting or any other improper voting attempt puts the perpetrator on the Blacklist.
Entrants / Voters blacklisted and/or caught cheating in ANY DPR Challenge are NOT WELCOME in my Challenges, and will be removed on sight.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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What is it

by Phiguy

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Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Submitted:	Saturday, 10th November, 2012 03:39 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 29th March, 2011
Focal length:	17 mm
Shutter speed:	1/100 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	400
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Views:	692
Galleries:	View this photo in Phiguy's gallery

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es70

must be aluminium foil

Nov 19, 2012permalink

public_af_lobster

Reminds me of Jiffy Pop

Nov 19, 2012permalink

Jill Hancock

aluminium foil - scrunched

Nov 15, 2012permalink

ws1967

agree

Nov 16, 2012permalink

summicron

crumpled foil

Nov 12, 2012permalink

Images by Kipper

Agree

Nov 14, 2012permalink

Steve Throndson

crinkled aluminum foil - good one - thought it was ice at first

Nov 12, 2012permalink

Ann Chaikin

Aluminum foil.

Nov 12, 2012permalink

coppsj

tin foil

Nov 11, 2012permalink

Jen003

Yep, crumpled foil

Nov 11, 2012permalink

Arnie C Rose

I think it's unanimous; crumpled aluminum foil.

Nov 11, 2012permalink

Stacy Clark

Tinfoil

Nov 11, 2012permalink

rejinair

aluminium foil

Nov 10, 2012permalink

apollo56

Deflate balloon

Nov 10, 2012permalink

ifthenelse

agree Aluminum foil

Nov 10, 2012permalink

wc67

crumpled aluminum foil?

Nov 10, 2012*permalink

Wildbegonia

Agree

Nov 10, 2012permalink

gerry328

Aluminum foil.

Nov 10, 2012permalink

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