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Challenge: Puzzle Macro III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: High Macro
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Birmingham, England
Date: Dec 15, 2009
Aperture: f/45
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 25.0 seconds
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 15, 2009

 Alien Egg? Or a single black peppercorn on a piece of brushed aluminium?

Daylight and tungsten lighting gave the peppercorn a purple hue which I changed to 'alien' green.

Shot with a Raynox macro adaptor on the end of my 70-300mm (@ 300mm) - this combination offers the highest magnification from the kit I have.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 137
Avg (all users): 5.7778
Avg (commenters): 6.1724
Avg (participants): 5.7465
Avg (non-participants): 5.8082
Views since voting: 813
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 144
Comments: 35
Favorites: 0

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 12/28/2009 01:56:46 AM
A neat shot and a very clever title!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/27/2009 07:48:34 PM
A painted seed/pod?
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 12/27/2009 11:31:18 AM
A dried metallic pea lol. Love the color.
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 12/27/2009 10:50:29 AM
Peppercorn.
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 12/27/2009 04:16:42 AM
Pepper?
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 12/27/2009 02:00:26 AM
no idea, really cool
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 12/24/2009 10:32:06 PM
Peppercorn.
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 12/24/2009 11:57:09 AM
Chocolate? I forget the name of the type I'm thinking of. Probably wrong anyways
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 12/23/2009 12:12:56 AM
I have no clue what it is! the contrast is great, and the overall pic is great! 9
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 12/22/2009 07:13:20 PM
Peppercorn?
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 12/22/2009 02:39:52 PM
?, but great colors :)
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 12/22/2009 01:13:51 PM
looks like a nutshell
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 12/22/2009 06:14:32 AM
...or a peppercorn?
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 12/22/2009 12:09:21 AM
Nice detail. A dried berry (possibly a spice)?
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 12/21/2009 11:45:41 PM
Some kind of nut?
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 12/21/2009 11:14:54 PM
Cool! Like the green color! Is it a peppercorn?
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 12/21/2009 10:16:04 PM
dehydrated orange?
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 12/21/2009 09:34:53 PM
this has me totally stumped (and bothered, actually.)
It looks like a brain, but I'm guessing that's because it's a brain that did it.
so - I'm sure it's something simple and nonconclusive so I'm going to vote an 8 AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
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 12/21/2009 08:59:15 PM
spice of some kind...clove or pepper, excellent focus
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 12/21/2009 08:13:55 PM
I think it may be a seed of some kind. Perhaps a spice used in the kitchen.
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 12/21/2009 08:06:37 PM
looks like the fruit off of a cypress tree or the left testicle of an alien?? great use of negative space. the noise adds to the gritty look of this. corrected typo. :0
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 12/21/2009 07:57:22 PM
Wow, you found some Kryptonite! Superman beware :)
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 12/21/2009 03:36:15 PM
A nugget of purest green
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 12/21/2009 02:07:28 PM
Martian ball
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 12/21/2009 01:57:31 PM
No clue what this is but nicely done - 7
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 12/21/2009 11:53:00 AM
Old, dry berry? :) I don't know but love the shot.
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 12/21/2009 11:50:26 AM
Betel nut?
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 12/21/2009 11:50:12 AM
An over-processed pea.
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 12/21/2009 11:50:10 AM
Grape on its way to being a raisin?
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 12/21/2009 11:37:31 AM
My son says a sand grain, I say I have no idea.
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 12/21/2009 09:53:01 AM
Is this a peppercorn?
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 12/21/2009 08:17:02 AM
peppercorn
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 12/21/2009 06:05:26 AM
A peppercorn?
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 12/21/2009 03:02:10 AM
pepper?
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 12/21/2009 01:10:12 AM
Hmm....Whole black peppercorn
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