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It's that Roswell crap again!
It's that Roswell crap again!
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Challenge: Puzzle Macro (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Canon
Location: Tonawanda, NY
Date: Jun 19, 2007
Aperture: f/16.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 2 secs
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2007

 This is an aluminum swirly thing I ran over with my car, dragged it 90 miles from Buffalo, NY, to Erie, PA, before discovering it under my radiator. It's about an inch in diameter and has 10 twists. Your guess is as good as mine...

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 300
Avg (all users): 6.2158
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 6.0732
Avg (non-participants): 6.3241
Views since voting: 1290
Views during voting: 322
Votes: 190
Comments: 42
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 05/12/2010 07:07:27 PM
Looks like flexible metal conduit for wiring. Called armored cable.
 06/26/2007 08:44:51 PM
LoL...wonderful story!!
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 06/26/2007 08:21:35 PM
I have one too. I figured it out at one point. But now I've forgotten ;-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2007 06:16:25 PM
Either a metal shaving or a mental shaving...
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 06/26/2007 05:18:12 PM
Metal Shavings ?
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 06/26/2007 01:26:12 PM
Metal shaving from a drill press?
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 06/25/2007 10:51:35 PM
Silver ribbon on a blue tablecloth?? Cool image!
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 06/25/2007 04:42:46 PM
Could you have possibly sharpened a silver crayon that perfectly? Hmm, maybe it is a metal shaving instead? Nice detail in the textures, and an interesting repetition of pattern.
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 06/25/2007 11:56:18 AM
metal shavings?
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 06/24/2007 09:40:26 AM
Spiral created after machining aluminium?

Nice clean and pin sharp!
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 06/23/2007 10:07:13 PM
very good lighting and detail. my guess- one of those metal pieces that come off when you're working a piece on a lathe?
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 06/23/2007 01:14:52 PM
no idea! but I like it!
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 06/23/2007 07:36:33 AM
Metal shaving?
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 06/22/2007 06:14:14 PM
tihs looks like a piece of streached out armored cable are you an electrican?
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 06/22/2007 05:31:52 PM
aluminum lathe scrap
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 06/22/2007 01:44:44 PM
Pencil shavings? What a cool composition and texture. I love the DOF and focus!
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 06/21/2007 10:15:33 PM
wow, looks like a metal shaving nice
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 06/21/2007 05:17:41 PM
metal shaving?
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 06/21/2007 05:15:24 PM
Oooooo it's a groovy silver swirly thing on a fabric background :D
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 06/21/2007 01:09:45 PM
Lathe by-product. Good title.
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 06/21/2007 11:09:09 AM
Cool, I like the background and the diagonal composition. Looks like you shaved off some metal and it formed curls, but it might not be metal at all, it could be a silver coloured crayon. Not sure a crayon would hold together that well though. Good photo for this challenge!
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 06/21/2007 09:26:49 AM
A flag or carpet background? Beats me.
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 06/21/2007 08:39:38 AM
That's some cool curling metal stuff! I have no idea if there is a purpose or if it's just curling metal. The blue goes well with the silver/gray.
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 06/21/2007 04:54:14 AM
metal or aluminum, shavings from a drill great shot
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 06/21/2007 02:54:38 AM
Nice shoot of metal shavings (if that's what it is)
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 06/20/2007 09:25:54 PM
Is it the shavings from a silver crayon?
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 06/20/2007 07:11:31 PM
Is this a metal shaving from a drill? If it is, it sure is an excellent view of one. Actually it looks kind of like the metal strip that was left behind when I used "double cuts" to cut sheet metal when I worked in construction. I like the material you chose for a background too. Nice composition.
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 06/20/2007 07:06:29 PM
Cast off metal parts
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 06/20/2007 06:15:33 PM
Lead window stuff???? Excellent capture. Good levels and contrast. Well Done. 9/10
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 06/20/2007 02:58:09 PM
Looks like scraps from a metal lathe. Nice spiral pattern and background of fabric with stars. Good job.
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 06/20/2007 11:45:50 AM
Great Macro. Looks to me like drill or machining swath?
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 06/20/2007 10:55:47 AM
Pencil shavings? Whatever, it is very cool!
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 06/20/2007 09:05:01 AM
this is a great subject and could have been a great picture with more dramatic lighting and a black background. those little stars are very distracting.
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 06/20/2007 08:54:02 AM
A shaving from drilling what looks like aluminum.
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 06/20/2007 08:47:41 AM
Lathe metal turnings.
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 06/20/2007 07:49:19 AM
I was guessing pencil shavings that were desaturated but it's reflecting the blue off the material so I'm guessing metal shavings from a drill while trying drill a hole. Very good photo quality.
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 06/20/2007 06:58:44 AM
aluminum shaving from a drill press?
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 06/20/2007 06:30:46 AM
Al turnings from a lathe
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 06/20/2007 04:59:46 AM
A metal shaving?? Lovely shape and texture. Good macro.
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 06/19/2007 10:23:15 PM
planed or drilled metal scrap - tin or steel
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 06/19/2007 09:49:40 PM
My first thought was pencil shaving but it looks too uniform for that. Maybe some sort of shaving from something metal?
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 06/19/2007 08:13:52 PM
Pipe threading shavings (or whatnot), nice.
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