Quiz, what am I (solved)

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:14 am

Imaged using focus stacking, epi bright field, ULWD 50x Neo S plan, 2.5x NFK
Probably too easy but interesting. Wishing you all the best for the holiday season

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 11:11 am

Second one looks like glitter? Or makeup?

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:00 pm

Extra clue, they are both from the same object

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:39 pm

Perhaps some kind of soap ? Top - bubbles, bottom - microcrystals ?

Marek

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:13 pm

Interesting idea, much more stable than that, its a fixed object which wouldn't "change" if preserved in the right way

Ernst Hippe · Post by **Ernst Hippe** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:14 am

HONEY??
Ernst

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:25 am

When looking at these images you you need to see them at "face value"

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:38 pm

The top image looks like it could be part of an insect eye, though I suspect it is some sort of inanimate material, possibly the sort used to make 'holographic' reflecting surfaces. The second image looks like a rough crystalline surface. Like glitter on a Christmas card in fact.

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:02 pm

Cactusdave wrote:The top image looks like it could be part of an insect eye, though I suspect it is some sort of inanimate material, possibly the sort used to make 'holographic' reflecting surfaces. The second image looks like a rough crystalline surface. Like glitter on a Christmas card in fact.

Dave, you have both surfaces correct, they are from the same object and their purpose is both functional as well as decorative.

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:41 pm

"Face value" - like a banknote security mark?

Linden.g · Post by **Linden.g** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:49 pm

ChrisR wrote:"Face value" - like a 'paper' money security mark?

Well done Chris, these were from the new $100 bank note. The first is from the holographic strip which runs down the center and the second is the crystalized gold print from the large 100 number in the corner. These new notes are really complex when compared to the older ones.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:26 pm

Well a day or so late and a dollar short but those are some interesting images. I would have sworn the first one were the eyes of a Trilobite.