EX-Z55
ƒ/2.6
5.8 mm
1/320
Puzzle Series: What are the irregular shapes, or what do you want them to be?
31 responses to “What’s That? (38)”
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I’ll guess waves, rippling from a fountain, reflecting palm trees. Blue may be due to either the camera filter, exposure or the color of the bottom of the pool.
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I’d also guess rippling waves or perhaps elongated bubbles from a fountain.(It’s not cold enough there for ice, right?) 🙂
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It is strange. If this is water, shouldn´t the reflection of the vegetation be distorted according to possible "waves" or "ice pieces" in motion? It seems to me like you are looking at a garden and there is some sort of "blue thing with irregular shapes" in between. Mmmm.
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I like BenODen’s and ranjit’s answer. It’s possible that the photo is flipped 180 degrees to throw us off, however.
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Many elements of truth here…. But the white parts are not water or ice.
Artwitness: yes, there is a reflection of palm trees. =)
And there are correct elements in the guesses of complexify, BenODen, ranjit, and Alieness….
And yes, Rocketeer, we are flipped 180, but that never throws you off…. =)
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As Alienness pointed out, no distortion of the reflection, so there is a flat side. Then there is one not quite flat 🙂 Makes me think of imperfections due to bubbles found at the edges of acrylic plates, the "direction" given by the escape of gazes produced during polymerization. Then, if there is some additional element, protective film that may give the blue color.
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Ok, let me try this again by fusing a part of my original answer with BenODen’s first guess:
The irregular shapes are bubbles of air underneath a plastic covering and above the water below. Well, that’s what I want it to be, at least 😉
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Bingo Complexify, a new winner, and thanks to all the new participants. Big partial credit also is due to ranjit and BenODen.
Ranjit’s first guess of “an opaque blue tarp lumped up on top of some dirt or something, with puddles on top” and Ben’s first guess of a “a clear blue plastic pool cover, with waves of the pool causing it to ripple” were the closest. A fusion of those two guesses is correct.
It is an opaque blue pool cover, with water on top, and air bubbles from below raising the blue plastic above the water in the regions ringed with white. The white parts are juniper pollen that dusted the dry plastic before the rain came. Now it collects around the bubbles like sandy beaches ringing an island. The water on top of the cover is reflecting the palm trees and greenery in the distance.
So there is no motion (waves or ripples).
The other correct elements in the early guesses are:
Complexity: elongated bubbles
Alieness: a garden reflection in water.
Zenera: scum… perhaps as in the scum rings in a bathtub. And the pollen that blows in our eyes… -
Congrats Complexify!
I was so stuck on it being transparent from the color! The white around the edges was also very tricky. Is it really that cool cobalt blue!? What a nice color for a pool cover. The sky blue for a typical cover is over used! 😀 Especially since it’s not the propper sky blue. Haha.
Great puzzle! Thanks!
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Complexify, great for puzzles and for aereal photography. Congrats. =)
I´ve just come across with this, you playful people will enjoy it:
"“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I’ve ever known.”
– Walt DisneyGenius of geniuses.
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Wow, thanks everyone for the congratulations and warm welcome! 🙂 I couldn’t have done it without the other guesses and hints. Collaborative guessing is a fun process.
jurvetson: thanks for the great puzzle!
Alieness: nice Disney quote! Although it makes me feel a bit sorry for his wife Lillian and their daughters. 😉
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Panda! You brought me back to the moment I met you with that comment… Girl… LOL! what a sense of humor!!! =D
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