Solve This Puzzle: What Is This Mystery Object?by David McMahon
Put your thinking caps on …. what have I shot here?
It might look like the world’s biggest bar code, but it ain’t! Let’s have some theories from all you sleuths out there ….
If you don’t want to read the answer, don’t look any further.
Solved after 24 hours by Sazfab who said it was a slippery slide. She’s on a roll now, having solved two of my “Saturday pictorial puzzles” in four weeks!
Yes, it’s the bottom of a giant slide called the Euroslide, and the shot was taken at the Moomba fairground in Melbourne’s Alexandra Gardens in 2007. The real clue was the colours reflected in the image – and you can see one of my other Red Bubble shots of the slide at Slippery Slide
This shot was actually taken the day after Moomba had closed and a team of workmen were dismantling everything in the Alexandra Gardens.
I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F11, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, focal length 125mm.
Featured in CONTRASTING PERCEPTIONS, November 2009.
So far no ideas……it’s a great shot with awesome color and wonderful texture. I looks plastic……I’m sure that the color is a reflection. So with out the reflection……hmmmmmm……nope don’t know……..I will favorite so all can take a stab at it!!
Thanks for being the first to comment. Yes, Elizabeth, the colour is indeed a reflection…..
Hi there, Jenny, thank you for having a stab – I do this each Saturday morning (yes, it’s Saturday here in Australia) and it’s always interesting to see the way people’s thought processes work. There are always clues ….
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So far no ideas……it’s a great shot with awesome color and wonderful texture. I looks plastic……I’m sure that the color is a reflection. So with out the reflection……hmmmmmm……nope don’t know……..I will favorite so all can take a stab at it!!
Thanks for being the first to comment. Yes, Elizabeth, the colour is indeed a reflection…..
– David McMahon
Elizabeth made me look, but I don’t know either.
Hi there, Jenny, thank you for having a stab – I do this each Saturday morning (yes, it’s Saturday here in Australia) and it’s always interesting to see the way people’s thought processes work. There are always clues ….
– David McMahon
Is it some kind of awning – it is obviously covering something brightly coloured
You’re right about the bright colours, Shulie. But I have to say no, it’s not an awning.
– David McMahon
looks like an array of PV cells but I bet it’s not. You trickster you!
VERY good try, Ranald – I had a feeling someone might say that. But no, they’re not photo-voltaic cells!
– David McMahon
Solar pannels
That’s an excellent try, MsLynn – but no, that’s incorrect.
– David McMahon
a building with some kind of reflection creating the colors?
Hi there, Jen. Yes, it is indeed a reflection creating the colours – but it’s not a building …..!
– David McMahon
A hot air balloon
That’s SUCH a good guess, Ms Lynn. But again I have to say no, regretfully.
– David McMahon
great shot
Thank you. I’m sure you’ll be surprised by the answer!
– David McMahon
a wild guess..it just reminds me of a helter skelter slide ride at the fun fair!
CORRECT! That’s the second one you’ve nailed in four weeks, because you also solved the Victoria Memorial puzzle, Saz!
– David McMahon
great shot
Thanks, Antanas. I enjoy shooting from slightly different perspectives…
– David McMahon