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This might look like something from a steel foundry, but it’s just a ….. CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS?
DRUM ROLL … victory music. The joint winners are Bevellee and Helen Corr. This depicts red strip lighting under a metal bench in the Bourke Street Mall, here in Melbourne. Thank you to everyone who took part!
This was taken without a tripod, late at night in December 2008. The low-wattage red strip lighting is installed in a rectangular recess underneath each of the metallic benches, giving them a space-age glow.
I did not submit this to the BENCHES group because it would have been a giveaway clue while everyone was trying to solve this contest!
I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a 70-300mm lens. F5.6, 1/8 sec, ISO 800, focal length 88mm.
Featured in BENCHES, October 2009.
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It looks like something out of a fast food kitchen to keep things warm
Hi Shulie. Very perceptive, but completely wide of the mark. (Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings!)
– David McMahon
Is it a radiator? electrical heater?
G’day BubbleHex08 – good attempt, and a very logical one. But I’m sorry to say no!
– David McMahon
An eletric/infra red heater of some kind? Perhaps for an animal tank?
Wish I could pass you the glittering silver trophy for this one, I really do, but I must say I’m sorry, you can have another guess ….
– David McMahon
Is it a drier of some kind?
Um, no, despite what it looks like!
– David McMahon
So, no heating function? The red hot thing is a lamp?
I have to say no, it’s not a heating function!
– David McMahon
A toaster which has a moving belt – the toaster passes thru it, thru the elements and then drops out the other side?
Uh, no heating…
The top of a roller window or door?
Hi Catherine – that first guess has to win points for the sheer creativity that suggests you could be a wonderful (very rich) inventor. But I’m sorry to say no.
The roller window or door guess is very logical, but (sorry to sound repetitive), no once again!
– David McMahon
Can it be found inside home?
VERY good question, BubbleHex. My answer would have to be no!
– David McMahon
Then tell me if it is part of a vehicle?
Sherlock Holmes, I really like your line of questioning. But in this case, no …..
– David McMahon
Even if you say no, we get closer!
Let me try this: is it a luminated bus shelter?
You’re right (not with the answer!) about getting closer every time I say ``No’’, because it eliminates other possibilities! But no, it’s not an illuminated bus shelter!
– David McMahon
It might be a luminous advertising. At a theater perhaps?
I seriously hope you solve this, because you are doing ALL the detective work. But no …..
– David McMahon