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Contest Results: What is it?

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Ended 08/25/17 7:15 AM GMT
Winner: Lightpainter (See the full results)

1st place
Mystery Machine by Lightpainter

jerseygurl: A telescope of some kind perhaps - Good Luck in the contest!!!!!!!!

Ramad: Congrats on your win !

Lightpainter:
questjester (Lisa Hickman) has suggested to the contestants that we reveal our subject after the entries are closed. I think this is a good idea because it sheds some light on the photographer's thinking which may be as important as the subject itself.

So here is my revelation:

This is indeed a telescope as some of you have guessed. But it is an unusual one. It is a 1.8 meter diameter mirror telescope with a focal length similar to the diameter. This gives it an f number of 1.0 (something we photographers seldom use). Hence it is short and squat, rather than long and slender. You can also see it is inside a typical observatory building with a hemispherical roof.

Another interesting fact is that it belongs to the Vatican. It is located on Mt. Graham near Safford, AZ.

Mt. Graham is also the site of two other telescopes. One is a radio telescope, the other is a really enormous optical one (the Large Binocular Telescope, two mirrors 9m diameter each).

Lightpainter received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

2nd place
What Is It? by corngrowth

jerseygurl: I have to agree with Raj - looks like an object that would be placed on a boat perhaps on the bow - Good one Cornelius for the contest and a real stumper!!!!!!!!!

icedancer: Congratulations on 2nd place in the contest my friend

corngrowth received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

3rd place
Gosh, I Bet This Is... by braces

LynEve: On the waiting list for Wednesday Steve. Thank you :)

questjester: Congratulations! :)

jerseygurl: Congratulations on taking 3rd place in the contest!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flmngseabass: Congratulations Steve for your 3rd place win. I still don't know what it is though:):)

4th place
What is this? by Ramad

Flmngseabass: LOL Lisa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (questjester)

jerseygurl: Congratulations Raj on taking 4th place in the contest!!!!!!!

bfrank: Congratulations Raj!!! It is a real mind teaser.

tigger3: This was a good one, congrats. tigs=^..^=

0930_23: It looks like a remote control to me Raj. It definitely has me wondering. Good entry.

TicK


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5th place
What Could It Be by jerseygurl

icedancer: Congratulations on the placement in the contest

Ramad: It is made of metal. I would say a drum of some kind, big or small.

corngrowth: Laura,

Congratulations for your 5th price in the 'What is it?' contest.
Well done!

Best regards, Cornelius.