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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge #22: UFOs - Unidentified Photographed Objects >> Challenge #22: UFO Exhibition Gallery > The Pause that Refreshes
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20-Nov-2002 Helen Betts

The Pause that Refreshes
Third Place Tie

Okinawa, Japan


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ctfchallenge04-Jan-2003 15:11
Very good! Yes, it's glass and saucer of Turkish tea, sitting on a lava lamp light base and shot from above. Turkish tea is always served in small, tulip-shaped glasses with a matching saucer. This one has a gold rim both on the saucer and the cup, and part of what you see is the reflection of the tea in that gold rim on the cup.
Guest 04-Jan-2003 11:01
Looks like a cup and saucer -- the cup with a very high polish inside of it with some cool reflections. Pleasing overall!
ctfchallenge04-Jan-2003 00:49
Hint: There are two objects in the photo, plus a beverage that some people might drink at "high" time. Or they just might drink it at any time. And no, nothing's in motion!
Helen Betts02-Jan-2003 23:05
No, there's no PS distortion involved here, amazingly enough. The image has been centered and the background made a uniform black, but that's all the PS I used. The cup with something in it was on the right track, but what the person thought was a cup isn't a cup. Hint: This is an everyday item in Turkey (and probably the Middle East).
Guest 02-Jan-2003 20:12
I think it a shot into a light fixture with a unique light bulb or a little PS distortion on the bulb. - Pops
ctfchallenge02-Jan-2003 16:09
Well, not exactly a cup, but yes, something is in it. Helen
ctfchallenge02-Jan-2003 10:26
a cup with... err... something?