Damn.

Not Fair

Feel like it's gotta be something down at your pier, but can't figure out what.

No guesses yet from me, but wanted you to know that the link to Mark's site is broken in your feed.

Mark/John: lol :-)

Rick: my lips are sealed ;-)

Ted: thanks. I've rebuilt the feed.

I'm thinking it's a section of flooring (mirrored on both axes, hence the huge filesize), but I can't decide what the not-green green bit is. My first instinct was some sort of threshold from one room to another, but that's as close as I can get to any semblance of logic.

No, can't even guess. But I'm interested in how many comments, or enties you get... :)
Wonder if it's been portrayed here befor in som picture befor...

Johan: no, I've not photographed it before.

The portion to the left (in upper left quadrant) is a mirror standing vertically, as in a dance-studio mirror, and the non-green bit is simply the cove base (that's what it's called in the u.s.) that goes along the bottom of almost any wall. That IS a beautiful floor too. Then the photo is quadrupled.
Or so it seems from here. :-)

But then the wood grains don't match, so it's not likely it's what I said.
Hmmmm...

peter: inventive, but wrong ;-)

is it a part of a church or orchestra house? whatever it is, it's very pretty. nice mirroring by the way.

Benjamin: nope :-)

Bowling night?

Ok this is definitely a reflection of some sort because at the horizontal center line, the diagonals coming down and back in on the bottom half flare out just a smidge and there is no actual joint there... But then why would such nice wood go into water where it would ultimately rot... So a mirror? But where.... hmmmmmm

The grains do match up though... is this manipulated at all besides the green? one quadrant is repeated four times...

BlackPool Funhouse?

Something along them lines (no pun intended) at the Pleasure Beach perhaps?

My guess is that the original image is a wood floor and the green is a threshold for the door. The image is then mirrored three times to create the kalediscope look. Right?

It's a giant belt buckle.

Well the exact pattern is repeated 4 times both horizontally and vertically, (The unique nicks and patterns in the wood are clearly visible 4 times. But damned if I know what this is. They look like nail heads obviously, holding the boards down, or up?

It's a small section of flooring that has been photographed next to a mirror, which makes up 1/4 of the image. The original is then duplicated and flipped horizontally and layed next to the original. Then merge the 2 layers and copy. Then rotate that new layer 180* and set it to meet the top of the original. Voila.

Works well with archtechture shots too. Did loads of these last year, much fun!

Another thought, floorboards are not nailed down that way. Not hardwood floors here in the US anyway.... Something tells me this might be a boat... But then what is the green thing that is not really green...

Most likely it is a vertical shot of a wooden ceiling...or maybe a floor

Hey David, get a new camera like a 5D. you're good at what you do and it would be fun to see how you stretch the full 35mm sensor to it's limits.

My bet, you shot it through a kaleidescope or a through the bottom of a prisim that you held to the lens of your 20d.

I don't think it's the floorboards or anything like that. I'm more inclined to say that they are the walls of a room or paneling of some sort.

Perhaps, the green portion, because of the angle represent a beveled edge.

Is this the inside of a sauna?

if you isolate just one quadrant, i chose the top right, it looks like where an extension or replacement of wood. For example, the dark wood is old and aged and the light wood is new wood that has not been exposed to the elements yet. The nails seem to indicate that it is used for what appears to be decking, but the gap between the boards are not wide enough for that. So i'm going to say its some sort of wall with old and new wood, but although it's still likely that it is used as a some sort of flooring or decking. As for the green thing, i'm goning to just make a wild guess. I think one of the boards is missing and it is some sort of pipe, and then you did some color adjustment and an inversion. that'll give you a little white sliver, and after a color adjustment, a grey pipe..... As for where it is.....i live in the U.S. so i have no earthly idea, but i'll say somewhere on a pier on the floyde coast, you seem to like those.

oh yeah, and the original image is manipulated to be mirrored over the x and y axis which will account for the large file size

It looks like a piece of a ceiling maybe with the "green" part being the airconditioning vent. Maybe a wall though as I have never seen a ceiling finished with hardwood. Perhaps a bar or pub from the piano like theme of the wood.

Ok, I'm going to shut up until tomorrow after this, but ...

yes, it's the same image four times; but beyond that I'm saying nothing ;-)

Great picture, fantastic colours.

Is it part of the wooden walkway across tram rails, the green being the rail but with changed colour?

Is it a tram trail near a station of some kind, allowing for the neat flooring. Otherwise, i've no idea! Liked yesterdays shot, and to say that it was heavily manipulated was an understatement.

Long time listener, first time caller. I really love your work. It makes the first few minutes of my day a bit easier to deal with. Diving into your world is great fun.

It looks to me to be a tiled photo of the floor of a merry go round or perhaps a roller coaster. Merry go rounds seem to have those divisions in their floors, and the tiling you have introduced seems to reinforce the round and round idea.

Of course, then again, it could be Aunt Sally's kitchen table.

ok it's a wooden wall with black railing that's shining due to the flash from the camera (and looks greenish). You've just kaleidoscoped it with photoshop. :-) that's my best guess

no idea!! but i like it! very clever, looking forward to checking back to find out! :)

Until you said it was four shots I wouldhave said mirrored on the horzontal and since I in the states I will have to wait until you tell all us out of towners where it's at. but since you present many shots of in and around the pier/circus I'll assume it's somewhere near there.
As always you manage to suceed at grabbing our attention with something that is seen everyday by most folks Something I strive for my self.
Thanks for the great shots.

After cropping out 3/4's of the image and zooming in all I know is that the nails and the "green" bit are actually the same colour in reality. I want to say the green bit is one half of a set of rails...but for what!? Does the closest person win the prize?

Would it be looking up to the point of a roof? from the inside?

but cropped & reflected, I meant.

i think in the original image (1/4 of this one) there are actually two objects made out of wood pieces, one partially covering the other and having it's edge protected by that "green" metal thing. i'm thinking these are compartments of some sort, shelves, or some kind of box. or maybe wood samples in a store.

i hope your exif is correct and the flash was not used, because the black part on the "green" thing is really confuzing, and can't be easily explained unless flash was used.

I think you shot it in an elevator.

Ok, I don't know what it is but what I do know, and this is uusual for your site, is that I don't like it as a photograph. It just does nothing for me.

Oh, and sorry for the fact that the only times I somment seem to be negative. Good job I hardly ever comment then....

Well, the image is called "The Portal", so if that's a clue, then maybe the source image isn't of flooring but a door, or a pair of doors, meeting at the not-green strip.

I guess its a wooden door.

Is it decking on Blackpool's north pier with a section of tram track?

I've got to go with the hull of a boat, where the 'not green' bit is a metal protective rail for the bow of some kind??? For me would explain why the lighting doesn't seem to match teh wood either side of the 'rail', suggesting they are angled to some degree... doesn't explain the darker wood though!

I think it is a pair of doors, wooden swinging doors. I think the "green" part is actually a rubber buffer that doors like that sometimes have on their edges to keep the wood from scraping. Like this:

hmmm a ceilling with it's structure?
a wooden floor with a rail?

ok, that's all i've got..

wish i could blackmail John or Mark... Damn

A rail on a floor for a gliding ladder in a old library.

looks like the "deck"? of a ship to me of course mirrored in p'shop.

im flabbergasted.

In all honesty, it's wood with some metal or rubber beside it. What are the odds of anyone knowing?
Is this just a comment number grab? And did I just add to it? Again? Buggers.

My best guess is that it's a section of a walkway that's jointed. The black wood designates the center of the path. Perhaps one of the sections is at a slight incline with respect to the other. Perhaps this is a section of the North Pier?

i don't think they are swinging doors, but sliding doors, and the green(grey metal really) part is the groove that slides in to lock them.

Your all wrong! Ha!!!!!

Its obviosly a monkey! how can you not see it! DJN's is obviosly just using this to demonstrate his photoshop trickery which he does so well :)

But really I don't have a clue?? Desking on the north pier of blackpool???

Interesting to guess tho ;)

it think you fotographed onstage. And you capture even a part of the dancefloor

I think its part of the ballroom floor underneath the Tower. ?

yeah i say like Rhys its a ballroom floor or something :)nice shot

You got me - don't think it's a dance floor 'cos of the nails but I'm bu****** if I know! A huge wooden piano keyboard!? ;-)

I'd worked out the quarters last night but not really taken any notice of the detail until now, for my tupence worth I'd guess on it being part of some cheaply finished wooden object, if it were not for the name "portal" I'd have said it was furniture maybe part of a chair or a sideboard. However due to the name I'd say it was a serving hatch or an entrance to a ticket booth or the like.

I'm with Terry, it was orginally a striaght down view of one of the tramway crossings, with one rail in shot.

I have no idea what it is, but it's freaking amazing :)

Agh! So close! Good guessing Dave!

Just a thought for future ideas... I'm starting to look at PS for processing images as I generally don't touch them at the moment. When you are processing items in the future, I would be interested to see what and how you process and what tools you use. Would it be possible to save an action as you go and post that action with the image so that other budding PS'ers can learn from what you do so well?
Cheers!

Woo! Missed that Update 2! Cheers Dave!

interesting, kaleidoscope flow :-)

Thanks everyone, and maybe next time I put up a "guess the content" I'll make sure it's a bit fairer for those of you from outside the UK.

This is a neat photo, but I can honestly say I prefer the original shot you linked to better (although I realize it's not quite as conducive to a contest).