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What am I?
This is not really worthy of being a my “What am I?” quiz, but it's got a certain element “what the... huh?” to it initially that requires a moment's reflection to clear up. That initial confusion is fun, and so to allow you that moment of perplexity, I'd thought I'd post it as a quiz, without any prior context.
Lest you remain confused, the Exif data should make it clear.
In any case, as always, I'll hold comments back for a day or two until I post the answer.
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Well, the inside looks like it’s been charred, so it must be a cask. With a glass bottom that reflects?
Is that the top of your head in a reflection, or someone else?
Could it be an incomplete whisky barrel from the Yamazaki distillery ? 🙂
Is it a glass bottom of a whisky barrel?:)
This is DEFINITELY looking inside a wooden barrel or nail-keg. I can see a bung-hole in the center above the red area.
=Alan R.
Not that the answer will be a surprise to anyone, but I’ve posted the answer here. —Jeffrey
Enjoyed the complexity of the post and actually read most of the exif material. Was surprised to see the Voigtlander lens mentioned. When I was in Japan 1953-1956, the Army PX sold a Voigtlander camera that was a kind of fold out and it was pretty good. I didn’t know they made lenses for Nikon or any other camera. I use Canon cameras but used to use a Nikon back when they first started out and were using metal from beer cans for the bodies.
It’s actually made by Japanese company Cosina, circa 2002. I don’t know whether “Voigtlander” is anything more than a venerable name, or whether they had some kind of hand in the design, but it’s the name that the lens goes by. —Jeffrey