> Its a macro shot of the centre of a transparent plastic CD tray. > Lighting was the key: it's lit from below via crossed polarisers ... giving the charactersitic coloured patterns ... which when presented in monochrome give wonderful pseudo-textures > "satin" > "stainless steel" > The black region inside the "plughole" is just a real hole - which through crossed polaroids looks black. > I like it a lot myself (without the black zit top right :o) > Bob Excellent. I'd originally thought it might be a macro of a snap fastener that was fused in some sort of smooth fabric, or lightweight metallic thingummyjig that might be used by a lost climber on a freezing mountain or whatever :o)) I love that 'satin' texture effect - and I've just learned a little more about crossed polarizer effects from googling - thanks. I like the picture too - with or without the zit. Polly
