352. Macro Quiz Number 9

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Thanks to everyone for playing the game and well done to you all for doing so well; I thought there were some quite tough ones in there. That said, it's Hats Off To Juan who scored a magnificent 10/10. Very well done. OK here are the answers:

1. The guts of a very old, very cheap, and horribly dirty wrist watch
2. Pumpkin seeds
3. Prickly pear
4. Bubble from a spirit level
5. Filament of an halogen bulb
6. Thermometer – don’t worry this dirty old thing isn’t used medically - it just sits in my shed.
7. Conker, aka Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
8. This stumped almost everyone. It is balsamic vinegar suspended in olive oil. It’s an absolute bugger to shoot. You probably don’t notice when dipping your ciabatta in it, but it is almost constantly moving about like a little larva lamp. Sometimes it seems to form very neat rounded globules, then something happens and it seems to dissipate. I found it strangely fascinating and more than a little frustrating. This was the sharpest of over a dozen attempts.
9. Fern leaves – sorry I have no idea what type, it’s just the one that sits on out kitchen window sill
10. Distance setting marks on a lens. Well done to Stefan for correctly getting the make.