I'm sure once you explain it it will be obvious, but right not I just cannot figure out what this is! :-P

Same here, what is it?

I know...

I know what this is!! Usefull and beautiful.

Seriously? You cannot tell? Oh, this is good. Oh I think I'll just let people continue to guess.

Keys? Measuring cup thingys?

Oh, I would definitely say they are utensils of one type or another, just not for food.

battery operated???

You made me LOL MnM, and everybody in the café was looking at me! :P

No, not battery operated but I wish it was. Then I could save on other fuel using items to run it.

No, these kind never require batteries, just substance.

Are these "Shoe Horns" or "Shoe Spoons", you know which helps you put on a shoe more easily..?

No iquraishi, but good guess. They do look like they could be with the high contrast. No, these are more well... counter-culture..

ahhhh, I see it now!

so what is it then author, ray?

I have to make my guess... bongs?

PIPES!!!! oh crap athousandwords got it before I did!!!

a raw shock test?

lol, we can see who likes to paaarrtyyy ! mwahahah

p.s. I'm kinda curious, i'd love to see their original colors =P

MnM, you are correct and Mikael, you could also assume medicinal uses. Medical or not, they still need a pipe. Besides, they're intended for tobacco purposes only, no medicinal here. However, to this day, I have never heard or seen anyone using one for the specific purposes of smoking tobacco in.

Oh, and Micaelbg, please see portfolio of past entries. I do believe there's at least one.. Different photo, same subject. No high contrast and very pretty, close up and brand new.

I love the image, very elegant, but this clearly has a lot of grey in it (if it was all white the whole leaf would just be one white shape - which would probably still look nice).

Better?

Nice, but your whites aren't quite white, try using curves on it.