Of course i would choose on that probably isn't really a puzzle. This a bowl of whole columbian coffee beans. I shot several different items but this seemed the best fit with a 600 Watt work light over the bowl.
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Not much of a puzzle, unless I need to figure out what specific variety of coffee beans these are. I think they are specifically the kind that are sold in Wal-Mart.
Coffee beans... I bet if you flipped the beans over so their seam wasn't showing, people wouldn't know what these were. We're used to seeing that split on the bottom.
Coffee beans - personally I would have liked it if the beans closest to the lens (bottom of picture) were in focus and all the way to at least half way back; but that is just my opinion and what do I know :-)
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