What Do You Think?

[jerrys1960]

Game 3 uses the pictures of game 2.
This time ones deductive reasoning and observation skills are going to be put to the test.

Given the choices A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K and L
which position is closest to the location the camera
was located when the picture used for game 2 was taken?


http://www.friendster.com/photos/12943499/2/480243966

This is the picture that we want to try to determine where
the camera was located when the picture was taken.

http://www.friendster.com/photos/12943499/2/514288772

This is the second view point taken only a few seconds later
showing a more normal view of the pallet.

http://www.friendster.com/photos/12943499/2/680322615

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So What Do You Think . . .
Where do you think the camera was located?
Position A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K or L


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answer
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After several interesting guesses it is finally time to reveal the answer.
The answer is position F.

The explanation of how the answer is deduced is located at:

Form page.

The first clue looking at the original picture is that there are two beams in the picture running horizontally across the picture.

So that narrows us down to positions E,F,G and H.
Because of the sun and shadows, it also tells us the direction the camera was facing.

The second clue is that there is very little grass in the picture, so that eliminates position H since that area is almost completely filled with grass.

The third clue is how the shadows are positioned. The shadow on the left beam appears to go some distance down the beam and completely covers the beam from top to bottom. Since position E does not cover the entire beam from top to bottom nor does it cover much of the beam from front to back. Position E is eliminated.

This leaves us with position F and G.

The beam on the left has some damage on its top edge just before the shadow ends. It also has some damage on the lower edge just before the first horizontal beam. As well as some damage on the top edge that appears to be just past or over the first horizontal beam.

The only position F has a board with all 3 damage points visible.

Thus the final answer is position F.