One for all, all for one
by Azrifel

Comment:
It is glass. Inside a round transparent 'skin' is a green egg-shape. On the border of the green and transparent there are bubbles. At certain apertures and focusing distances all the bubbles on one side are reflected in each bubble. Probably the roundish transparent outer skin and backlight have something to do with it. I found out a few weeks ago during Macro and tiff vs jpeg tests and was able to repeate the shot for this challenge. It took about 20 shots to find one with the effect and a good clean focus. Each bubble is app. 2mm in size and I believe that the whole image shows 1.5 to 2cm wide.
The stripes inside the glass are just invariancies I guess, hardly visible with the naked eye, but I understand that you could think it is jello. I dont think you can get this effect in jello tough.

The shot was captured in the SuperMacro mode of the Fuji.

The old ladies home
by Azrifel

Comment:
Thanks for your comments. I have not cropped it, for various reasons. One of them is that I had not much time and found it hard to get a decent 640x480 crop out of it. The picture was not made specifically for this challenge, I made it to think about future possibilities with this subject.
It was a bit hard to get a decent framing, I had no tripod (to allow more zoom and thus a longer shutter time in these light conditions). In front were parked cars, the little white rail is a sign for the library (very unfortunate to have it on the pic) and the surrounding buildings are not interesting. So I really should have taken the time to crop it. :-)

The 1610 date was not taken in account, and not meant to push the theme. Dates are on all the old structures in Hoorn / Holland, so I cannot help that.

Unfortunate that I met the oldest lady of Hoorn in front of the oldest home in Hoorn after the submission date. :-)

The reason why it looks so new, is because it was restored a couple of years ago, like many other likewise structures. I think they keep them in better shape nowadays. If you like these kind of structures, there are a lot more in Hoorn. And indeed, it is a kind of Begijnenhuis. Doei :-)