Take a Photo, Get a patch!
Hello Everyone.
Some of you know me too well, some of you new people may have no idea who I am.
After some time away from instructables for various reasons (partly because I have been helping with my local Hackspace in Nottingham) I am back with a vengeance. One of things I would like to start up again is my 'Take a photo, get a patch' monthly give away.
As a site that revolves around the sharing of photos accompanied with instructions, photos are a big part of what we do. I want to help encourage creativity around taking them.
The photography patch give away is simple.
I set a challenge, you then have to go out and take a new photo, post it in the comments and you get a patch. You have until the next monthly patch giveaway to submit.
This months challenge is 'Reflections' I recently posted a new instructable about a 'black mirror' here
Find something with a good reflection and take a picture, try and get as little of yourself in the reflection as you can.
Remember, every new photo posted as a comment gets a patch.
Edit: Bonus prize of a 1 year Instructables membership for the best photo (chosen by myself) and a 3 month membership for the first person using a Claude Glass!
Some of you know me too well, some of you new people may have no idea who I am.
After some time away from instructables for various reasons (partly because I have been helping with my local Hackspace in Nottingham) I am back with a vengeance. One of things I would like to start up again is my 'Take a photo, get a patch' monthly give away.
As a site that revolves around the sharing of photos accompanied with instructions, photos are a big part of what we do. I want to help encourage creativity around taking them.
The photography patch give away is simple.
I set a challenge, you then have to go out and take a new photo, post it in the comments and you get a patch. You have until the next monthly patch giveaway to submit.
This months challenge is 'Reflections' I recently posted a new instructable about a 'black mirror' here
Find something with a good reflection and take a picture, try and get as little of yourself in the reflection as you can.
Remember, every new photo posted as a comment gets a patch.
Edit: Bonus prize of a 1 year Instructables membership for the best photo (chosen by myself) and a 3 month membership for the first person using a Claude Glass!


















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(I have a 2 OHP lens laying around.)
The first was taken in a German motorway services a few weeks back. I was on the way home from a friend who lives in Germany. Stopped here to eat some lunch, his loverly wife made for me and also take on some water. It was a wee bit hot that weekend! You can see reflections in the back of the screen and the fairing mirror.
Next pics were taken today, (tue 22/05/2012) They are reflections in the bike clocks of the gorgeous sunshine, that I should be out riding in..
The last is in the mirror. Story here is that this is a mod I did to the bike. Its a Yamaha XJ900s Diversion. The mirrors are usually on the handle bars. I did a modification, where by they are now mounted on the fairing. (see it better in pic 1)
Have posted the modification in the DIversion owners forum. Didnt think it fitted this site, so never did a write up for it.
IF I win the patch, its going onto my bike jacket, to wear as a proud symbol of Intrucability. lol
-Doctordv
Hope that helps you!
somehow im not in the picture :)
It's the reflection from my co-workers truck. Given the recommendation on my first photo, I put as much of the reflection as possible in the photo. Not much to see, but the trailer in the background is where I work.
and the photos are smaller than I'd like them to be : |
http://www.instructables.com/share/?instructableId=E4URFAQH21MJFV3
PS - This is my first time here so if I'm doing this wrong, please let me know. Thanks.
Or, if you like, the iSignal. (da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da--APP-MAN!)
(I used a magnifying glass to sharpen the reflection, and GIMP to flip, rotate, and crop.)
The last one is again in Sundsvall, but I put it last because it's my favorite one.
I took all these pictures on my trip to Europe back in 2009, I'm currently in Ecuador.
Enjoy the pics, PM me with your email if you want the originals.
The idea being to challenge people to try something new.
I read that it's just a tinted convex lense.