The prompt

The photo:

The prompt says you should guess what it is, so write in the comments what you think it is and then come back. There’s a photo of what this is in full further down but just ignore it. Scroll fast. You did it? You’re back? Good.

This is a closeup of a paint-by-number I finished last night. I shot from the very bottom of the painting where it as hanging on my wall and pointed straight up. The full painting is of a busy cafe at night. I spent weeks working on painting it so I’m really proud of it now that it’s done and I wanted to show it off. Also, it made a neat closeup. I didn’t crop it or anything, I left all the clues there. I think it’s fairly easy to guess that it’s a painting of some kind, but it’s more difficult to guess what it could be a painting of, especially because the colors aren’t particularly realistic. I also ignored some of the lines and color suggestions and made it my own a bit. Bob Ross would be proud that I made it my own world. Here it is in its entirety:

“Take a close up picture of something as see if people can guess what it is. Try doing the skin or outside of something that would make it hard for someone to guess!”

ds106 Assignments: That’s Not What I Expected 

Can you guess it?

It was King.

He’s my little skeleton friend.

Do not worry, these pictures are posted with his written consent.

Lesson learned: Look inside things, when you are allowed, and try to get your eyes working differently.

This evening I found myself wandering around looking at everything I passed by wondering how each object might look super close up. I was trying to find just the right object (or animal, but my dog’s a bit squirmy) to take a very close-up photo which could trick an audience.

This ds106 assignment was fun to ponder and I still don’t know that I chose the right thing for my subject, but I liked it anyway.

The most difficult part of this 3 star assignment was getting the camera (aka phone) to stop shaking while my hands hovered above the object. I got a few blurry photos until I realized I could steady my wrist against a nearby wall. Finally! I got a photo, but how difficult would it be for someone else to accurately guess what it was of?

I decided to crop it down a bit further and used Photoshop to change the image to black and white. I’m hoping the color change makes this a slightly trickier image than when it was in full color.

Whether mine is the easiest to guess or not, this was an interesting way to view the room around me. If nothing else, I have a new visual appreciation for the subject of my photo.

Guess the zoomed-in photograph:

This prompt involved taking a picture of an item from a strange angle or just really stinking close, to see if people can guess what it is. This is my final Visual Assignment of the week and I am not going to lie, I’m at work (don’t tell my boss) so I was at the mercy of office related items. I roamed around a little, took some picture but then this small. shiny, and reflective item caught my attention. Can you guess what it might be?

Can you guess what it is? Leave me a comment guessing what it is and I’ll let you know if you’re correct. Think 80’s! For this I had an extremely hard time focusing my camera and actually found it more beneficial to use Snapchat and do it from there.

Directions – ” Take a close up picture of something as see if people can guess what it is. Try doing the skin or outside of something that would make it hard for someone to guess!

Behind the Story: Due to this week’s theme I was able to use my camera a lot. I learned quite a bit about its capabilities as well as different ways to take a picture. This assignment required taking a macro-shot of an object and seeing if viewers could guess what it is.

You can find the answer on my twitter at this link

Narrating the Process: For this assignment I used my Sony Cybershot with 7.2 megapixels. In total honesty I do not know how that affects the images I take. The camera I have been using was made around 2006. Compared to my mom’s camera that I have used for a few assignments, the level of quality is like night and day. Getting this shot was difficult. Not only was it difficult to get proper lighting for the photo, but if the camera zoomed in too far then it would fail to auto focus on the subject. I chose this object because I figured it might throw some people off. This assignment definitely made me think about what I was taking a picture of and what level of zoom and lighting would capture the best image.

Try to guess what this extreme close up is depicting. I will be nice and offer some clues!

What am I? I am small and square like. I can fit into the palm of your hand. You can turn me back and forth. Up and down. Left and right. Clockwise and counterclockwise. But be warned, as you turn me my colors will begin to mix and match. Although, some people out there know the specific way to turn me, to get all my colors to match on the same sides. Have you figured it out???

LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWER!!!

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I AM A RUBIK’S CUBE!!! Just because the Rubik’s Cube was most popular in the 1980s, doesn’t mean it can’t be popular right now in this century!

I chose the Rubik’s Cube as the object to that you wouldn’t expect because this past summer I learned how to solve one of these 80s relics! I felt so accomplished when I attained the ability to solve the cube. It took a full week of learning algorithm after algorithm, to be able to solve that cube. And now I can solve it while having a full-on conversation with someone! My fastest time recorded is 1 minute and 8 seconds!