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 03/28/2012 10:25:05 PM · #2001
skin?

...or a DPC members brain on camera crack!
 03/28/2012 11:55:27 PM · #2002
Originally posted by james_so:
Dogs nose?


Bingo!

03/29/2012 06:55:41 AM · #2003
Cool :)

I'm happy to let Yo_Spiff take the turn he missed out on earlier in the thread as I was just popping in and don't have anything to post, sorry..
 03/29/2012 08:41:35 AM · #2004
Thanks. Let me go hunt up a whatsit...
 03/29/2012 09:08:17 PM · #2005
Sorry, go distracted by minor things. Like work.


03/29/2012 09:15:06 PM · #2006
It's the cones for a kiln...they tell how hot it was by which ones melt.
 03/29/2012 09:15:37 PM · #2007
Elephant trunks in different states of erection?
 03/29/2012 09:40:42 PM · #2008
Originally posted by Spork99:
It's the cones for a kiln...they tell how hot it was by which ones melt.

I figured someone that knew ceramics might easily recognize it. You're up.
03/29/2012 10:08:42 PM · #2009
So I guess it wasn't the elephant trunk thing. :-(
 03/29/2012 10:52:30 PM · #2010
Originally posted by kawesttex:
So I guess it wasn't the elephant trunk thing. :-(


LOL, I was thinking that the title should be "20, 40, 60"
03/30/2012 09:26:18 AM · #2011
I'm not going to get something posted...next to post a pic, gets it.
 03/30/2012 11:24:00 AM · #2012
Here's one:


Now the hard part. Identify the item, and then identify the background!
 03/30/2012 11:28:49 AM · #2013
The background appears to be an armature, the whatsit looks like a pickup coil or RF choke.
 03/30/2012 11:46:39 AM · #2014
300 lb RF choke, on the tail gate of a rusty pickup truck?
eta, Shot at f1.2 for shallow depth of field?

Message edited by author 2012-03-30 11:48:46.
 03/30/2012 11:47:05 AM · #2015
electromagnet for a motor and the BG is the rotor
 03/30/2012 11:51:38 AM · #2016
Pickup sensor for an inductive tachometer?
03/30/2012 11:56:09 AM · #2017
You're all on the right track for the whatsit, in fact I think y'all are getting *too* specific. As Ken posted, it can be used as a choke, it is an inductor. Knowing my audience, I figured that part would be easy. Now about that background...
- "think small"
- Yep, that DoF sure is shallow... but *not* shot at f/1.2 or anything close. So how does that happen then?? :-)

ETA:
The background is not either a rusty pickup gate nor a rotor.

Message edited by author 2012-03-30 11:57:46.
 03/30/2012 12:03:34 PM · #2018
This might be too generic, but is it copper shielding, and/or a ground plane?
 03/30/2012 12:06:17 PM · #2019
Primary working parts of a linear induction motor, the coil and track, or are you building a cannon? It's easy to see that the items are pretty small.
eta Canon= rail gun.

Message edited by author 2012-03-30 12:06:54.
 03/30/2012 12:12:28 PM · #2020
is the background a penny?
 03/30/2012 12:22:50 PM · #2021
Originally posted by Cuttooth:
is the background a penny?


Damn, I think you are right! I see a little blurry Abe Lincoln in there.
 03/30/2012 12:28:01 PM · #2022
Originally posted by bhuge:
Originally posted by Cuttooth:
is the background a penny?


Damn, I think you are right! I see a little blurry Abe Lincoln in there.


the beard gave it away.

(or i hope it did anyway.)
 03/30/2012 01:02:34 PM · #2023
Originally posted by Cuttooth:
is the background a penny?


In my best Monty Burns voice, "Eeeeeexcellent!"
Y'all were swifter than I thought on that! Here's a wider view:


Message edited by author 2012-03-30 13:04:13.
 03/30/2012 01:09:56 PM · #2024
Woohoo!
I'm stepping out the door from work right now so will post something when I get home.
 03/30/2012 01:38:34 PM · #2025
OK, other than being a poorly taken shot, what is it?

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