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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: fike on December 13, 2013, 02:33:14 pm
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According to Urban Dictionary
A picture taken of yourself that is planned to be uploaded to Facebook, Myspace or any other sort of social networking website. You can usually see the person's arm holding out the camera in which case you can clearly tell that this person does not have any friends to take pictures of them so they resort to Myspace to find internet friends and post pictures of themselves, taken by themselves. A selfie is usually accompanied by a kissy face or the individual looking in a direction that is not towards the camera.
According to the Oxford Dictionary
a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website:
According to Wikipedia
A selfie is a type of self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone, and are usually taken in a slightly tilted manner. Selfies are often associated with social networking. ...
I think it would be fun to see some good selfies of our LuLa community. Here is one of me in my picture-takin' hat. I prefer selfies without sunglasses because we all know that eyes are the window to your soul, and I like to see into people's souls.
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Can't see any soul in this image. ;)
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Is this better?
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Is this better?
Yes, but what do you do with your nose when its raining?
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What toxic shock!! Photographers should never be seen — most of all in selfies.
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What toxic shock!! Photographers should never be seen — most of all in selfies.
how does the proverb go..."do unto others as you would have them..." blah blah. Photographers who hide behind the camera are wusses.
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Photographers who hide behind the camera are wusses.
Photographers who inflict their countenance upon others are either devoid of good grace and courtesy or rabid ego-centrics.
W
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Does this count? Note that I've partially obscured my face, for the sake of the women and children as well as to be polite.
Regards,
Dale
Addendum: the gut bulge is due to a lens flaw. Ahem.
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OK....
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OK....
Very Doctor Who, but a bloody nice image regardless!
Rob C
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Terrific, Ed!
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Here's one of me... sort of.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3426/3231069764_6148f0fbf4_z.jpg?zz=1) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/3231069764/)
Divisible (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/3231069764/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
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Here's one of me... sort of.
Another abstract selfie - I like it!
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Another abstract selfie - I like it!
I like to think that my avatar here captures my essence quite well.
Jeremy
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I like to think that my avatar here captures my essence quite well.
Jeremy
You mean, you enjoy a good joke?
Rob C
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Does this count? Note that I've partially obscured my face, for the sake of the women and children as well as to be polite.
Regards,
Dale
Addendum: the gut bulge is due to a lens flaw. Ahem.
All of the shots posted are cool in abstract ways, but this one is the most obviously a selfie and at the same time very creative and engaging.
Are you referring to the pincussion distortion?
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You mean, you enjoy a good joke?
I am perfectly content for you to read it in that way, Rob ;)
Jeremy
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(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1594818/pix/ma-cityhall-1.jpg)
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(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1594818/pix/ma-cityhall-1.jpg)
That certainly works, whatever it represents!
;-)
Rob C
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(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1594818/pix/ma-cityhall-1.jpg)
That is a very interesting distortion of reality. Great work! What are you actually taking a picture into??? a wet car or something?
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That is a very interesting distortion of reality. Great work! What are you actually taking a picture into??? a wet car or something?
The building is City Hall in London reflected in one of the big black globes outside it. Normally the globes are too dull, but every so often they're polished as here:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1594818/pix/CityHallBlackBall-1.jpg)
You can make out the globes in context at centre right here:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1594818/pix/CityHallDemo-1.jpg)
Anarchist demo against Boris Johnson the evening he was first elected Mayor of London in 2008.
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No amount of Photoshop is going to fix that building; bet it won a prize.
;-)
Rob C
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No amount of Photoshop is going to fix that building; bet it won a prize.
;-)
Rob C
That's what I like about it. It makes for a disorienting photo. Fun!
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That's what I like about it. It makes for a disorienting photo. Fun!
Has anyone tried to apply LR5's Automatic Perspective Correction to the building? Disclaimer: if you computer goes up in smoke, do not blame me. ;)
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Has anyone tried to apply LR5's Automatic Perspective Correction to the building? Disclaimer: if you computer goes up in smoke, do not blame me. ;)
You could "fix" the building, but then you would mess up the rest of the world.
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You could "fix" the building, but then you would mess up the rest of the world.
Somebody would notice?
;-)
Rob C
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You could "fix" the building, but then you would mess up the rest of the world.
So that's what happened!
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I'm already distorted.
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I'm already distorted.
No, it's just the ravaged background. I think you (if it's you and not an avatar) look relatively young and fit.
Rob C
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I'm over 9000 ft in elevation and the increased UV has done something to my hair.
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I'm over 9000 ft in elevation and the increased UV has done something to my hair.
Proof!
Bigfoot exists !
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Look closely!
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"Where is Waldo" selfie: :)
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I'm over 9000 ft in elevation and the increased UV has done something to my hair.
I'll need to use that one.
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"Where is Waldo" selfie: :)
The shadow selfie is a whole new category of photography bugaboos. I have been known to make weird shapes with my arms to make my shadow look more like a tree branch.
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Look closely!
REALLY!?!? Your arm? That is pushing the selfie a bit far for even my broad definition.
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REALLY!?!? Your arm? That is pushing the selfie a bit far for even my broad definition.
OK, here's the other half of me - :D
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"Where is Waldo" selfie: :)
A shadow of your former self(ie)?
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OK, here's the other half of me - :D
smartie-pants. ::)
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smartie-pants. ::)
We can't make the job of those nice people at the NSA/GCHQ too easy now can we!
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me
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http://biographyofdanieldteolijr.tumblr.com/
A FF would have helped with the noise. Shot in a dark corner with no lights except reflected by the mirror.
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me
You got some pretty pix at your site. Very nice!
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Summer on the lake selfie:
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(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/8006381_orig.jpg)
I think the selfie is better than the reportage one which, clearly, isn't a selfie.
I stopped smpking at 30; years of age - not 30-a-day.
I can almost still see the illusions in the early shot. Some came true, many not. But hey, es normal.
;-)
Rob
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Summer on the lake selfie:
Elegant shot, Slobodan.
Rob
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See avatar. ;)
Oh, forgot about this one…from my Big Island sojourn last autumn. After tweeting a set of pics to my friend K she responded with "Are you really in Hawai'i? How do I know you're not just scraping this stuff off Instagram?"
-Dave-
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I had to suspend my tripod for this shot. Cropping is off, but I was too tired from hanging on to try another one.
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I had to suspend my tripod for this shot. Cropping is off, but I was too tired from hanging on to try another one.
That's a wonderful handstand, Paul.
;-)
Rob
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One from a failed meteor shoot where the meteors must have forgotten to show up.
I figured I'd get into the action to keep myself entertained.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/10164690233_35c23d4717_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/gudGgT)IMGP7541-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/gudGgT) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I took another one yesterday, since it was #selfiesunday.
This is a little below 14,000' on my way back down from climbing Tabeguache Peak yesterday.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4352/36427069161_17b5868d1f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XuWfyz)IMGP8487-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/XuWfyz) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr