Self Portraits

[Alina Borovikova]

That is me in a morning...so hart ti wake up :) shot was taken by telephon

[Lilchilichoco]

Bynx, very impressive for a webcam. Nice shot .:).

Alina.....lol....I hope you didn't sleep like that....:)





Best Regards

[Rooz]

That is me in a morning...so hart ti wake up :) shot was taken by telephon

lmao what a great photo.
geez that made me laugh. :D

[Kushnirenko]

That is me in a morning...so hart ti wake up :) shot was taken by telephon

Awakening caused alarm in seconds before the call :)

[Rachel Archer]

Dear Paul (aka Bynx),

That's pretty damn good in my opinion for a webcam. I'd appreciate seeing a short video sample, or you posting more about its options re: video capture. I just bought a webcam for the first time and am interested in a better one. If the iSight cam can be used with my desktop PC ... may just buy one! :D P.S I like your beard :D

Thanks for sharing *hugs*

Fondly,

Rachel :)

P.P.S. Dear Alina (Borovikova), lovely photos dear! Thanks for sharing, the bare-soled wake-up photo was pretty good. :)

[Alina Borovikova]

Bynx, very impressive for a webcam. Nice shot .:).

Alina.....lol....I hope you didn't sleep like that....:)





Best Regards

Of coars, I didn't sleep all the night long. In the morning, for me it big problem simply could not wake up. :)

[jeffdalt]

Here`s my effort for this subject.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1410/719601591_5899343349.jpg

[Phill D]

Wooah Jeff scary!.... excellent photo though. Welcome to the forums.

[mumbles420]

My girlfriend took this one of me while we were at the Mercedes Benz dealership. Converted to b&w in CS2.

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs15/f/2007/044/e/f/Look_Away_by_AlwaysThinkingPhoto.jpg

[apeashmore]

Hello all! I am new to DCRP. I figured this would be a great forum to introduce myself. I am also new at photography. I just bought a panasonic DMC FZ8. I think that is it. I have not recieved it yet..expecting it to arrive on saterday! This picture was taken with my little point and shoot canon. I hope it posted:) If not can someone let me know how to post pictures!http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1089/1065573682_daf3473bb8.jpg

[toriaj]

Nice picture! You may be new to photography, but I'd be willing to bet you're not new to graphic editing of some type! :D nice post-processing on that picture :D

If you don't mind, is any part of apeashmore your name? Or does it have other meaning?

[apeashmore]

I like to play around with editing. It can make a crappy picture...well..not so crappy. Yes apeashmore is part of my name... is my name actually... April Ashmore

[toriaj]

Okay! Now I can relate to your username much better :) I know what you mean about editing. Did you see what adam75south did here? http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33404&highlight=painting

--Tori

[apeashmore]

Very cool!!!!

[Alina Borovikova]

sun light in the morning

[GabOrcinus]

We all like looking through our lenses, right?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/1069683824_b35276bded_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaborcinus/1069683824/)

[toriaj]

Okay, THAAAAT's creepy!

[BirdinHand]

I am new and here's me.

http://iad04.umicache.com/p/virb.com/resize_510x1500/Image-74195-490682-lizafacexxbw.jpg
:)

[Bynx]

Alina, that blue is absolutely delicious. Great shot.

[Rooz]

We all like looking through our lenses, right?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/1069683824_b35276bded_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaborcinus/1069683824/)

oh man...that PP is awesome !

[Bynx]

If nobody is going to ask I will....how the hell did you do that? Do you have a glass eye? It sure makes for an interesting photo. I can see another photo with your eye replaced with the camera lens and the camera lens replaced with your eye. Now that would be freaky. Good job man.

[D Thompson]

If nobody is going to ask I will....how the hell did you do that? Do you have a glass eye? It sure makes for an interesting photo. I can see another photo with your eye replaced with the camera lens and the camera lens replaced with your eye. Now that would be freaky. Good job man.
It's fairly simple in PS using layers and a layer mask. Line up the layer of the lens with the eye and mask what you don't want to show thru.

[GabOrcinus]

It's fairly simple in PS using layers and a layer mask. Line up the layer of the lens with the eye and mask what you don't want to show thru.
Yup... just copied and resized the lens of the camera, pasted it as a new layer and aligned it.

[Alina Borovikova]

Alina, that blue is absolutely delicious. Great shot.

Thanks. I am glad, that it's pleasant to you :)

[photodawg]

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c103/dragginmazda/me-1.jpg

[trucic]

Here I am, with my Fuji s5700.. BW try, and some other stuff you can find in my gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9147880@N02/ ... cheers!!!

[toriaj]

Two edits of the same shot.
I like the "traditional" one, but I also like the "angelic" effect of the 2nd. Comments?

50mm, 1/2 sec., f/5.6, ISO 200
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edit: I'm really starting to see the artifacts of resizing my images. I've been using Paint Shop Pro to resize, resampling with Smart Size. Is there a different program you'd recommend?
For artifact-free images, you can check out my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7297122@N07/

[rawpaw18]

Tori,
Very pretty shots. Great job with the lighting. I can not pick a favorite, they are both very nice. 1/2 second, wow. The light source coming from your right causing a hair shadow on you face, that would be my only suggestion, little pp touchup there. You really did a nice job.

[Lilchilichoco]

Tori, simply gorgeous!!! The light is perfect and you look beautiful!!:) I love both versions, the angelic one is so different from what I've seen, especially considering my own in-your-face self portraits:D....these are so easy on the eyes....ethereal. Keep more coming please!





Best Regards

[hokeyguy]

Two edits of the same shot.
I like the "traditional" one, but I also like the "angelic" effect of the 2nd. Comments?

50mm, 1/2 sec., f/5.6, ISO 200
Hot Pic 1

Hot Pic 2

edit: I'm really starting to see the artifacts of resizing my images. I've been using Paint Shop Pro to resize, resampling with Smart Size. Is there a different program you'd recommend?
For artifact-free images, you can check out my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7297122@N07/

Very nice. I like the eye's/brows in this and the first self portrait from a few months ago.

[toriaj]

Thanks, everyone!
Hokeyguy, you made me laugh right out loud when I noticed how you'd renamed my pics :D
Rich, 1/2 sec, crazy I know! I was using Aperture Priority and wasn't paying attention to the shutter speed. There's some blur, noticable at larger sizes, that I'm sure is motion blur. Good learning for next time ...
Lil', I'm glad you liked them! I made the "first" one in response to comments on flickr about the "angelic" one. I'm especially fond of the skin tones in the "first."

[AdamW]

Tori--I really like the high-key effect on the first one. It serves your skin tone and hair color quite well. Very nice job. I'm not sure about "hot pic #2." I guess that style doesn't really do it for me.

[toriaj]

Thanks for your comments, Adam, you're not alone :D
Several people on flickr didn't go for the low-contrast version either. I'm glad people tell me the truth about what they think ... otherwise I wouldn't have made the edit for "Hot Pic #1!"

[domenic]

Hey Kushnirenko is that an old MiG your sitting on? :)

[domenic]

Here is my interim contribution,taken on my old Nokia N70 mobile phone!!!! Lol, Will make a proper one over the weekend.

Regards

Dom

[domenic]

OOps Sorry, 2nd attempt.


Dom

[Geoff Chandler]

Nice to see lots of self portraits here.
Here's me on one of my last days at my previous job...

[Benjamin2007]

Just stumbled across this thread this morning and several hours later (I'm on leave today) I've still only managed to skim through about 60% of the pages here! :-)

Wow, there's some really great shots here, too many to list, compliment or comment on, but here goes:
(as a brief attempt to acknowledge the inspirational & list some highlights for me):
Visually stunning &/or artistic:
Alnath, Alina Borovikova (goodmorninghair, bed & blue light!), jeffdalt, GabOrcinus, Kushnirenko's grey-life of AB's GMH, & many others,
Simply good photos (good composition etc) &/or simply good-looking people :):
Astro, Kushnirenko (Su15 & others), Bill Marwick, Speaklightly, Lilchilichoco, Cory's Lil Chica (fox-tail & rifle series in particular :D), Downtrodden, sbnr, mumbles420, darksyde, Yomny, domenic, snowrdr (great bike & Mt St Helens makes a stunning backdrop :)), photodawg, trucic (great use of B&W :)), BirdinHand, Toriaj (love the skin tones of hotpic#1, you look so different from the first SP in the Intro' thread posted there 29NOV06, not sure I like the low-contrast version in hotpic#2...) & many others, &
Scary/Funny pic's :):
Esoterra, Deadman, avi777, too funny guys :eek:;) lol

Haven't got any SPs yet, but once I play around with the self-timer in Portrait mode on my new camera and maybe buy a tripod, I may post something if anything turns out ok, in the meantime one of my favourite pic's of myself (& my cat, Ariella :)) is in the Intro' thread, I may post a few other fav' pics of me by others later, :D

(What a fascinating way to spend several hours on a day off!)

Great work everyone!:cool:

[Bynx]

What can you say about a self portrait? This is it with a bit of fiddling in Photoshop.

[toriaj]

Just stumbled across this thread this morning and several hours later (I'm on leave today) I've still only managed to skim through about 60% of the pages here! :-) ....
Simply good photos (good composition etc) &/or simply good-looking people :): Toriaj (love the skin tones of hotpic#1, you look so different from the first SP in the Intro' thread posted there 29NOV06, not sure I like the low-contrast version in hotpic#2...)

Thanks, Benjamin. Yep, the self-portrait in the Intro thread was taken just a few weeks after I bought my camera. No PP, no special setup of any kind ... that shot is more of how I usually look.

Bynx, that SP really looks like how I'd imagined you! That doesn't happen often :D

[TheWengler]

Alright, here's my contribution to this thread. The first one isn't really a self portrait. Rather it's my girlfriend's interpretation of me using the Facebook graffiti application as her medium. The second one is a double self portrait of me and my girlfriend on a cloudy day at Montana de Oro SP.

[Benjamin2007]

Nice one Wengler!
I loved your girlfriend's interpretation, very cool!:cool:
Two good photos, one beautiful girlfriend..., Life's good, eh!:D

[TheWengler]

Nice one Wengler!
I loved your girlfriend's interpretation, very cool!:cool:
Two good photos, one beautiful girlfriend..., Life's good, eh!:D

Yep! No complaints. I had to search and search for a picture of me that was a self portrait where I was wearing the red beanie. Luckily I had one.

[Lilchilichoco]

The Wenglar,

that's a beautiful photo of you and your girlfriend....the first thing that struck me when I saw it was your girlfriend's expression.....pure joy:)......and yes she's beautiful.....and she has some great caricature impression ability....oh yeah...life's good....to quote Benjamin. It's a lovely photo....the feeling is precious.






Best Regards

[Lilchilichoco]

Benjamin,



Thanks for taking the time to look at the thread and appreciating.







Best Regards

[Benjamin2007]

Thanks Lilchili' :)

Here are my first attempts at self-portraiture. :)
To take the shots I was playing with some newly acquired accessories (& as yet unexplored camera functions): a power adaptor for the S5700, 10sec self-timer function in portrait mode and my first tripod, a Velbon Sherpa 600R, Wooooohoooo!!!! (This is a seriously fun tripod!):cool:

First shot, at work with FinePixViewer processing images from the camera, in the chaos that is my study. :)
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Second shot, same scene, feigning shock/horror as the adorable Ariella (out of shot, but on screen) did what she loves the most, playing with the neck strap of my camera, which was still attached to it after I'd set it up on the tripod, during the last seconds of the ten second count-down! :eek:
(Of course I had nothing to worry about as the Velbon remained stationary and stable throughout the feline attentions!):D
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Enjoy!

[TheWengler]

Ah, both of my cats have attempted to pull my camera off of my desk when I've left the neck strap dangling. I need to be more careful. :o

[Benjamin2007]

Ah, both of my cats have attempted to pull my camera off of my desk when I've left the neck strap dangling. I need to be more careful. :o

Yep, cats just love going after things hanging off of the edges of tables, bench-tops etc!

The adorable/diabolical ;) Ariella has done just that about two days after I bought the camera! :eek:
Luckily I'd stowed it away in the sturdy Lowepro Edit 110, so although the bag & camera went for a dive over the edge of the dining table, the camera was safe'n'sound in the well padded Lowepro, no damage, how's that!.... luckily for me, just wouldn't want to do that for kicks every Saturday night!

I'd placed the bag too close to the edge of the table to remind me to take it with me to work the next day, so I could take some shots that night, and of course the strap was just too tempting for her...
Happily I haven't made that mistake again. :)

[Rhys]

My latest self-portrait....

[AdamW]

I'm glad there's over 3000 miles between California and the Carolinas. :eek:

[Rhys]

I'm glad there's over 3000 miles between California and the Carolinas. :eek:

Aww... You're not scared by my tiddly little .357 Magnum?

[AdamW]

Aww... You're not scared by my tiddly little .357 Magnum?

Yes. I am.

[Bynx]

The size of the man is inversely proportional to the size of his gun. This according to Einstein and Mendel.

[photodawg]

me being goofy at 2am
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c103/dragginmazda/DSC_0575-1.jpg

desclaimer if pic causes nightmares or projectile vometing Im sorry lol
:eek::D

[Geoff Chandler]

My latest self-portrait....
& we thought you were using a camera!!!(to shoot)

[domenic]

How come you carry a magnum with you? Are you in the Police Force?
Or is it for protection?

Dom

[Rhys]

How come you carry a magnum with you? Are you in the Police Force?
Or is it for protection?

Dom

Some parts of Columbia can be rough. No telling where my GPS will take me on my way to places and since my vehicle says "photography", it makes sense to take precautions.

[Rhys]

The size of the man is inversely proportional to the size of his gun. This according to Einstein and Mendel.

I'd say the worth of a man is in the number of times he doesn't let a situation get so out of hand that he has to shoot somebody.

Actually, I kinda like that statement - I've not had to shoot anybody :D

[Bynx]

Rhys I think these come in .357 Is this the brand you use?

[Rhys]

ROTFLMAO

I love it. Where did you find that picture?

[Rhys]

& we thought you were using a camera!!!(to shoot)

Ahh. The .357 is backup for when my camera doesn't quite do the job :p

[Bynx]

The picture is from an advertising spot on our buses. Its for the assholes to read.

[Rhys]

The picture is from an advertising spot on our buses. Its for the assholes to read.

Lol. I'd love to know where those busses are.

[GabOrcinus]

Here's a shot taken by me, of me being robbed by me.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/2057064490_afe207db09.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaborcinus/2057064490/)

[liu1]

This is me and my daughter Mylin


http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m119/liu1/Liu%20family/Mei.jpg

[SpecialK]

I got a refurbished new-for-me and first laptop today. I'm sure it's common place, but it has a built-in webcam that can takes stills. I did not even have to configure it to access the web. Now if I could just stop reaching for the mouse...
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[ratty]

Ahh. The .357 is backup for when my camera doesn't quite do the job :p


I gather from the above remark, you walk around hitting people over the head with you camera? :rolleyes:

[Benjamin2007]

The obligatory self-portrait by reflection (shot through glass & reflecting off polished metal panels):
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cheers,

[T06]

Hmmmm, another reflective.....

[downtrodden]

Well here's Gabriella and I in August of like, 06...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/233091315_3c4ed303f0.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2147/2273424707_7b3980dd6b.jpg

Me playin' with the new 40D...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2274258146_c4ab37f7a1.jpg

And of course the obligatory mirror shot everyone seems to take when they first get their dSLR...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/2080598666_0c087d9475.jpg

only i took it a couple steps further, and took one when i got the nifty fifty and another when i got the vertical battery grip and as soon as I get my hair cut, I will be taking one with my new 24-70 F2.8L

btw Rhys, Mine's bigger than yours!!!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1270/1369966354_fded8daf0f.jpg
Although, I can't conceal carry mine...

Do you get into rifles any at all Rhys?

Ok ok, i'm done...

~Cory

[toriaj]

so where are the shots of you and Gaby from this year? :D

[downtrodden]

Sadly this year there are not many, no where near as good as the ones i took with my S3. I have a really cheap tripod and the 40D with lens is too heavy for it, so the head moves... I got so frustrated I gave up...

[toriaj]

Oh no, that's too bad. My tripod is cheap too, but I haven't really had problems with it as long as I use the delayed shutter. Next time try putting the camera on a table, wall, bench, ? :)

[btuner]

im just a youngin
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/brand90/IMG_2224copycopy.jpg

[SharonD]

Well, I'm not quite a youngin' anymore. lol

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/2277880610_abb0d77414_o.jpg

[Geoff Chandler]

Sadly this year there are not many, no where near as good as the ones I took with my S3. I have a really cheap tripod and the 40D with lens is too heavy for it, so the head moves... I got so frustrated I gave up...
I am also experiencing the same thing - mind you I shouldn't complain!!
I got my tripod quite cheap around 25 years ago.!! It was fine for a lightweight Olympus OM2 - and my first 2 digicams - but my DSLR rocks back and forth on the thing with it's weight - I have to wait until it stops and very gently operate the shutter button (not got the remote yet) with the timer delay - even then I still sometimes get a blur!!!
So - similarly - no recent self portraits!!

[Geoff Chandler]

Well, I'm not quite a youngin' anymore. lol

Sharon - don't worry - there's always someone older than you - to me you look young
:D
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff217/geof0711/Smalls%20bin/Gsmall.jpg?t=1203550080

[Bynx]

And compared to me you are a handsome devil Geoff.

[SharonD]

Sharon - don't worry - there's always someone older than you - to me you look young
:D
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff217/geof0711/Smalls%20bin/Gsmall.jpg?t=1203550080

That's true, Geoff. Ah, as long as we're all young at heart. :) And you look young to me too.

[tfa8rva]

The standard one handed self photo.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2281336138_e03e6e3702_o.jpg

[toriaj]

Very cool background, much better than the common SP. If your shadow wasn't in it, I'd think you just pasted yourself in :) I'd love to see the original.

[Geoff Chandler]

The standard one handed self photo.


Great stuff for a self portait - are you telling us you used your D80 like a Point and shoot - if so - it's a great result - and I love that semi sepia effect too.

[tfa8rva]

Very cool background, much better than the common SP. If your shadow wasn't in it, I'd think you just pasted yourself in :) I'd love to see the original.

A friend of mine saw this and said that it looked like my shadow was coming to get me.:eek: However, If you see the original you will see that I really did make chicken salad out of chicken shit. Oh, and thats my driveway in the background.


Great stuff for a self portait - are you telling us you used your D80 like a Point and shoot - if so - it's a great result - and I love that semi sepia effect too.

No......I didn't use my D80 for this one. I used my Canon SD870IS. That doesn't mean I haven't tried using my D80 for shots like this.

[toriaj]

That's your driveway? Man I'm really jealous of you now. :D

[btuner]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/brand90/DSC_1521copy.jpg

[GabOrcinus]

This is me and my girlfriend again:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2003/2280591789_646f801259_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/2285018373_49c871d4cf.jpg

[toriaj]

Rather than make a double post, would you just take a look at my latest self-portraits (http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?p=292905#post292905)?

Critique and suggestions always appreciated. This time I learned that even with AF, a stool is your friend for SPs :)

[tfa8rva]

Tori, those look very nice.......the first one especially. The last one doesn't seem to have enough DOF and one of your eyes is out of focus, but I think you knew that. The first one looks spot on. Did you use i-TTL or did you adjust the flash manually? Looks like just enough.

[toriaj]

Thanks, yep the large aperture got me on the 2nd one ... I adjusted the flash manually, based on what I saw in the LCD. I'm glad you like them :)

[Benjamin2007]

Rather than make a double post, would you just take a look at my latest self-portraits (http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?p=292905#post292905)?

Critique and suggestions always appreciated. This time I learned that even with AF, a stool is your friend for SPs :)

Simply beautiful, Tori! :)

tfa8rva has already commented on the DoF issue in the third photo re your right eye. I cann't make any intelligent comment about the flash, although I look forward to seeing more of your flash photography experiments and learning from you. :p:)

[Spiral Photo]

Here's me. :)

http://a565.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_2bba65da5bf98d646dc82022800c5e44.jpg
http://a516.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/36/l_b3e7ae31b9b7cdb5dcb62e037357c823.jpg
http://a313.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/9/l_ce9a9e35fe189f85242a3847458c3388.jpg

[T06]

Spiral I that last shot is a great pic for a portrait imo.

[toriaj]

I love the last one too. Were you using window light?

[Spiral Photo]

Nope, I used to have studio lighting. I was playing with some cables and would randomly fire the shutter just in case, and I happened upon that one.

Thanks for the comments.

[TheWengler]

My girlfriend and me in Malibu.

[Kushnirenko]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3152813139_0092978448.jpg?v=0 (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3152813139_0092978448_b.jpg)

[Geoff Chandler]

Ha Ha - very good Kushnirenko!!

[Geoff Chandler]

Well - not quite a self portrait - but one I asked for, I guess...
My daughter took this one of me, in the evening of 1st Jan ~
at my Mums at a family gathering...
I haven't processed this as I uploaded it to a photo site - which resized it for me - then I have just saved it back ~ so I expect there is a bit of quality loss..
Meanwhile - I reckon my daughter has a good eye for a photo...

[Rooz]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3152813139_0092978448.jpg?v=0 (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3152813139_0092978448_b.jpg)

i dont know what f**k that contraption is but i sure as hell like it ! lol

[tizeye]

A true self portrait...
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/ibhim/DSC_0178-1.jpg

A little more detail - my other hobby with a fellow rider using my camera
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/ibhim/Bike2.jpg

This one I snagged a frame off a video -
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/ibhim/Picture3-1.jpg

My previous hobby (no longer licensed) - but with pilot experience, let me take it through some sweet maneuvers - including a barrel roll! The ride was a Christmas present from my wife a couple years back.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/ibhim/Flight1.jpg

[Kushnirenko]

i dont know what f**k that contraption is but i sure as hell like it ! lol
My friends consider air conditioner in my server room similar to the robot R2D2 from a films "Star Wars".
http://gizmod.ru/files/459/image.jpg.
On a New Year holiday we have decided to make its more similar to the original:)
Happy New Year All!!!

[GabrielC]

... A kind of ...

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... and another one of the kind!

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[treetop]

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This pic was taken by a professional

[treetop]

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Not to sure who took this one.

[Kushnirenko]

Shevchenko Garden. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Jul 2010

Me paint
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4831681197_248d80d1dc_b.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4831681197_ebc0fce46f_o.jpg)

And here that from this turned out
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4831690899_52565d12fe_b.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4831690899_fa831a2c03_o.jpg)