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12-31-2014, 09:20 AM   #361
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QuoteOriginally posted by 6BQ5 Quote
Here's a self-portrait and a story. First, the shot..



The unplanned picture was taken with a K-30 propped up on a rusty air conditioner dumped in the middle of a field. I had my F 50mm f/1.7 lens on the camera. The focus point is in the center so I'm a little soft and the background is very sharp. ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/200 shutter.

Now the story...

I will never forget this self portrait. Getting to this area was very, very hard.

I had to jump a creek, maybe a meter wide. When I came to the crossing I hesitated. On the one hand I thought I should be able to jump the meter but something was telling me to not do it. It was a strange feeling to hear the sound of what must have been the voice of caution. I started to walk away but then turned back around to face the creek. My mind started to rationalize the challenge but there was no logical conclusion to it. I decided to do it because it was scary. In retrospect, I see what a stupid reason this was!

I leapt! Oh, what a feeling! I felt so confident. My fear of not being able to travel the gap evaporated. I could see that I was going to make it. What I didn't see was how I would land.

I lifted off with my right foot and started to land with my left. When my left foot contacted the landing spot I heard (and felt) a *crack* and then a *pop*! Oh, the pain was tremendous! At first I thought I twisted my ankle. I grabbed it and massaged it. It started to feel better and actually hobbled along to where I took this self portrait. The day worn on and my foot started feeling worse and worse! My foot was inflating like a balloon! I knew something was wrong so I went to my local urgent care center fearing that I had broken my foot. After getting x-rays and suffering through a long wait time the doctor told me I had torn my plantar fascia. That's the muscle on the underside of our feet.

My left foot is nearly useless now. I can't bend it or put much weight on it. It's like the end of a club now. Never before have I been so thankful for vertical surfaces to lean against and the support bars in a handicap toilet stall. Looking back on this shot I am amazed I was able to get as far as I did that day!

This shot is probably the last adventure shot I will be taking for a while. Now I am looking for inspiration from my chair or whatever stationary point I find myself in. There's plenty to look at - colors, shapes, forms and structures... but I need to turn my looking into seeing ala Paul Strand.
Man, how I know what you're feeling. I broke my left ankle twice; the first one when I was younger, on the outside part (twisted inwards), the second a couple of years ago, this time on the inside (and twisted outwards)... Both while playing soccer... Some guys just don't like being dribbled...

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My copy of the Silmarillion is exactly the same old one as yours, Mtux. I haven't read it though.
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My copy of the Silmarillion is exactly the same old one as yours, Mtux. I haven't read it though.
I just started reading it last week.

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Not sure I would call this a portrait but it is definitely me


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by Pablo Margulies, on Flickr
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Decided to do a long exposure self portrait for "Single in January"....

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I don't think I have a lens wide enough so don't wait on me.

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Here is one that goes way back on Kodachrome. 1961 Experimental self portrait with 1b bulb flash on Kodak Retinette triplet viewfinder camera. No auto focus or auto flash here.
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Playing with multi exposure mode on the K-3.

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Red hat in the rain.
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An oldie, That's me, many years ago, hiding behind a Bronica SQ, in the air lock of a recently landed Space Shuttle,
Photo was for documentation of the visor condition post flight.
If you can imagine being in a phone booth with two big guys and trying to take photos of them, you get an idea of the challenge,
Was not a fisheye lens, I think it was a 40mm, the distortion in the shot comes from the helmet visor.
Luckily the walls were white, and we could bounce the flash off them to illuminate the scene.
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Got a flash meter so had to test it on my only willing model (myself)
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