Camera phone competition October 2019: Portrait
 

Inspired by last month's winner, and lovely Maemalians, the theme of the month is portrait, so take a portrait of a cat, a statue, or someone, or something.

Rules are as usual:
Photos must be taken during this month (after theme is announced) and posted before voting starts.
Photos must be taken by the posting member.
Photos must be taken with a camera phone.
Post processing is allowed but you have to say what you did.
Users must name the phone and software they used.
Users post only one photo per entry.
Users can change the entry only once.
3 day voting period starts on October 28th at 20:00 UTC and ends on the evening of October 31st.

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Since I won't be home till the end of the month this should do it

https://i.postimg.cc/FR9pJBWX/DSC-0996-2.jpg

XZ2 stock camera, resized and light balance done in GIPM

The little ones are to restless to take a decent photo

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Unfortunately I forgot about the contest, when I took this pic last week with my E-M10. So not my entry, but I think it's worth sharing, although the model doesn't look very happy... and she also wasn't very cooperative with her quick moves. :rolleyes:

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Well... This is only picture to think about for this topic from here, middle of nothing...

N9, Crop [edit: and resize - and cropping is s.it ;) ] by Gimp.
Our guardian angel:

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@catbus: Is this middle of nowhere in Finland? My most middle of nowhere church has been Pielpajärvi church. If not seen it one should. People can google it.

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@Maemish - Yes. Where else could be place middle of nothing. Your's is also middle of Finland but this is nowhere ;)

And here is picture from our livingroom which is also our "church".

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A portrait of not so cooperative Gandalf The Grey and his best friend Tousled Anne.

Xperia X stock and croped by Pix.

https://svenskasprakfiler.se/show/gandalf-rufsann.jpg

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Let's call it "Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young Man"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...14b77fb9_o.jpg
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Xperia X, stock Sailfish camera, taken under the "Friday night lights".

His sister had just finished a cheerleading mini-clinic and the band was on the field for halftime. I was turned to my left, asking Thing 1 about her bowhead experience, then turned back to Thing 2 to find he had persuaded the man behind him to let him try his SLR.

He managed to take several good pics, too! Sure a DSLR does all the technical work, but most of his previous photographic attempts were snapshots of feet and floors and fingers . . .

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That is super cute!

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Gandalf the Grey. ...hahahaha....love the name.
Great pic of them.

I will shortly post my choice pic.

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Ok, finally got an idea for a pic and happened to be carrying my good old N9 with me the other day.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pz...I=w971-h547-no

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^Wow!!! How big is that? And where?

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It's in Guatemala City in a part of the city called Cayala. The statue is something like 10-15 meters long I guess.

I stand corrected.
"The creation and accomplishment of this 18-meter long colossus took more than three years of work and 75 tons of Guatemalan beige marble!"

https://www.artistics.com/en/birth-a-giant

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Nokia 808 (for a change), unedited.

https://i.lensdump.com/i/iSSYR0.jpg

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My models where noncooperative.

Meet Hilde & Sternchen in their usual cautious near run away mood.
I tried everything to get one of them to hold still for more than a second but no chance.
Taken with XA2, cropped with gimp.

https://mosushi.de/misc/photocomp/IM...026_172921.jpg

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I never understood the concept of a rabbit as a pet. Rabbits are food, not friends!

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I really did not want to do this, but I was kind of forced to.
A portrait of yours truly, taken just a few seconds ago, on Jolla 1, front camera. Rotated in Gallery since the TMO uploader does not understand picture rotation tags.

Attachment 40752

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Well......... So the grumpy old man that's is against everything modern pop culture BS even more than me posted a selfie. :eek::eek::eek:

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Indeed. What has the world come to? :confused::confused::confused:

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Curious like a cat! :D

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Haha, Friday Night Lights was my favorite series of all times :) The movie is good too.

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"Here's Brucey!"

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We gotta get the voting kicked off -- it's still the 28th of October here, so I'll summarize.

We've got:

1. kinggo
https://i.postimg.cc/FR9pJBWX/DSC-0996-2.jpg
XZ2 stock camera, resized and light balance done in GIMP

2.catbus "Our guardian angel"
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...1&d=1571338660
N9, Crop [edit: and resize - and cropping is s.it ] by Gimp.

3. eson "Gandalf The Grey and his best friend Tousled Anne"
https://svenskasprakfiler.se/show/gandalf-rufsann.jpg
Xperia X stock and croped by Pix.

4. robthebold "Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young Man"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...14b77fb9_o.jpg
Xperia X, stock Sailfish camera

5. spfoo "18m long Guatemalen sculpture"
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pz...I=w971-h547-no
N9

6. Pentona
https://i.lensdump.com/i/iSSYR0.jpg
Nokia 808, unedited

7. mosen "Hilde & Sternchen"
https://mosushi.de/misc/photocomp/IM...026_172921.jpg
Taken with XA2, cropped with gimp.

8. pichlo "Self Portrait"
https://talk.maemo.org/attachment.ph...2&d=1572289914
Jolla 1, front camera. Rotated in Gallery

A fine bunch of interpretations of the portrait theme. Let the voting begin. Thanks to the entrants. You need not submit an entry to vote, all TMO members are welcome to participate in deciding the winner. See post #1 for voting cutoff time. Good luck!

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#8, pichlo
as seen by Jolla :D

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#1. kinggo
Because theme of the month was not Selfie. ;)

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Best portrait goes to kinggo
Best scene goes to robthebold
Most interesting location goes to spfoo

and my vote goes to pichlo :D

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I have had zero time lately ..
and so sadly didn't submit my entry...

I would put my vote for the furry entries...
But a show stealer came in at rhe last moment...
And so ...
have to vote for the ugly mug too.

+ 1 for pichlo

@ eson...
It is a "selfie" ...yes...you are right in that...
But...this month's competition is "portraits"...
And pichlo's entry is certainly that.

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#5, spfoo "18m long Guatemalen sculpture"

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Ha! Do you know what the word "selfie" means? That's right, it's short for "self portrait"! :D

My vote also goes to #1 kinggo. Even though I am not exactly a fan of cats. But the picture quality is just awesome and, oh boy, those irises... so... mesmerizing!

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@pichlo You are going to win anyway. I just thought that someone have to disagree. ;)

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My vote goes to 8. pichlo "Self Portrait".
I love rotated gallery pictures.

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#5 spfoo

But have to say that #6 is something worth framing and putting on the wall. The contrast, the L/R symmetry, then again symmetry of circles on the ceiling because he positioned himself so good.....

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Unfortunately I missed thos month competition. Next Month I'm in again.
My vote goes.of course to pichlo!

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And in all the commotion, I forgot how many bullets that was . . . and also to vote.

So it's 1. kinggo

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1. kinggo

Can't stop looking at those shiny eyes

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Very difficult to choose…

1. kinggo

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Kinggo +1

I love cats...

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I know...
the eyes have it...
That's why it was a hard choice between the cat and the stray...I mean ..."the pichlo"

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Well, as a chef i share your opinion.
But as a husband and father... ;)
I even quit the delicious comments about their horse some time ago tho they still pop up in my mind every time i see it.

As an effort to overcome my cat dislike, i vote for 1# Kinggos very crisp shot and admit i wanted to recreate a similiar picture with the rabbits. And failed :D

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Rabbit is good.
Bear is good.
Deer is good
Elk is good.
Wild boar is good.
Porcupine is good.
Skunk is good.
Moose is good.
Cow , chickens, ducks and geese are good.
Living up north ...living on a farm...
I have had them all.
As a youngster it is a hard hard thing to even contemplate sitting down and eating childhood playmates...
But thankfully I was raised to appreciate their time and their purpose in the scheme of the food chain.
As an adult I fully understand ...and see the sacred in being part of the process ...rather than just someone at the supermarket getting their "cut" prepackaged in cellophane ..
Which divorces humanity from being ...well...human.....

All of them are tasty if prepared properly

I love all my dogs and cats...past and present
But as the quasi-immortal Mel Gibson once said in a movie...
https://i.postimg.cc/PfV3yXCT/04e312...4e73b1c-wm.png
I am sure my cat would be tasty too.
It is all in the prep.
Of course I am not planning on it and bookmarking recipes...
I doubtless, as with past companions.. Would feel absolutely horribly devastated at their passing...
All that being said...
Eddie and Cat-O and I have an understanding...
If an apocalyptic end of the world happens ...and we survive...and then miraculously run out of the 2 year supply of food we have stored...then to spare them both...
Eddie is on the menu first...since a 30 lb dog properly cooked and seasoned should last Cat-O and I a long time...
And because Cat-O doesn't eat as much... is a diligent mouser...catching up to 5 mice a day from the woods...and bringing 2 or 3 back alive to the door for me...
So Cat-O can provide a decent subsistence existence for the both of us ...until things get a little lean and he starts looking tasty...

The likelihood of some horrible calamity like that occurring is slim at best.
More likely is the prospect of me choking and dying on breakfast or dinner..
And that is where they have my complete permission to chow down on my corpse if no one comes by timely to check on me.
I wouldn't want them to go hungry...and it isn't like I would mind ...being departed from my mortal frame.

So thats our arrangement.

Love all my companions...dearly...
Give them tons of affection and playtime...
And a stressless environment..
But never let them get fat..or too lean..
Not good for their health...
Not good for the meat either...