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

We've got:

1. kinggo

XZ2 stock camera, resized and light balance done in GIMP

2.catbus "Our guardian angel"

N9, Crop [edit: and resize - and cropping is s.it ] by Gimp.

3. eson "Gandalf The Grey and his best friend Tousled Anne"

Xperia X stock and croped by Pix.

4. robthebold "Portrait of the Artist as a Very Young Man"

Xperia X, stock Sailfish camera

5. spfoo "18m long Guatemalen sculpture"

N9

6. Pentona

Nokia 808, unedited

7. mosen "Hilde & Sternchen"

Taken with XA2, cropped with gimp.

8. pichlo "Self Portrait"

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!