Me by cjwhite

Me

So...this would be the hardest subject I have ever photographed. I will be 53 in a few days and so I thought I would do a self portrait around my birthday. It's raining here, so I decided to try it today. This may be the only one you ever see. I do not like pictures of myself. This is best viewed really, really small or with your monitor turned off. It doesn't look any less scary in b&w. I tried it. :0)
Aww, dafty! This picture and you look lovely! Your shiny hair and beautiful eyes especially :o)
March 5th, 2011  
@lilbumblebee You are too kind, Donna. :0) I've had my finger hovering over the delete button ever since I posted it.
March 5th, 2011  
Noo, don't delete it :o)
March 5th, 2011  
Lovely colour tones in this pic and your eyes - glad you didn't stick with B&W - nice portrait. Self-portraits are a challenge but a good one to do.
March 5th, 2011  
@islawight Thank you, Isla. I love the one you did recently!
March 5th, 2011  
hi me....i like this selfie!
March 6th, 2011  
Hi back, Richard. :0)
March 6th, 2011  
Well hello Carolyn - thought you were a pussy cat from your profile pic. Nice to meet you. You're a few months older than me - great photo and happy birthday.
March 6th, 2011  
@murnane LOL! I'm not a cat, but I prefer their pics over mine. Thank you for the birthday wishes! :0)
March 6th, 2011  
Haha, nice pic!
March 6th, 2011  
@bill_d Thank you, Bill. I hope you remembered to view it really, really small. :0)
March 6th, 2011  
You don't look scary -- you look like someone I would like to know better. I like the variation on the portrait.
March 6th, 2011  
@annamaker Thank you, Anna Mae. I am really enjoying getting to know your neighborhood. I live out in the country, so my neighborhood is mostly farms.
March 6th, 2011  
Kaz
Nope! ENLARGED IT FOR FULL EFFECT! Nice to meet the real you Carolyn (the cat's gorgeous too). Not scary at all.......and brave for doing what most of us fear to do! Great job, love the beautiful eyes too!
March 6th, 2011  
@kazzamazoo Thank you for your kind words! :0)
March 6th, 2011  
:) Nice photo of you Mrs... I like the angle of this one.....
March 6th, 2011  
@nikkers Thanks Nikki! I tried to get my good side, but I found out I didn't have one. LOL
March 6th, 2011  
@cjwhite , you shouldnt beat yourself up... and if you start to take funny shots of yourself, then it will get easy to take good shots.... hell Im the queen of stupid shots of myself.. :)
March 6th, 2011  
@nikkers In all seriousness, the angle of this shot has alot to do with my point and shoot camera. I was basically shooting blind and hoping for the best. I had some really funny shots! :0)
March 6th, 2011  
@cjwhite . I can imagine. lol
March 6th, 2011  
No one creates hisselfs. If we could 90 of 100 will do it otherwise and the other 10 need such. I do see a vey pretty wowan , nothing wrong with. I can see some of a smile ....
March 6th, 2011  
@pyrrhula Thank you! :0)
March 6th, 2011  
wonderful! happy birthday!
March 7th, 2011  
@fitzgibbon Thank you, Melissa! :0)
March 7th, 2011  
what a wonderful photo!!
March 8th, 2011  
@harshbrown Thank you! :0)
March 8th, 2011  
Wonderful shot! Self portraits are the hardest for me too!
March 9th, 2011  
Well, after your lovely comment on my spoonbills today, I took myself for a look at your project and came across this beautiful portrait. In fact, I didn't take your advice and I viewed it with the magnifier! Truly, your portrait is lovely and and you are a good-looking woman. Your shiny, beautiful hair, lovely eyes and nicely-shaped face are nothing to be ashamed of at all. And I like your quizzical expression. So, well done in being brave enough not to delete; and you should use it for your profile pic., as well. Oh, by the way, save up for a trip to Oz; you won't be disappointed.
March 10th, 2011  
@girlie You are very kind. Thank you. I need to start saving my money! :0)
March 10th, 2011  
I don't agree with your commentary, Carolyn. I think you look fine, except that like myself you aren't keen on having your photo taken. There's a bit of camera angst going on there within the eyes. lol I know how that feels, irrational though it may seem to others who see a good looking woman in her fifties. :)
December 2nd, 2011  
lol you are funny!! this is a great shot. it is so hard to do selfies I agree!
December 2nd, 2011  
@sabresun @danig LOL! I really thought this pic was well hidden in my project and two people find it in the same day. Thank you both for your lovely comments! :0)
December 2nd, 2011  
I agree with everyone above... you look great I think I have the same or similar glasses... I just always take them off for selfies since they are about ten inches thick (slight exaggeration ;) ) I also don't like my picture taken.. unless I take it myself so I can get the right angle and lighting... I think we are all too critical of ourselves. Nice to put a face to your nice comments.
January 21st, 2012  
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