she is

Persistence is manual focus and pointing the camera blindly and aimlessly into the air, time and time again, until the shot is finally gotten. :D

Sooooo hot today. Hit 36 degrees C this afternoon! Love summer :) ♥

[Echoia]

Been there, done that. Nice result :)

[Corey]

Hot wait, 36 oh 36 Celsius. Then yes that would be very hot! Send some up this way!

[Peter de Graaff]

Nice shot. A cool change is coming from the south

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

@peterdegraaff Yeah, it dropped 5 deg in the last half an hour! Looks like rain's on its way :)

[Amy Spada]

Very pretty selfie.

[Matthew Bergman]

Love it

[Glendq]

sounds lovely over there.
but it is not really a bad winter here.

[Sylvie]

Wow 36 degrees ... We have only 6 here in France :p Very nice shot !

[Livia]

Nice selfie!

[Koshi]

I almost forgot you were an Aussie - was wondering who else was sweltering! I think we had the pleasure of 34 today with humidity ... thankful I'm not further south than you though, or west!

Kudos for the manual focus - and blind shooting! I'm bad enough with manual focus and being able to SEE what I'm focusing on

[Dieter Tracey]

Cute selfie. I can't believe I've been complaining about the heat up here! :)

[Bobbyj]

it must've been our hot weather we had in Melbourne yesterday! great cropping :P

[Mikhail Karetin]

Nice selfie! :) And very hard to believe how it could be so hot while it -5C here :)

[Lauren Dahlhauser]

hey we DID post selfies in the mirror today :D:D that makes me happy. oh and your method of getting this shot... I've used it too haha love this, super cute!

[davide]

Interesting self portrait. Selective focus makes it look very interesting

[wahyu]

manual focus.... love it ^_^

[CocoRose]

Well done Teresa :) I'm lovin' this weather too!

[LittleBlueWren]

I like to do that too, usually trying to get a shot of myself with my kids. It is satisfying when you get the shot you are after- your pic is lovely, love your styling.

[Craig Mitchell]

Lovely composition !!

[Ruud van Uden]

Nice self portrait, I like the composition!

[Summer]

lovely idea :) and i wish it was as hot as that where i am!

[Ade Akinyede]

Cool selfie!

[Vignesh]

Absolutely Gorgeous :)
How many tries before you perfected the shot ?

[John]

Great selfie.

[Melissa Pike]

Nice selfie!

[HampTanner]

Your persistence paid off for a great selfie. Love the red/white striped top with the polka dotted blue bottoms. Cute!

[Kiran]

Nice pic. Love your outfit(polka dots!) and the composition. I've been shooting in manual finally but haven't tried manual focus yet. Is manual focus a must for selfies?

[Robert Velten]

Nicely done, patience and persistence do pay off.

[Hee]

Very unusual POV selfie but it worked.

[Tena E. Collyer]

Great portrait!

[Pepita Liang]

Beautiful selfie!! You look cute. :))

[★Namthip]

Nice portrait! love it. (: fav

[Mary]

Great portrait!! So soft and pretty!

[Conny]

Unusual and creative! Lovely portrait!

[Tammy Montoya]

Manual focus, even! Very brave. Clever shot!

[Magdalena Bas]

Lovely pic! Where are you?

[937katieb]

ha. I did this too as a new years resolution to include me in a photo. Mine didn't turn out nearly as well and I gave up because I wasn't persistent! :) Nice shot and even better because I know what you're saying about shooting blindly.

[Harsha]

cool selfie!

[Bill]

Great shot. I'm back for 2012. Looking forward to following you again.

[Miguel Bravo-Escos]

This is a creative image - nicely done!
Quick question - is it a portrait if it doesn't include a face? Just curious!

[e.gad]

Good for you! I like the composition. Oh and it is freezing here today. I hate winter.

[Laura Goodchild]

can you send some of that weather my way pleeeeease!!! its freeeezing here! GREAT SHOT!

[Sophia]

nice shot

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

@ikamera I just found it easier - I could just point and shoot without having to wait for the autofocus to kick in each time. And I didn't move/change the camera position much so I knew the manual focus would focus where I wanted it to. :)

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

@sixthblade Hahaha, I don't know! I've never thought about that xD Consider this an "abstract self-portrait" then xD

[KirstyMcL]

Fantastic, need to give this a go sometime. Bet I'd take alot more shots than you did though to get it right.

[Jim]

the weather here calls for 36 F brrr

[Vicki K]

Lovely, really lovely shot.

[Rebecca Doyle]

Persistance paid off - great shot!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Dalia ElMaghraby]

Lucky you have summer :( Great shot!!

[Karen Hofmann]

Oooh, I just love this!! Wonderful selfie!

[jerry plume]

And then you nailed it! I love this!

[Jesse Hurler]

oh i love this!! beautiful :)

[Elise DeCola]

Love these kind of selifies! And I've had the same problem before!

[Seth Tan]

Great selfie.

[Yoori]

supercute shot, love your outfit!

[Richard Tyson]

Very cool shot!

[kammy]

lovely! love the composition and pose and the red stripes vs polka dot!! loooove it big time!

[Anita Ewing]

Lovely portrait! Love the framing and colors.

[Aaron L]

man....it was 6c when i got up....not fair. will have tot try this manual thing :) only use it for night shots really when i cant focus.

[Alex]

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