Always a difficult decision as we are always a bit vain and worry about how it will be received by our friends. However, my previous picture was from 2013, so a refresh of a 2015 picture was probably needed.
So this is my picture of choice, taken at the start of summer (what summer I hear you say) in June 2015.
Edited in Rawtherapee, with an Ilford Delta 100 film emulation and some soft skin tones (although my skin is soft anyway !!!)
A great portrait of yourself Phil!! I can feel your sense of humor coming through in that smile and your eyes. It is a great selfie and thanks for updating for us. So nice to see such a happy face!!! ;) :)
@quietpurplehaze thanks hazel, very kind words from you, I am a youthful 58 years . I intend number 50 being a selfie but I slipped a photo of me half way through the series , so I need to rethink my last few shots :-)
Ah here's a cheerful face among the landscapes & flowers! Lovely selfie Phil & you don't look a day older than you were in 2013! Still got lots of hair too which is always a bonus!
You look nowhere near that age, Phil. And now I'm cheered up as I'm only 10 years older than you! (Age is just a number of course as my dear daughter wrote on my birthday card one year, and I cannot imagine how I got to be so old!!!!!!!!!!!!)
@quietpurplehaze@phil_howcroft well I am not going to stand next to either of you if age is discussed - you both look fabulous! :) I really would stand there - ha ha
@annied@quietpurplehaze annecand hazel, I would be a thorn between two roses if we were all together ... Or is it the other way round.. a rose between...no no , the first I think :-)
@happypat thanks Pat, that's very kind of you to say, quite a few grey hairs though :)
@ivan i look forward to your new selfie ivan
@nicoleterheide many thanks nicole :)
@sangwann cheers dione, your comments are great to hear :)
You look nowhere near that age, Phil. And now I'm cheered up as I'm only 10 years older than you! (Age is just a number of course as my dear daughter wrote on my birthday card one year, and I cannot imagine how I got to be so old!!!!!!!!!!!!)