Subway Mirror Selfie by taffy

Subway Mirror Selfie

My get pushed partner, Anita Russell - @neatz - challenged me to use a mirror to create a selfie. Since I am not fond of selfies (my own -- others are fine), it was a serious challenge this week! For this one, I combined two images so that the selfie would be large enough to be clear, but both were taken from approximately the same place. First I photographed the tunnel with the train coming (you can see the lights way at the end). Then, I took about 4 steps closer to the mirror, using Live View to capture the selfie. In post processing, I first converted and then edited the tunnel to get it to the way I wanted, then converted the second shot to b&w and wiped the b&w away from the mirror. Then, cropped the second shot so only the mirror was in it. I set the tunnel shot as background in a one-photo collage using Picasa. Cleaned up the corners of the mirror shot so that it blended it better.
This is fabulous!
March 30th, 2014  
well done grasshopper! I love this interpretation. very cool
March 30th, 2014  
awesome
March 30th, 2014  
This is great Taffy and clever how you have processed it. I love the black and white of the tunnel together with the coloured mirror and Selfie. How did you crop the circular mirror can you do that? I love the creative thinking behind the shot too. I don't do selfies that's why I stay clear of Get pushed.
March 30th, 2014  
interesting pop of color at the corner.
March 30th, 2014  
Tunnel vision! Love it. Very creative selfie and love the tunnel in b&w and selfie in the mirror in color. Looks like I am repeating Elaine's comment, but only just saw it. Great job.
March 30th, 2014  
that is very strategically positioned, even with a hint of colors. Love the light curve of the tunnel.
March 30th, 2014  
@elaine55 Thanks so much Elaine! For the cropping, first I used 'square' to crop the circle as tight as I could. Then, after I combined the two images, I used 'Clone' in Aperture to clone out the sharp edges and turn it into a circle.
March 30th, 2014  
@taffy thanks Taffy very clever!
March 30th, 2014  
Stunning selfie.
March 30th, 2014  
Wow so clever and creative Taffy! Brilliant conception and the final result is outstanding! Fav!
March 30th, 2014  
OK, Taffy, you are officially AMAZING!! I am constantly impressed at the amount of work and energy that you put into your shots, and the brilliant results!! I bow down... :-)
March 30th, 2014  
Oh, and of course, a FAV!!
March 30th, 2014  
And what a super way to get around it. I love this.
March 30th, 2014  
Amazing editing, fantastic interpretation of the challenge.
March 30th, 2014  
Very creative. Although not a selective colour capture I like that the mirror is in colour and that the tunnel is in black and white.
March 30th, 2014  
This is really well done.
March 30th, 2014  
fantastic job
March 30th, 2014  
That's brilliant! It's so subtle...just as you'd like it to be, obviously!
March 30th, 2014  
Nice and creative. I love the selective color.
March 30th, 2014  
Yes! I can barely see you in the mirror! Well posed and nice light in the tunnel!
March 30th, 2014  
fav'd - very cool and beautifully composed
March 30th, 2014  
That is so neat! Fantastic shot.
March 30th, 2014  
That is awesome. Very clever shot. I am so impressed that you made a journey to get this! Love the shadows in the subway as well. Did you add in the mirror or was it at the station. If it was in situ, then to get your self in it and take this is incredible. If you added it in it is brilliant as well as it looks like it is part of the station. Well done, I love it when someone goes the extra mile.....ha ha...literally!
March 30th, 2014  
And we both made trending page!
March 30th, 2014  
7 favs too........
March 30th, 2014  
Just read all of above so understand how you did it. Great idea!
March 30th, 2014  
A great compromise for a self confessed selfie shy girl! Fav.m
March 30th, 2014  
Taffy, you never fail to amaze! I wish I had more creativity. Really like this shot.
March 30th, 2014  
Wow, this is fantastic...fav
March 30th, 2014  
So creative!
March 30th, 2014  
Love the use of the selective colouring - not only visual and graphic mean but it has a strong idea. fav.
March 30th, 2014  
Fanatic processing taffy, i could learn a lot from you!
March 30th, 2014  
Clever idea and composition Taffy. I like this a lot. Fav.
March 30th, 2014  
Wonderful shot, great idea. Just the tunnel itself would have been a great shot
March 30th, 2014  
Terrific shot.
March 30th, 2014  
Fantastic shot, fav
March 30th, 2014  
Brilliant idea and execution.
March 30th, 2014  
Taffy, you are a genius! This works so well! I never would have figured out how to do this, let alone come up with the clever idea in the first place.
March 30th, 2014  
A fantastic shot!!!
March 30th, 2014  
Thanks for sharing your technique with us. It is very effective, and a good choice for the selective color technique. I keep selfies to a minimum to avoid viewer trauma.
March 30th, 2014  
Awesome
March 30th, 2014  
Now how damn cool is that! FAV!
March 30th, 2014  
very cleverly done! fav!
March 30th, 2014  
@salza Thanks for the comment about SC, Sally, as it made me realize that I hadn't explained anything about the second photo. I've revised the description to be clear.
March 30th, 2014  
I looked and looked for the selfie! Fun.
March 30th, 2014  
This is a very sneaky selfie. Just love it.
March 30th, 2014  
Really love this shot. Fav
March 30th, 2014  
The most inventive selfie yet!
March 30th, 2014  
absolute genius! fav
March 30th, 2014  
@trudio @thresheg @francoise @joansmor @virtualbrownie
Aw, thanks so much for such kind words. I'm humbled! Mostly I just hate taking selfies and wanted to fulfill the challenge without having to do any closeup in a mirror! Necessity, the mother of invention!
March 30th, 2014  
Superb! Love it
March 30th, 2014  
@taffy I think if we've pushed ourselves then we satisfied the challenge. Combine two pictures so well, sounds like a challenge to me and you are there.
March 30th, 2014  
This is just fantastic Taffy. Fav
March 30th, 2014  
Li
Wow ! You ended up the challenge with an awesome shot :) Fav !
March 31st, 2014  
Such an interesting photo. Very nice!
March 31st, 2014  
This is my kind of selfie! And my kind of processing too- well done Taffy! fav
March 31st, 2014  
Awesome. Well thought out and creative. Fav
March 31st, 2014  
Fabulous! So creative and well done. A fav!
March 31st, 2014  
Oh, this is very cool! So creative and well executed. Fav!
March 31st, 2014  
Very clever. Very well done. Love the finished shot.
March 31st, 2014  
Joe
Great appreciation for the creativity, in addition to the b&w/color juxtaposition with looking forward/behind, there is another in relationship to the sharpness of the image looking forward/behind.
March 31st, 2014  
Lee
Brilliant, so very creative.
March 31st, 2014  
Wonderful image Taffy! Love your compositions!
April 1st, 2014  
ohh ssooo smarttttt ... Fav .. you are a inspiration lady!!
April 2nd, 2014  
Really cool shot, Taffy! Love the use of SC! FAV
April 2nd, 2014  
This is awesome and thanks so much for explaining how you did it.
April 4th, 2014  
Awesome from me, too. Brilliant photo and such a clever response to your challenge. FAV
April 5th, 2014  
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