Photo Challenge Voting Poll - February 2011 "Self-Portrait"

Which is your favourite?

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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo15

    Votes: 2 4.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 2 4.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo25

    Votes: 4 8.0%
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    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 2 4.0%
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    Votes: 2 4.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo32

    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo34

    Votes: 3 6.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo36

    Votes: 3 6.0%
  • feb11photo37

    Votes: 1 2.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo43

    Votes: 7 14.0%
  • feb11photo44

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo45

    Votes: 2 4.0%
  • feb11photo46

    Votes: 2 4.0%
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    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo48

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo49

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • feb11photo50

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • feb11photo51

    Votes: 4 8.0%

  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
The dictionary definition: A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. So a self portrait is self explanatory. The key is the face to be predominant. That seems simple enough to me to understand and its narrow enough in its meaning to make it a challenge to come up with something different. I guess though that when there are challenges like these that people will interpret the theme any way that suits them and they will submit whatever they feel like submitting. Ive been seeing this for so long now I just got fed up and thought I should say something. But I should also know better than to try to say anything at all. My condolences to those who submitted really good self portraits and received few or no votes at all. In particular 3, 7, 14, 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 37, 40, 42, and 46.
 
Are you the forum spokesperson. If not, then just ignore me.
Yeah, that probably would be best.

My wife tells me I'm a stubborn, pig headed old bugger because I always expect people will listen to my words of wisdom and see the light. 'It's not going to happen' she says. 'After all these years of teaching photography, you must have got the message by now. Some people's minds are as clamped shut as a greyhound on a stuffed rabbit. Even when the rabbit is just a stuffed toy they don't let go. And after they have swallowed it, they still lick their lips as if it was the real thing. Let them swallow it. They'll still have that empty feeling in their stomach.'
A wise woman, my wife.
 
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My wife tells me I'm a stubborn, pig headed old bugger because I always expect people will listen to my words of wisdom and see the light. 'It's not going to happen' she says. 'After all these years of teaching photography, you must have got the message by now. Some people's minds are as clamped shut as a greyhound on a stuffed rabbit. Even when the rabbit is just a stuffed toy they don't let go. And after they have swallowed it, they still lick their lips as if it was the real thing. Let them swallow it. They'll still have that empty feeling in their stomach.'
A wise woman, my wife.

If she's an author I will buy her book. If she's a blogger I'll make it my ritual to read it every day.
 
My wife tells me I'm a stubborn, pig headed old bugger because I always expect people will listen to my words of wisdom and see the light. 'It's not going to happen' she says. 'After all these years of teaching photography, you must have got the message by now. Some people's minds are as clamped shut as a greyhound on a stuffed rabbit. Even when the rabbit is just a stuffed toy they don't let go. And after they have swallowed it, they still lick their lips as if it was the real thing. Let them swallow it. They'll still have that empty feeling in their stomach.'
A wise woman, my wife.

If she's an author I will buy her book. If she's a blogger I'll make it my ritual to read it every day.

You can't have her. She's mine. She's a constant inspiration to me. She inspires me by giving me a swift kick up the @#$%# when I get out of line. Nothing is more motivational than the threat of being locked in the dungeon without my camera.
 
Well maybe I have no place to reply here as I am not as experienced as others when it comes to photography, but the way I see it, if there were really specific rules for what kind of photo we were supposed to be submitting, wouldn't Chris have been more specific about what he was looking for? I mean, he asked for a self portrait, and for the photo to help us to improve the way we take pictures.. So if we took a picture of ourselves, and we learned from the experience, wouldn't it fit the criteria?

Everybody is going to have a different opinion of what a self portrait is supposed to be, and perhaps if it really bothers you that much, it would be best to go right to the one organizing the photo challenge.. Complaining to everyone else surely won't help to change the way the contest is going.

Just what I've been thinking after reading through this thread.
 

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