Portrait within a portrait - sort of

[priller]

You can barely make out me taking Cindy's picture, in her sunglasses. This is cropped way down, probably only about 15% of the original photo, but still quite detailed, I think.


Nikon D80, Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 lens, set to 98mm @ f/3.2, ISO 400

[Maestro]

1. I've alway liked this sort of shots

I saw one on another forum where the photographer took a picture of an image of himself in a Christmas ornament.

[priller]

2. There's a guy on Flickr

who loves geckos. Takes thousands of pictures of geckos. Beautiful, colorful gecko photos. His dream is to be able to get close enough to one so he can see himself reflected in the gecko's eye. This is as close as he's gotten, so far.

[Maestro]

3. That is cool.

Lizards around my area are far too jumpy.

[RC]

4. This was taken from about 30 feet away and

cropped some. You see what this woman sees.



The original



Date Taken: 2006-06-10 10:48:12
Make: SONY
Model: DSC-H1
Size: 2592x1944
Bytes: 2052650
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 125
Focal Length: 71.7mm
Exposure Time: 0.02s (10/500)

[RagingInMiami]

5. Hey Priller, that is a nice shot. Is that your wife?

Very lovely.

Here is my portrait within a portrait, a shot of my girlfriend, who at the time, had no idea that I was capturing myself as well as her.

[priller]

6. That's Cindy, my fiance

Getting hitched on Feb 1.

[RagingInMiami]

7. Congratulations and good luck

[LeftCoast]

8. Congrats!

We will expect to see photos, of course! ;)

[priller]

9. Of course!

Should have plenty.

[TahitiNut]

10. She's lovely, fella. I really like her smile.

:thumbsup:

[priller]

11. Thanks! Here are a few more pics:

And this is a little "triptych" I did a while back. She's wearing her "grandma" shirt, but other than that I really
like these shots:

[TahitiNut]

12. Lovely. Really lovely.

She also seems to like who she's looking at ... notice that? You've captured a demeanor that seems (to me) to portray a touch of modesty, a sense of humor, lots of kindness and, most important, a trust and affection for the photographer (even though she's patiently humoring you at times?).

A lot comes through the lens. (Especially when the photographer enjoys the subject.)