another strange question...

[back alley]

would you rather have a photo of your hands that was taken by someone else
or
a photo of someone elses hands taken by you...
as your avatar?

in the hands would be your favourite camera.

 

[Sylvester]

Well.. my hands would represent me more... that's the point of an avatar... no?
I vote for my hands.

 

[Chris101]

Easy peasy: My hands taken by another (or perhaps taken by a camera with a self timer.) Because that would mean that I HAD my favorite camera.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Neither, I use a self-portrait I painted 15 yrs ago as an art student.

 

[f16sunshine]

In the end a photo of hands is no longer hands but rather just reflected light being captured. Would you rather reflect the light or, be the one capturing the reflection?

 

[kokoshawnuff]

I prefer to only use my photos...even though I have issues getting a photo to fit within the avatar size parameters; as is clearly obvious

 

[back alley]

this one died a quick death...

 

[Godfrey]

this one died a quick death...

It was too strange.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

would you rather have a photo of your hands that was taken by someone else
or
a photo of someone elses hands taken by you...
as your avatar?

in the hands would be your favourite camera.

It like sooo totally depends...

 

[back alley]

It was too strange.

you may be right sir...

 

[back alley]

It like sooo totally depends...

excellent example...

 

[zauhar]

this one died a quick death...

Joe, you gotta lotta time on your hands.

Sorry, that was too easy.

Randy

 

[mfogiel]

That's too dangerous... you should make a photo of your hands holding a tag " I'm done !", this way you won't need to redo your avatar each time you "will be done" ... 😀

 

[back alley]

this is taking a dangerous turn...

 

[skibeerr]

That's too dangerous... you should make a photo of your hands holding a tag " I'm done !", this way you won't need to redo your avatar each time you "will be done" ... 😀

Touche....

 

[back alley]

Touche....

...an acknowledgment of a hit by one's opponent.

odd reply for a friendly post...

 

[FrankS]

I think an avatar can either represent you or your work, so either is fine. Depends what you want to convey.

 

[sol33]

You could use a mirror and take the photo with your favorite camera.

Or try it all and select the best photograph.

 

[foto_mike]

I prefer the avatar to be a proxy representation of the author. It's a tiny representation that conveys at a glance who authored a message. I recognize the source of a post more quickly by its avatar than the username printed above it.

For this reason, I'd strongly prefer to use a photo of my own hands holding a favorite camera, even if it was taken by someone else.

 

[rbsinto]

Perhaps its time to add another permanent forum here: Existential Nareshkeit, so we can discuss and debate these sorts of questions.
Others besides yours to ponder:
If a married man is alone in a forest and states an opinion, is he still wrong?
If a mime is alone in the forest and a tree falls on him, does anybody give a ****?
Oh. And Nareshkeit? It means foolishness in Yiddish.