explain your avatar

My first avatar was me wearing a Chinese Communist party winter hat complete with five point red star in the front fleece flap. Then I saw people change their avatars ( Joe/backalley) and I realized the infinite opportunites presented. I immediately went looking for a new avatar. I like paint a lot so the current avatar is two fluorescent red dots on granite pavers at First Canadian Place in Toronto a 72 storey office/retail complex in the downtown business district , which I walk past/thru daily. I liked the geometrics so I took the shot.

Mystery explained. There ya go!

Jan
 
Street Musician playing a pan flute in Zacatecus Mexico.

I love Zacatecus. I shot this with a [cheap quality] 300mm telephoto through the window of a wonderful restaurant. A month later, the camera and lens I used for this shot were destroyed. In shopping for a replacement, I stumbled into RF's, tools I haven't used since high school. It's good to be back.

Good thread. Avitars change. An Avitar log is good. (Since my Avitar is soon to change, I've attached.)
 
FrankS said:
This is a picture of my father. He's in his 70's. I think he has an interesting look. One day I may look like my father.
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Wow, this seems to get the longest thread of all ever posted here !🙂
Somebody once said my avatar would be the coolest of all in RFF, an enormous flattering exaggeration of course which I cannot accept at all !! :angel:
When I got the Bessa R in March 2002 I went out to the local park and shot some statues, to see what the Nokton and the 75 were able for wide open, sharpness, OOF details and contrast with BW400CN.
Some of the series are attached here, the one I use for the avatar is the best approach IMO , showing the artists will best, which was to prove that women must not almost die from hunger to look physically attractive.

Two weeks after I had been there I found the statue with this POV in a local newspaper, shot by a pro, which confirmed that my choice wasn't too wrong tho it looks a bit frightening too.
Best,
Bertram
 
Terence T said:
Mine is of a DC-3 taken in Chino, California while on a visit to an air museum.
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Not to show my real age, but I actually remember flying in one of those.

I'm a bit of an airplane nut and I quite enjoy these classic airliners.
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Actually, I don't like to fly. I do it, but I don't like it. Never feel comfortable up there.
 
The picture of my avatar is Carlsbridge in Prague, it's a picture of the first roll of film in my first rangefinder (bought in Prague). I hated the original photo, but i really like the edited one.

My first avatar on the forum was an old picture from jon bon jovi.
 
dmr436 said:
Not to show my real age, but I actually remember flying in one of those.

Actually, I don't like to fly. I do it, but I don't like it. Never feel comfortable up there.
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I'd kill for an opportunity to fly in one of those. The drone of those huge radials must've been something. I used to hate flying too until I had the opportunity to work the controls of an airplane. Modern airliners are a lot safer than you think they are, else I wouldn't have considered flying for a living.
 
Hair front 90 is rather nice though too. Thank you for sharing them all; I greatly appreciate it.

William
 
eye of a friend

eye of a friend

My ol' buddy. This is his good eye. The other is permanently locked in a viewfinder squint. 😉 Taken with Z4/J8.
 
This is a picture of me taken over a year ago by my daughter with a LOMO Actionsampler at an air show. (For those of you not familiar with this plastic camera, it takes four sequential shots on a single 35mm frame. This is a crop of one.)
 
My avatar is usually some variation on the Godzilla theme. I decided to behave as an adult for a little while, hence the sumptuous closeup of the Cintagon 50mm lens on my Argus C-44.
 
I've been changing relatively often but have settled in for awhile on a CU of the top of a Zorki 1. I had about 30 of these puppies at one time but have pared down to about a dozen.
 
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