emraphoto
Veteran
I noticed this when the duck was here. I did end up shooting a few compositions of people doing their selfie. Usually I avoid such shots but the amount of people doing it seemed as if they were possessed or something. Very strange behaviour.
I preferred to shoot my duck shot with a cleaner composition.
Leica M5, Voigtlander Nokton-M 50mm F1.5, Tmax 400, Ilford MC, Warmtone Developer
now there's the spirit! produce an awesome image is what separates the wheat from the chaff
PKR
Veteran
I live in a place where I see kids making dangerous selfies daily. The signs posted are ignored. The barriers are jumped or climbed. Police and fire are pulling these idiot kids off of cliff sides when they fall on "the safe ones".
"Three young Indian men died earlier this year while trying to take a picture of themselves hanging out of a moving train car. A few days earlier, a man fell nine floors, phone in hand, attempting to snap a photo of himself against the Manilla skyline. The month before that, a plane hit two teenage girls in Mexico as they were trying to film themselves in front of the landing. While these are all tragic individual accidents, people are starting to see a trend.
According to a study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, selfie deaths are on the rise. Since 2014, more than 127 people have died taking photos of themselves, with casualties increasing by almost 50% from 2015 to 2016, with no signs of slowing down in 2017.
Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, the faculty advisor for the project in India, believes something changes in people’s focus when they are taking a picture of themselves that blocks out the evolutionary warning signs. “People interact with their surroundings differently when they are taking pictures,” he told Highsnobiety. “They get too attached and involved in the locations, so they often forget about things. This can become problematic, as certain vantage points and subjects that are worthy of a double tap on IG are not always the safest IRL. The research team found heights, water, moving vehicles, weapons, electricity and animals to be the most fatal combinations for selfies takers, but the selfie that is most likely to kill you depends on your country.
In India, the leading cause of selfie deaths was water, whereas gun photo fatalities were more common in the U.S. and Russia."
http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/05/30/dangerous-selfies/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/05/phone-humpback-whale_n_6619166.html
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"Three young Indian men died earlier this year while trying to take a picture of themselves hanging out of a moving train car. A few days earlier, a man fell nine floors, phone in hand, attempting to snap a photo of himself against the Manilla skyline. The month before that, a plane hit two teenage girls in Mexico as they were trying to film themselves in front of the landing. While these are all tragic individual accidents, people are starting to see a trend.
According to a study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, selfie deaths are on the rise. Since 2014, more than 127 people have died taking photos of themselves, with casualties increasing by almost 50% from 2015 to 2016, with no signs of slowing down in 2017.
Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, the faculty advisor for the project in India, believes something changes in people’s focus when they are taking a picture of themselves that blocks out the evolutionary warning signs. “People interact with their surroundings differently when they are taking pictures,” he told Highsnobiety. “They get too attached and involved in the locations, so they often forget about things. This can become problematic, as certain vantage points and subjects that are worthy of a double tap on IG are not always the safest IRL. The research team found heights, water, moving vehicles, weapons, electricity and animals to be the most fatal combinations for selfies takers, but the selfie that is most likely to kill you depends on your country.
In India, the leading cause of selfie deaths was water, whereas gun photo fatalities were more common in the U.S. and Russia."
http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/05/30/dangerous-selfies/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/05/phone-humpback-whale_n_6619166.html
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PKR
Veteran
Eclipse selfies stall traffic at Wyoming state line
"They were prepared for the cars.
They weren’t prepared for the selfies.
As vehicles streamed north out of Colorado toward the path of totality for Monday’s eclipse, Colorado’s Department of Transportation issued an urgent plea on social media: Please don’t stop at the Wyoming state line to take a picture of the “Welcome to Wyoming” sign.
“Seeing major congestion there due to selfies,” the agency wrote on Twitter."
"It’s like a music festival for the socially awkward” Welling said."
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/21/eclipse-selfies-stall-traffic-wyoming-state-line/
https://youtu.be/9kA-sQAIHks
"They were prepared for the cars.
They weren’t prepared for the selfies.
As vehicles streamed north out of Colorado toward the path of totality for Monday’s eclipse, Colorado’s Department of Transportation issued an urgent plea on social media: Please don’t stop at the Wyoming state line to take a picture of the “Welcome to Wyoming” sign.
“Seeing major congestion there due to selfies,” the agency wrote on Twitter."
"It’s like a music festival for the socially awkward” Welling said."
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/21/eclipse-selfies-stall-traffic-wyoming-state-line/
https://youtu.be/9kA-sQAIHks
PKR
Veteran
"Shocking moment people risk their lives to take SELFIES as Hurricane Irma batters Florida"
Anything for likes..
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/44328...ke-selfies-as-hurricane-irma-batters-florida/
"Hurricane Irma Selfies Are a Thing, Unfortunately"
http://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-irma-selfies-florida-miami-tampa-662530
My favorite:
"A very 21st-century hurricane warning: don’t take selfies with alligators"
"A man from a company called Gator Squad – an “alligator relocation” company, according to reports – gave residents two pieces of advice: not to panic; and to try to resist taking selfies with the alligators."
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...elfie-alligator-harvey-irma-dangerous-animals
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Anything for likes..
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/44328...ke-selfies-as-hurricane-irma-batters-florida/
"Hurricane Irma Selfies Are a Thing, Unfortunately"
http://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-irma-selfies-florida-miami-tampa-662530
My favorite:
"A very 21st-century hurricane warning: don’t take selfies with alligators"
"A man from a company called Gator Squad – an “alligator relocation” company, according to reports – gave residents two pieces of advice: not to panic; and to try to resist taking selfies with the alligators."
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...elfie-alligator-harvey-irma-dangerous-animals
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dmr
Registered Abuser
So? Has the selfie-stick replaced the once-familiar photo booth?
PKR
Veteran
Ever tried getting an alligator into a photo booth? I think you've answered you're own question.
"New Zealand tourist dies after trying to take ‘alligator selfie’ in Pensacola"
"A 26-year old woman from New Zealand on vacation in Pensacola has died in a tragic accident after she reportedly attempted to ‘take a selfie with an alligator’ ...."
http://www.floridasunpost.com/new-zealand-tourist-dies-trying-take-alligator-selfie-pensacola/
Web sources say the story is fake. But, in keeping with current trends in thinking, if I want to believe it happened, it happened. Actually, I believe she was trying to get the alligator into a photo booth.
Happy B day dmr, if it is actually your B day (anniversary of, as you really only have one). If it's not, I will believe it is.. It's my prerogative ..
Best, pkr
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