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Be interested to see if people think I have gone over the top with PP.

Thanks for looking.

No, I like it. The focus is on the face.

I agree with Marvin on this, also there is enough going on in the background to put it in context without being too distracting.

As a portrait, this image works very well.

As a self-portrait, even more so. I dips me (straw) hat to ya.

I love the hat Norbs. Mine is almost the same.
The colour in the pic is nice also.
Regards Colin

Oh thats one of the nicest self portraits I have seen... its very natural looking.. and the background tells me something about the subject... I adore the pp too as it draws my attention into you..

Bindii wrote:Oh thats one of the nicest self portraits I have seen... its very natural looking.. and the background tells me something about the subject... I adore the pp too as it draws my attention into you..

Hang on a minute. You are a girl, and yet not a mention of my stunning hat?

My wife, mum and mother-in-law are all threatening to buy me a new hat for christmas.

Well, I'm a girl too and it must be a testament to your photo that I didn't even notice how horrendous your hat was until you made that post!

Farmer Bob...ermm Norb...great portrait.

Very nice Norb! Nice hat too btw!

Marvin wrote:Well, I'm a girl too and it must be a testament to your photo that I didn't even notice how horrendous your hat was until you made that post!

I'm wounded. Ugly I can handle, tattered, ok, but horrendous.

norbs wrote:
Hang on a minute. You are a girl, and yet not a mention of my stunning hat?

My wife, mum and mother-in-law are all threatening to buy me a new hat for christmas.

Thats cause thats your wifes job.... *nods*

I have my own men to yell at.. *evil grin*

Bindii wrote:

norbs wrote:
Hang on a minute. You are a girl, and yet not a mention of my stunning hat?

My wife, mum and mother-in-law are all threatening to buy me a new hat for christmas.

Thats cause thats your wifes job.... *nods*

I have my own men to yell at.. *evil grin*

I hope all you other blokes are seeing this! Its not just in our heads.

Don't get rid of the hat, it's got character.

I like the way you have shot this image. It's reminiscent of the kind of image you would see in a quality Sunday paper lift-out magazine featuring someone who knows a lot about gardening.

Killakoala wrote:Don't get rid of the hat, it's got character.

I like the way you have shot this image. It's reminiscent of the kind of image you would see in a quality Sunday paper lift-out magazine featuring someone who knows a lot about gardening.

That wouldn't be me. I'm no Don Burke. I water them, they get a few days to grow, otherwise, into the compost bin they go.

My veges grow out of fear alone.

norbs wrote:

Killakoala wrote:Don't get rid of the hat, it's got character.

I like the way you have shot this image. It's reminiscent of the kind of image you would see in a quality Sunday paper lift-out magazine featuring someone who knows a lot about gardening.

That wouldn't be me. I'm no Don Burke. I water them, they get a few days to grow, otherwise, into the compost bin they go.

My veges grow out of fear alone.

It's all about perception and you have that.

norbs this is a great image...


MATT

MATT wrote:norbs this is a great image...


MATT

Thanks Matt. It has caught me by surprise. 200 views is a record for me on this forum I reckon.

The people viewing must have heard about the hat!

Marvin wrote:The people viewing must have heard about the hat!

You girls wont be so smug when you see all the young folk wearing straw topless hats this summer. I am a trend setter, not follower.