“ Howdy ”
After living in Oklahoma my entire life I just bought my first cowboy hat last August. I knew when I bought it I would pose with it for the Self Portrait.

I had a heck of of time getting the focus right. I ended up using manual focus and it's still not super sharp but at 51 I ...
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  • Yiska Cafazzo Edited a year ago

    Great pose! I wouldn’t mind a little more light on your face though. The caption is perfect! I literally said “howdy” to myself before I even read it… more

    Great pose! I wouldn’t mind a little more light on your face though. The caption is perfect! I literally said “howdy” to myself before I even read it.
    Best thing that helped me with self portraits and focus was finding the interval mode on my camera. I set it to take 50 images each 1 second apart. It autofocuses and takes each image. Best thing ever. I loose a few getting into place, but have plenty to choose from in the end.

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  • Cindy McKinney Edited a year ago

    Vicki this is a great portrait… love the lighting and pose!  On the cowboy hat me too … I still don’t have one ? ?

    Vicki this is a great portrait… love the lighting and pose!  On the cowboy hat me too … I still don’t have one ? ?

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  • Jeanne Christian Edited a year ago

    Wow!  You did a great job with this!  Your light, pose, and composition are spot on!  Cheers to another year of 52 Frames!

    Wow!  You did a great job with this!  Your light, pose, and composition are spot on!  Cheers to another year of 52 Frames!

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  • Lars Kuske Edited a year ago

    I like the… more

    I like the mood.

    I might have darkened the background. It looks a bit flat like this. For the "general rules", if you had the camera be a bit more far away so it includes your shoulders until the elbow, the hand wouldn't look that much out of place.

    Happy photo, I couldn't pull the expression off myself :)

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