Explain your avatar...

[Mr_Toad]

I didn't take the photo of course, but this is Sam the Koala...the koala saved by firefighters during the 2009 Australian Bushfires. Sam has passed away, but here is her most famous video and the link to her shelter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XSPx7S4jr4

http://www.samthekoala.com.au/

I just really like Sam's story...so I'm just borrowing her image.

Robt.

[semordnilap]

Originally Posted by TXForester

The writer Raymond Chandler. I find the shot with the pipe, which I suppose is meant to look sophisticated, amusing. He was creator of the famous, fictional P.I., Phillip Marlowe.

On other forums I use this quote from his book, The Big Sleep, as a signature.

Originally Posted by lewis44

Simply Put -------

"This Dude Abide's"

Y'all should get together, right?

[semordnilap]

At the beach a couple of years ago. M8 & 40. I still like it quite a bit...

[krötenblender]

Originally Posted by semordnilap

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Wow, that's impressive.

[semordnilap]

Thanks! And thanks for the thread... it's an interesting read.

[dogberryjr]

It's Marty Feldman, need I explain?

[krötenblender]

That particular one often catches my eye.

Yes, of course, please explain...

[Sylvester]

A picture of me that my closest friend took at his father's funerals...
He was playing with the Nikon D60 his dad gave him before he died from cancer.
It is an image that I cherish...

[brainwood]

When I first joined RFF I had a shot of my Fed 2, my first rangefinder which seemed logical for a photo forum. When I bought my first Leica it felt the obvious step to make that my avatar . It's just stuck really , I probably use my M2 slightly more now but the IIIg still gets a lot of use as its a very nice camera to shoot with and well .. I still like the shot.






Chris

[kdemas]

Mine is a pic of my departed Contax N Digital. Although the camera was the final nail in the Contax coffin I really loved the low ISO performance coupled with great Zeiss glass.

Being as I shoot primarily rangefinders I should probably change it but it just makes me a smile a bit when I see it.

[kanzlr]

me at a 15th century living history event in Vienna, wearing a nice copy of an around 1450 open faced helmet

[barnwulf]

It's a reflection me out shooting with my M8. I was on some steps looking in through a glass window that had a reflective coating on it. - Jim

[f16sunshine]

The Hammiest Smartass little girl the earth has ever met... Bella the day before her sixth B-day.


"Just take my picture Camera Boy!"

[dogberryjr]

Originally Posted by f16sunshine

The Hammiest Smartass little girl the earth has ever met... Bella the day before her sixth B-day.


"Just take my picture Camera Boy!"

Ours had the same fashion sense at that age; we dubbed it sartorial bricolage.

[mathomas]

A mirror self-portrait taken with a Hasselblad and Fuji FP100C instant film. Camera's on a tripod. You couldn't do this shot one-handed with a Hassy .

[randolph45]

This was my first try at making an Avatar.
Tripod mounted Canon G5 ,timer used with LCD swiveled to face front for framing.Shot in the garage single overhead lamp 5800K
Converted to BW.Cropped tighter.

[BobYIL]

Originally Posted by dogberryjr

It's Marty Feldman, need I explain?

Yes.. First, the angle of the baguette. Then, why does he wear a helmet? Is she a basketball player? Is this a scene from "Close Encounter of the Third Kind"? ....These need to be explained..

[RanceEric]

Mine was taken by a friend from college in Central Park, while reloading my SP..

[MikeL]

Mine is of my old man scuba diving.

[3rdtrick]

Ok, I found one from my M9 and 35 Pre-A lux. This photographer took one of the most famous photos of all time and he did not even know how to use the camera. Orville Wright had set the camera up and told him to squeeze the shutter bulb when he saw the plane take off. So who gets credit for the photograph? Anyway I took some liberty and added the model...
Pete