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Selfie on passport.

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  • Sandtree
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    roddydogs said:
    Martins guide clearly states "selfies" are not allowed.
    Please advise how a "selfie" is identified? Most photos do not identify who triggered the shutter.

    smudge56 said:
    A selfie is a mirror image so therefore would affect the facial matching   Although it’s not obvious on most images if there are any distinguishing marks etc they will be on the wrong side of the face   Just get someone to take the photo for you 
    A picture in a mirror is a mirror image... I doubt even the majority of selfies are via a mirror. Again, just because I press the shutter release button doesnt have some magic impact that the camera mirrors the image whereas if a friend press the same button it takes a non-mirror image 
  • roddydogs
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    You do know the difference between a selfie, and a pic a friend takes?
  • Sandtree
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    roddydogs said:
    You do know the difference between a selfie, and a pic a friend takes?
    By definition, its the person that triggers the shutter... all other aspects would be the same unless you believe @smudge56 who thinks the camera will mirror the image if it works out its the subjects own finger that triggered the shutter.
  • roddydogs
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    If I've lost my left ear, it will show as my right ear in a selfie. If a friend takes a pic it will show as my left, yes.?
  • TELLIT01
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    Take a selfie whilst wearing clothing with a logo on it.  In some instances the print will be reversed, but not with all phones.  On mine there is an option to flip selfie images which eliminates that problem.
  • Sandtree
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    Selfie = photo you take of yourself

    Selfie can be you standing in front of a mirror and taking a photo of the mirror image in which case things are mirrored. It can be you having a phone on a selfie stick or your arm out stretched in which case the image isnt mirrored but your unlikely to capture an appropriate image. It can be a camera on a tripod where you press the button with a 10 second delay or you have a remote release and so no one on the planet will know if its a selfie or a photo taken by someone else and it wont be mirrored. 

    roddydogs said:
    If I've lost my left ear, it will show as my right ear in a selfie. If a friend takes a pic it will show as my left, yes.?

    I bet you £1m I can show you at least a dozen ways to take the selfie that it wont.

    For example, two photos from an associates wedding, one of these photos is a selfie and one of them was taken by a photographer... which is the selfie, left or right??


  • martindow
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    Sandtree said:
    For example, two photos from an associates wedding, one of these photos is a selfie and one of them was taken by a photographer... which is the selfie, left or right??


    Neither I would say as my idea of a selfie involves a person taking a picture of themself by pressing the button on the phone.

  • Sandtree
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    martindow said:
    Neither I would say as my idea of a selfie involves a person taking a picture of themself by pressing the button on the phone.
    Selfie doesnt have to be taken on a smartphone.

    One of these photos was taken by the bride pressing the button on a camera... you'll also note that neither photos are mirrored
  • roddydogs
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    edited 22 January 2021 at 10:50AM
    For the purpose of my op, and the general understanding of a selfie is a mirror image. Didn't know some cameras can "flip" the image, im guessing most dont!  Yes putting a camera on a stand with delay and running round is still a selfie, but i think most knew what was ment!
  • Sandtree
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    roddydogs said:
    For the purpose of my op, and the general understanding of a selfie is a mirror image. Didn't know some cameras can "flip" the image, im guessing most dont!  Yes putting a camera on a stand with delay and running round is still a selfie, but i think most knew what was ment!
    Why on earth would images be mirrored? Wife has taken thousands of sefles, most even using a smartphone... only a handful are mirrored.

    What is the magic ability do you think a smartphone has that tells if you or someone else is pressing the botton?
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