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(Gizmodo) Cool Obama becomes the first president to have his official portrait taken with a digital camera, Facebook has notified his friends of the new picture   (i.gizmodo.com) divider line 108
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obzerver 2009-01-15 10:18:46 AM  
And why didn't he get a hair cut for the picture?

 
Car_Ramrod 2009-01-15 10:19:18 AM  
Proving once again he's all style and no substance.

/troll mode off

 
Car_Ramrod 2009-01-15 10:21:48 AM  
obzerver: And why didn't he get a hair cut for the picture?

It's against Islamic law.

/ok, seriously done this time

 
Lt. Cheese Weasel 2009-01-15 10:24:54 AM  
Gosh, what a trailblazer....

 
MsPentyuth 2009-01-15 10:25:18 AM  
Obama hates painters.

 
Canadian Canuck [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:25:31 AM  
Why not link to his actual website?

Offical Portrait

It's scary how detailed it is. You can see the fluff on his jacket.

 
DarnoKonrad 2009-01-15 10:27:46 AM  
Car_Ramrod: obzerver: And why didn't he get a hair cut for the picture?

It's against Islamic law.

/ok, seriously done this time


The first colored presidential photo?

 
Renart 2009-01-15 10:27:52 AM  
Shopped. I can see the pixels.

 
finnegans wake as read by morgan freeman 2009-01-15 10:28:25 AM  
very cool of them to post the EXIF data

 
keylock71 2009-01-15 10:28:35 AM  
Eh...most of the professional photographers I work with pretty much shoot only digital these days...

 
Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom 2009-01-15 10:28:37 AM  
How can this be?

FOR HE IS THE KWISATZ HADERACH!

 
Der Vassermeister 2009-01-15 10:28:43 AM  
I'm all confused. The radio guy says he's the Messiah, so how come he agreed to the portrait?

"Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which are in heaven above, or which are in the earth beneath, or which are in the water under the earth."

Something doesn't square up.

 
Oobleck 2009-01-15 10:29:09 AM  
1. Holy shiat thats farking awesome!

2. Flag Lapel pin?? wtf?

 
TheBigPythagoras 2009-01-15 10:30:51 AM  
Canon EOS 5D Mark II ftw.
Kind of wish I had a spare $2,500 to buy one...

 
philphil 2009-01-15 10:31:11 AM  
Aw, couldn't he give us a smile?

 
DarnoKonrad 2009-01-15 10:31:55 AM  
Oobleck: 1. Holy shiat thats farking awesome!

2. Flag Lapel pin?? wtf?


I noticed that too. The flag in the back has tassels and the one on his lapel is the wrong aspect ratio. This a Freeper thread will make.

 
OutsmartBullet 2009-01-15 10:37:25 AM  
Better headline:

"Barack Obama was shot last night at 5:38PM."

 
Rev. Skarekroe [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:37:28 AM  
philphil: Aw, couldn't he give us a smile?

He's wearing his farking flag pin! Get off his back!

 
JeffTL 2009-01-15 10:37:54 AM  
Standard for portraits these days because you can check the subject's expression immediately after shooting, which you can't do with film, not to mention the other benefits of eliminating developing time.

On the other hand it is my understanding that a lot of landscape photographers still shoot film because of its massive resolution, especially in medium and large format.

 
lordargent 2009-01-15 10:38:32 AM  
Exif data

ImageDescription - Official portrait of President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 13, 2009.

(Photo by Pete Souza)


Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 300.00
YResolution - 300.00
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
DateTime - 2009:01:14 16:22:55
Artist - Pete Souza
WhitePoint - 0.31
PrimaryChromaticities - 0.64
Copyright - © 2008 Pete Souza
ExifOffset - 464
ExposureTime - 1/125 seconds
FNumber - 10.00
ExposureProgram - Manual control
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2009:01:13 17:38:39
DateTimeDigitized - 2009:01:13 17:38:39
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 105.00 mm
SubsecTime - 04
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - Uncalibrated (-1)
ExifImageWidth - 804
ExifImageHeight - 1094

Thumbnail: -
Compression - 6 (JPG)
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
JpegIFOffset - 862
JpegIFByteCount - 6217

 
Hand Banana 2009-01-15 10:40:24 AM  
Say Cheese!

 
Car_Ramrod 2009-01-15 10:41:23 AM  
OutsmartBullet: Better headline:

"Barack Obama was shot last night at 5:38PM."


Heh. I like it.

 
dokool [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:42:18 AM  
lordargent: Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS 5D Mark II



I'm kinda disappointed it wasn't with a Nikon camera, but Obama would probably encourage me to rise above such partisanship.

 
Mad Tea Party 2009-01-15 10:42:45 AM  
lordargent: ExposureBiasValue - 0.00

See? I told you the media wasn't biased toward Obama.

 
Linux_Yes [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:43:47 AM  
he'll also be the first President with a laptop at his desk in the Oval Office.

also, he wants to keep his BarackBerry but the Secret Service said it is a security problem. he's trying to work out a way to keep it and said the SS will have to pry it from his hands.

its nice to see a President who knows how useful the Internet(s) is.

now, if we could just get shrub to learn to use email......

 
Linux_Yes [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:45:09 AM  
OutsmartBullet: Better headline:

"Barack Obama was shot last night at 5:38PM."


in your redneck nazi dreams, homey. sleep well.....

 
Shaggy_C 2009-01-15 10:45:27 AM  
i bet he crops out reverend wright from his profile pic

 
Linux_Yes [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:46:00 AM  
Car_Ramrod: Proving once again he's all style and no substance.

/troll mode off


and shrub is no substance and no substance.... blue blood.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:47:11 AM  
Ok...after seeing that, I feel completely depressed with my Digital Rebel & stock lenses. Christ...you can see his pores

 
Car_Ramrod 2009-01-15 10:47:22 AM  
Linux_Yes: now, if we could just get shrub to learn to use email......

img254.imageshack.us

Heh heh, check it out y'all, Turd Blossom sent this to me. It's a bunch of hamsters dancing. That's hilarious. Heh heh.

 
Cyborg77 2009-01-15 10:48:02 AM  
Wow, I've had my photo taken with a digital camera too! Barack Obama and I are so alike.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:48:05 AM  
lordargent: WhitePoint - 0.31

Jesus...does race ALWAYS have to come into it?

 
baldylox 2009-01-15 10:49:27 AM  
And it's a 5D, too ... not even the pro model 1D.

Seriously, though. 99% of portrait photographers these days are 100% digital. Who's shocked by this? This picture isn't even retouched. He's still got fuzzies on his jacket!

That flag pin is shopped, too. I can tell from the pixels and seeing quite a few shopped flag pins in my time.

 
krelborne 2009-01-15 10:50:25 AM  
Renart: Shopped. I can see the pixels.

Yep, totally fake. A black guy for president? Who do these people think they're fooling?

 
OutsmartBullet 2009-01-15 10:50:26 AM  
Linux_Yes: OutsmartBullet: Better headline:

"Barack Obama was shot last night at 5:38PM."

in your redneck nazi dreams, homey. sleep well.....


I present to you the dumbest motherfarker on the Internet. Can't even read an article.

 
d'art 2009-01-15 10:51:50 AM  
For some reason I'm not getting the actual picture; I'm just getting the negative.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:52:03 AM  
Why does this chick ELIZA keep asking me why I think everyone hates me?

 
tzzhc4 2009-01-15 10:52:11 AM  
President Camcho approves!*

images.tribe.net

*Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

 
Hand Banana 2009-01-15 10:52:21 AM  
Linux_Yes: OutsmartBullet: Better headline:

"Barack Obama was shot last night at 5:38PM."

in your redneck nazi dreams, homey. sleep well.....


Looks like someone didn't get the joke.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:53:32 AM  
Dammit...ALWAYS use preview when posting a picture...



www.vibrant.com
Why does this chick ELIZA keep asking me why I think everyone hates me?

 
Linux_Yes [TotalFark] 2009-01-15 10:56:33 AM  
Hand Banana: Linux

it looks alot more than a joke to me. it looks like wishful thinking.

i don't know.......do i???

 
baldylox 2009-01-15 10:56:55 AM  
Those bags under his eyes and fuzzies on his jacket were bugging me. Retouched:

farm4.static.flickr.com

 
guilt by association 2009-01-15 10:57:55 AM  
Gosh, is it too much to invest in a lint roller Barry?

 
Shaggy_C 2009-01-15 10:58:19 AM  
baldylox: Those bags under his eyes and fuzzies on his jacket were bugging me. Retouched:

It's obviously a 'shop. I can tell by some of the pixels, and from having seen a few Husseins in my time :)

 
OutsmartBullet 2009-01-15 11:03:51 AM  
Linux_Yes: Hand Banana: Linux

it looks alot more than a joke to me. it looks like wishful thinking.

i don't know.......do i???


It's a joke. You're a joke. Let's all move on.

 
WhoGAS 2009-01-15 11:04:31 AM  
Shaggy_C: baldylox: Those bags under his eyes and fuzzies on his jacket were bugging me. Retouched:

It's obviously a 'shop. I can tell by some of the pixels, and from having seen a few Husseins in my time :)


Ouch. lol.

 
Tallgordon 2009-01-15 11:06:55 AM  
I can't wait to find out who the first white president to have his official picture taken with a digital camera will be!

 
baldylox 2009-01-15 11:09:06 AM  
Tallgordon: I can't wait to find out who the first white president to have his her official picture taken with a digital camera will be!

FTFY :-O

 
AspectRatio 2009-01-15 11:12:29 AM  
Lt. Cheese Weasel: Gosh, what a trailblazer....

The first Black president is a trailblazer? Yes, I'd have to agree.

Also, your posts make me think of this:

farm4.static.flickr.com

 
Parthenogenetic 2009-01-15 11:16:18 AM  
Der Vassermeister: I'm all confused. The radio guy says he's the Messiah, so how come he agreed to the portrait?

"Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which are in heaven above, or which are in the earth beneath, or which are in the water under the earth."

Something doesn't square up.


Barack HUSSEIN Obama is exploiting a loophole in the Islamic law forbidding the creation of graven images.

You see, a film-based photograph, like a painting, would count as a "graven image" under Islamic law, as it is a physical representation depicting someone or something, which is considered an attempt to emulate Allah's creative power.

A digital photograph, being nothing but a series of electronic ones and zeroes, is not a physical image, and is thus compatible with Barack HUSSEIN Obama's strict fundamentalist beliefs.

And now you know... the REST of the story.

/No, it's not true
//Disclaimer is secret, just like Barack HUSSEIN Obama's Muslim-icity

 
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