And why didn't he get a hair cut for the picture?

Proving once again he's all style and no substance.

/troll mode off

obzerver: And why didn't he get a hair cut for the picture?

It's against Islamic law.

/ok, seriously done this time

Gosh, what a trailblazer....

Obama hates painters.

Why not link to his actual website?

Offical Portrait

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

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?

Shopped. I can see the pixels.

very cool of them to post the EXIF data

Eh...most of the professional photographers I work with pretty much shoot only digital these days...

How can this be?

FOR HE IS THE KWISATZ HADERACH!

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.

1. Holy shiat thats farking awesome!

2. Flag Lapel pin?? wtf?

Canon EOS 5D Mark II ftw.
Kind of wish I had a spare $2,500 to buy one...

Aw, couldn't he give us a smile?

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.

Better headline:

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

philphil: Aw, couldn't he give us a smile?

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

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.

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

Say Cheese!

OutsmartBullet: Better headline:

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

Heh. I like it.

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.

lordargent: ExposureBiasValue - 0.00

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

OutsmartBullet: Better headline:

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

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

i bet he crops out reverend wright from his profile pic

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.

Ok...after seeing that, I feel completely depressed with my Digital Rebel & stock lenses. Christ...you can see his pores

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



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.

Wow, I've had my photo taken with a digital camera too! Barack Obama and I are so alike.

lordargent: WhitePoint - 0.31

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

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.

Renart: Shopped. I can see the pixels.

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

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.

For some reason I'm not getting the actual picture; I'm just getting the negative.

President Camcho approves!*



_{*Brought to you by Carl's Jr.}

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.

Dammit...ALWAYS use preview when posting a picture...




Why does this chick ELIZA keep asking me why I think everyone hates me?

Hand Banana: Linux

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

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

Those bags under his eyes and fuzzies on his jacket were bugging me. Retouched:

Gosh, is it too much to invest in a lint roller Barry?

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 :)

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.

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.

I can't wait to find out who the first white president to have his official picture taken with a digital camera will be!

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

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:

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}