happycrab's Comments
Is it just me, or does poor Scout look absolutely miserable in all of those photos (except for the last one, where he looks rabid/deranged)?
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
Ha! When I read that, I first thought you said “...pretending to be deaf". Sounded about right to me - our cats do it all the time!
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
Lol! Good point! I happen to love cats, myself - we have three that Lord it over us mere humans. Perhaps that's why I find it so disturbing. Eww!
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
Looks like a giant dead, bloated cat that washed up on a beach. Ick!
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
If you're interested, there's quite a controversy as to whether Niepcé or Henry Fox Talbot was the first to create a photograph. After Niepcé announced his invention, Talbot revealed a process which he claimed to have developed in 1834. He had no real evidence to back up his claim, however, so it is generally regarded as unproven. He is, however, acknowledged as the creator of the photographic negative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fox_Talbot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fox_Talbot
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
I understand, and I appreciate the care you obviously take with the composition of your posts. It wasn't so much the 'portrait' issue I was addressing as the photographer's own notion that it was the first photograph, or "light picture". Maybe it was the first HE claimed to know about; but then, where would he have gotten the technology? Or perhaps he meant HIS first light picture. One thing is certain: We'll never know for sure! Thanks for the clarification.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
While this image could certainly be considered the first selfie (*gag*), it is not the first picture of a human being and certainly not the first "light picture". That honour belongs to Nicéphore Niepcé, with his "View from the window at Le Gras".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_from_the_Window_at_Le_Gras
The first known photograph of a person is from 1838, by Joseph-Louis Daguerre. It is of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, and shows a street scene devoid of people except for an unknown gentleman standing and having his shoes shined. He was the only one in the scene standing still long enough to be captured by the nearly 10-minute exposure.
http://petapixel.com/2010/10/27/first-ever-photograph-of-a-human-being/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_from_the_Window_at_Le_Gras
The first known photograph of a person is from 1838, by Joseph-Louis Daguerre. It is of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, and shows a street scene devoid of people except for an unknown gentleman standing and having his shoes shined. He was the only one in the scene standing still long enough to be captured by the nearly 10-minute exposure.
http://petapixel.com/2010/10/27/first-ever-photograph-of-a-human-being/
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
When my dog looks at me like that, I know he's saying "Can we PLEASE go out now?"
Poor Scout appears to be saying "Why are you torturing me by balancing heavy, hard stuff on my head?"