photographs (and 2010 icon choice)

[mellowtigger]

Which of these two small images below would make the best choice for my new icon?

I tend to favor the first one for the better color tone, but the second one probably has the better facial expression.

I have a new photo gallery available here.  They are pictures taken during the recent visit by my parents to the Twin Cities.  Here are the photographs.  Click to embiggen.





Although group shots worked out fairly well, all of the attempts to photograph me solo would end up getting overexposed.  Attempts to compensate (with camera settings) caused low exposure of everything else in the image, and compensating (with software) for that issue then caused strange colored skin tones.  I'll leave the analysis to the shutterbugs.

Comments

[khrysso.livejournal.com]

I'm inclined toward the first one.

I have been aware of your presence online since the Gay & Bi Longhairs on the Internet days (my hair has been short since 2003, but in my heart I'm still a longhair), and I have always thought that you were intriguingly handsome. Just sayin'.

Did you see that I'm planning to move to Mpls in the next few weeks? It would be nice to see you F2F...

[mellowtigger]

Yes, congrats on heading to the Twin Cities. I had that thread in a browser tab for eventual writing before the hard disk failed on me. :(

Check out the Bear Coffee (at the Upcoming Events box) sometime. I'm there 95% of the time. We're still out in the back patio for a few more weeks, before cold weather eventually chases us back inside.