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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2031792, member: 19463&quot;]My two main hobbies are coins and photography so my avatar is a self portrait of me taking a coin photo.&nbsp; The camera was placed in the position of the supporting dowel for coin to be photographed and the picture was taken shooting up inside my closet where my camera rig is located as I am lowering a coin into position.&nbsp; Light was provided by the lamps used for shooting coins and a flash that bounced light around the inside of the closet to soften things a bit.&nbsp; At top left is a closet wire shelf with boxes above the rig.&nbsp; At right is a bit of the closet folding door and a bright spot which is one of the lights.&nbsp; Just above my shoulder is the ceiling fixture in the room outside the closet.&nbsp; I selected a coin (a Constantius II Chi-Rho) with very recognizable large detail but I did not have enough depth of field for it to be sharp.&nbsp; The camera was tripped with a remote release in my hand out of the photo.&nbsp;&nbsp; I shot about twenty and selected the one with best placement (meaning with the hand or camera not covering all of my face). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]369821[/ATTACH] </p><p>Those who have been around a while may recall me using others but I agree with the idea that we might be recognized by our avatars so they should not be too random or too frequently swapped.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]369822[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In my mind, sharing avatars is related to sharing our desktop image.&nbsp; I have been using the above for several years and could redo it with some more favorite coins but it was a lot of work to get just the way I wanted it.&nbsp; Anyone wishing to see the effect will need to download and install it as your Windows desktop image.&nbsp; Most important!, choose the option to have it repeated (middle option on Windows Vista - all I have on my desktop).&nbsp; I faded the image so the icons on the desktop would not be hard to see.&nbsp; Has anyone tried an interlocking tiled desktop?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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