Self-timer self-portraits

[+Mule Ears]

When I solo-hike to remote caches, I frequently use the camera's self-timer to take a self-portrait at the cache site. Take enough of these, and they start to look the same. So lately I've been trying to come up with creative ideas to improve these shots. Have you seen or done any really creative self-timer shots? Display them here.

 

I'll start. On a recent hike to "C6" I wanted a long shot with plenty of scenery in it. So I decided to pose sitting up high on a rock outcrop about 10 yards from the camera. It took quite a few tries to get into position in the 10-second self-timer countdown. So I made a collage of all the outtakes:

 

[+The Leprechauns]

This is my favorite "self timer" photo, because of the mad dash to run 50 feet and stand on top of the odd stone structure in the middle of nowhere. From looking at the relaxed poses, you can't tell that LisaS made that run, and that Barefoot and I lifted her up so she could be in the picture. From: Elves in the Vortex. My next cache in that park will likely go right in the area of this photo.

 

[+brdad]

Reminds me of the time I was alone and needed to take a photo of myself for a virtual and all I had was a disposable camera. It took me about 8 tries. I taped the camera to the bed of my truck, then taped one end of a board to the truck, and set the middle lightly on the shutter button. On the other end of the stick, I tied a rope attached to yet another stick which balanced on the edge of the truck bed. My plan - throw things at that stick, which would make it fall, adding weight to the board and depressing the shutter button.

 

As mentioned, it took a few failed attempts before I got the picture, knocking the camera off a few times and just not hitting the shutter button right other times. The picture still turned out blurry but got me the find.

[+sbell111]

Reminds me of the time I was alone and needed to take a photo of myself for a virtual and all I had was a disposable camera. It took me about 8 tries. I taped the camera to the bed of my truck, then taped one end of a board to the truck, and set the middle lightly on the shutter button. On the other end of the stick, I tied a rope attached to yet another stick which balanced on the edge of the truck bed. My plan - throw things at that stick, which would make it fall, adding weight to the board and depressing the shutter button.

 

As mentioned, it took a few failed attempts before I got the picture, knocking the camera off a few times and just not hitting the shutter button right other times. The picture still turned out blurry but got me the find.

Did you ever play mousetrap?

[BRTango]

It took me several tries to get this shot. It is at the Madison Boulder Earthcache in NH. I wanted to get as much of the rock in there as possible, and so had to put the camera a good distance away. The pups were with me and I kept trying to get them in the shot as well, but they didn't cooperate.

 

I think I ended up taking about 10 pictures, mostly of my backside before I got the one to post.

 

[+Snoogans]

I use the great old fashioned arm's length technique. The Snoogstress says mountain climbers call it a "summit shot."

 

Works for us:

 

[+Kiamichi Muskrat]

 

This one was tricky. We were in a cave called the Devil's Icebox. I set up the camera on a tripod, turned off the flash, and used a remote control to snap the photo. We had to remain totally still. I've since used the remote everytime (you can see it in my hand). We also made sure to shine our lights on the ledge just under the camera, to provide just a bit of light on our faces without screwing up the picture.

Edited August 17, 2006 by Kiamichi Muskrat

[+Mule Ears]

Wow! Great pictures and stories. I love the Rube Goldberg remote shutter release. And the cave shot--National Geographic stuff.

 

I use the great old fashioned arm's length technique. The Snoogstress says mountain climbers call it a "summit shot."

 

Yup, and in a less-complimentary vein, "hero shot." What a great portrait of you two--congrats!

[+Miragee]

My most memorable self-portrait was for the Canyon de Chelly - Spider Rock Overlook Virtual cache in Canyon de Chelly National Park.

 

[+Mule Ears]

My most memorable self-portrait was for the Canyon de Chelly - Spider Rock Overlook Virtual cache in Canyon de Chelly National Park.

 

Three-hundred and two miles from my home coordinates. Gotta get up there someday. Great picture, worthy of a family Christmas card.

[+Tsmola]

here's my best self-portrait while caching.

 

 

I plan to buy a remote for my D50 soon so I won't have to use the timer anymore though.

[+mtn-man]

On a recent trip to PA, I had the opportunity to cache with The Leprechauns. We took a timer shot photo near a natural spring area. You don't know how a photo is really going to turn out until you get home. When I looked at this shot, I just had to laugh.

 

Though I may not be the boss of Keystone, I surely radiate like a geo-god in this photograph!

 

 

My new camera has an adjustable timer, so no more running to a photo for me.

[+Ambrosia]

That pic you took with Puppymonster was with the timer, too....pretty darn cool. Since I've already posted it in another thread, I restrain myself here.

[+The Leprechauns]

On a recent trip to PA, I had the opportunity to cache with The Leprechauns. We took a timer shot photo near a natural spring area. You don't know how a photo is really going to turn out until you get home. When I looked at this shot, I just had to laugh.

 

Though I may not be the boss of Keystone, I surely radiate like a geo-god in this photograph!

 

 

My new camera has an adjustable timer, so no more running to a photo for me.

Wow, I cached with an apparition. No wonder you didn't stand a ghost of a chance to find any of the caches first that day.

[+Haffy]

Having just gone out to Monhegan Island on the ferry Balmy Days II out of Boothbay Harbor with the geocrew last weekend, I took this photo with the self timer on my Olympus 5050. The cache that we did a maintenance on was # GC9216. A great place for a day of hiking on the beautiful Maine coast.

Oh yeah, that is me in the unorthodox crouched position in the front.

 

Edited August 18, 2006 by haffy

[+mtn-man]

That pic you took with Puppymonster was with the timer, too....pretty darn cool. Since I've already posted it in another thread, I restrain myself here.

La, la la, la la, la la la. Look, something shiny!

 

(Yes, that is the most hysterical self timer shot I have ever taken.)

 

Wow, I cached with an apparition. No wonder you didn't stand a ghost of a chance to find any of the caches first that day.

Touché!

[+brdad]

Did you ever play mousetrap?

 

My grandparents had that game. I was too young at the time to play by the rules but just made stuff up for the fun of it. Plus, I was married for a while so I was taught quickly how to do things by myself.

 

Having just gone out to Monhegan Island on the ferry Balmy Days II out of Boothbay Harbor with the geocrew last weekend, I took this photo with the self timer on my Olympus 5050. The cache that we did a maintenance on was # GC9216. A great place for a day of hiking on the beautiful Maine coast.

Oh yeah, that is me in the unorthodox crouched position in the front.

 

Wow, that's one ugly cuss in the black shirt in the back center.

[+Haffy]

Who is that skinny woman in the red shirt in front of that guy anyway?

[Dinoprophet]

This is my favorite "self timer" photo, because of the mad dash to run 50 feet and stand on top of the odd stone structure in the middle of nowhere. From looking at the relaxed poses, you can't tell that LisaS made that run, and that Barefoot and I lifted her up so she could be in the picture. From: Elves in the Vortex. My next cache in that park will likely go right in the area of this photo.

Wow, the woods of western PA certainly have a distinctive "look". I recognized the area before I looked at who took it and where. Great caching area.

 

This is my favorite long-arm self-portrait, taken at this cache with the in-cache camera. It came out exactly as creepy as I hoped. I framed it, then moved myself around, holding the camera in space and trying not to change its position. It actually worked.

Edited August 18, 2006 by Dinoprophet

[Dinoprophet]

Oops, double post

Edited August 18, 2006 by Dinoprophet

[+CraigInCT]

Rule #1 Learn how to count. I was at Tinkinswood, 6000 year old burial cairn. I had only counted 9 seconds, but the camera had counted 10

 

CRICK!

 

 

I'm glad I took more than one pic

 

Why this was never set up as a vitual, I'll never know

[+Mopar]

I'll have to search for the best of many timer poses later, but for now, I'm just totally amazed at how many of the people pictured in this thread I've met!

[+Packanack]

I have a lot of self portrait photos because I always cache alone and I like the idea of twenty years off being able to look at them and remember the places where I've been. I sometimes attach them to the log.

Edited August 20, 2006 by Packanack

[+Mix]

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...08-f0e9a956b540

take 1

take 2

take 3

 

never did get the photo I was after.

[+Klatch]

Self-timer plus digital manipulation. This was a tough four-part multi and it was my attempt at humor.

Wilkum to Rocksylvania

 

 

[+gotterv]

Great pictures! ROTFLOL But I have to ask - what picture were you hoping for?

 

 

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...08-f0e9a956b540

take 1

take 2

take 3

 

never did get the photo I was after.

[+Mix]

Great pictures! ROTFLOL But I have to ask - what picture were you hoping for?

 

 

The complete reverse of Take 2, but with the terrain I could never get in the hole and get my head back out in time. Take 3 was really take 20 and was me giving up.

Edited August 21, 2006 by Mix

[+gotterv]

I'm sorry you didn't get your picture, but you gave the rest of us a good laugh! You certainly have a great sense of humor! Still laughing . . . . . .

 

 

The complete reverse of Take 2, but with the terrain I could never get in the hole and get my head back out in time. Take 3 was really take 20 and was me giving up.

[+ThePropers]

I dunno how "creative" these are, but they're my more recent ones.

 

#1: For this one I set it for 30 seconds, and to take 5 pictures (one each second). Took a few tries to make it all the way up there (rocks were slippery so it was slow going). On my last try, I noticed I had been running right over/by a copperhead during each trip from the camera to the dam. Ooops.

 

#2: Going for a swim to go get a cache (which I DNF'd and got into some very angry ants on). It came out blurry though, but didn't know until I got back home.

 

#3: Literally the worse "trail" I've ever been on.

 

#4: Couldn't get this ol rust bucket to start

 

#5: Just a view on a creek

 

#6: A little bit of a run to get up there before the timer went off:

 

#7: Outside another tunnel:

 

#8: I like to call this my Batman angle

 

#9: Just another self-portrait

Edited August 21, 2006 by ThePropers

[+msteelee]

Who is that skinny woman in the red shirt in front of that guy anyway?

Haffy, you were supposed to get my thin side! There must be something really wrong with your camera! What a great day of caching, though, huh?

[+CraigInCT]

Doin the Jeremy

 

[+Mix]

Took this today at a cache called 'Where's the Cheese?'

 

 

Caption was “Here’s the GZ! Where's the Cheese? I mean cache!"