▲ 317 ▼ Anon reflects on a conundrum (sh.itjust.works) submitted 1 year ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] chatroom@lemm.ee 90 points 1 year ago (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every cellphone camera is objectively terrible at capturing human features permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago Helps if you angle the camera down slightly, actually funny story about AI... There was this site a few years ago that would give you a masculine/femanine score based on a selfie, I discovered all it was really checking was the angle of the face because men tend to take photos straight on and women know to take the photo with your face at an angle. (But NEVER an upward angle) permalink fedilink source parent [–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago In addition to this (the effects of which are far more pronounced than the 'mirror image' theory btw — flipping a camera shot doesn't tend to make a strong difference after all), a photo is just, well, a snapshot. It can't pick up the subtle movements in expressions that add to your visual personality. If we all went about with a static photo expression on our faces, we'd look weird as fuck. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jwt@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago Yes, I think focal length and lighting are the main culprits: permalink fedilink source parent [+] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 point 1 year ago Ooooooh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz -2 points 1 year ago Not necessarily permalink fedilink source parent
[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 year ago (1 child) Every cellphone camera is objectively terrible at capturing human features permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago Helps if you angle the camera down slightly, actually funny story about AI... There was this site a few years ago that would give you a masculine/femanine score based on a selfie, I discovered all it was really checking was the angle of the face because men tend to take photos straight on and women know to take the photo with your face at an angle. (But NEVER an upward angle) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago Helps if you angle the camera down slightly, actually funny story about AI... There was this site a few years ago that would give you a masculine/femanine score based on a selfie, I discovered all it was really checking was the angle of the face because men tend to take photos straight on and women know to take the photo with your face at an angle. (But NEVER an upward angle) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago In addition to this (the effects of which are far more pronounced than the 'mirror image' theory btw — flipping a camera shot doesn't tend to make a strong difference after all), a photo is just, well, a snapshot. It can't pick up the subtle movements in expressions that add to your visual personality. If we all went about with a static photo expression on our faces, we'd look weird as fuck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jwt@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago Yes, I think focal length and lighting are the main culprits: permalink fedilink source parent
