Poll: Which is more accurate? Mirror or Photos

[brunothepig]

Mirror... Potentially. Sure, you might have a mirror that has a rough surface, curves slightly, makes you look fat. But then you might have a 2 megapixel camera... That is zoomed in. But really, despite your reflection being flipped, a mirror is more accurate, in that it's "real life resolution".

 

[The Shade]

You can't Photoshop a mirror.

I rest my case.

 

[quiet_samurai]

A mirror, because for a guy that's so devilishly handsone I take the worst photos.

 

[Madara XIII]

Mirrors. When I open my eyes wide, I look creepier in the photo because of the flash.

LOL like a dark creepy or a Physcho creepy!? XD shoot I'd be grateful to pull off the creepy look

 

[Ruffythepirate]

Me: "Look in the display of this digital camera."
My friend: "Ok."
Me: "Now, look at me in the mirror. Can you tell what is the mirror and which is the camera?"
My friend: "..."

 

[PurplePlatypus]

As long as the mirror is flat all it really does is flip the image around. It doesn?t have much distortion other than that. Photos; flatten, their perspective turns out differently from what we might see, they see light differently from us and they distort around the edges because of the curved lens.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Mirror... it is a hell of a lot harder to photoshop a mirror to make you look better...

 

[Cazza]

Photo's. When I see a photo of myself I know thats what I looked like normally. In a mirror It's what I look like then. That doesn't help because I don't like at myslef in the mirror only after a shower or whatever so I look very differnt to mid afternoon.

Unless thats when I take my shower which isn't uncommon.

 

[spinFX]

What the hell? Mirror by far if you mean an accurate representation of yourself...

Umm can you say near unlimited resolution vs even the best HD camera?

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Depends on conditions really o.o

I will say that a mirror has more utility than a photo for attempting to realise an effective acknowledgement of one's presentation.

Of course that being said mirrors, unlike photos, are dynamic. So I guess a mirror is able to display the changes (no matter how small) if you stand infront of one for any amount of time. Photos are merely a postcard within spacetime.

 

[hurfdurp]

I'm not sure how relevant this is, but my Drawing professor had us do self-portraits from mirrors, and dismissed the use of photos. So, take that for what it's worth.

 

[Serenegoose]

A single image will never be able to capture anything in actuality with much accuracy. Sometimes this can make an image startlingly beautiful, or drab and unexciting - but it almost never makes it accurate.

 

[Jedoro]

A photograph represents you at that exact moment in the past, whereas a mirror shows you right here, right now.

 

[Daffy F]

Photos I think...

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Oh that is a tuff one...... geez.....wow this is hard.....ima go with photos

 

[Dango]

Depends on the quality of the photos and the mirrors, but I'll say photos.

 

[Woodsey]

A mirror in general, but several photos if you want to see whatever changing over time.

 

[shadyh8er]

Mirrors. When I open my eyes wide, I look creepier in the photo because of the flash.

LOL like a dark creepy or a Physcho creepy!? XD shoot I'd be grateful to pull off the creepy look

Yeah, so would I, but it's the psycho kind.

 

[KefkaCultist]

mirror. I hate getting my picture taken and I think I always look hideous in them

 

[The Night Shade]

Mirror of course