How to see your true face? With the right focal length?

[Deleted member 12425]

When I take a selfie from a short distance my face appears thin, if I took another photo with my arm elongated it appears much wider.

Also, when I take a picture of my face in the mirror it appears somewhat wide.. Now, which one is closest to reality? Is it the mirror one?

 

[defaya]

Ask your mom what she thinks, only way to know

 

[Mongrelcel]

I'd say mirror. My pics taken with a 90mm lens look way different than what I see in the mirror - my jaw is a lot wider on those pics.

 

[Mr.cope]

tell someone to take a pic of you standing outside or something
and thats how you look

 

[Going2KillMyself]

if women arent repulsed by you, you are at least average

 

[LastHopeForNorman]

"Studies have measured the cone of visual attention and found it to be about 55 degrees wide. On a 35mm full frame camera, a 43mm lens provides an angle of view of 55 degrees, so that focal length provides exactly the same angle of view that we humans have."