Yeah I was talking with a few people in PMs (including Snakebyte) about this and apparently it's just bad perspective and I need to take some new measuring pics. For the record, I'm upward curving AND upward pointing when erect so that's a double whammy against me and measuring. If I were at my hardest point it will be all I could do to pull my cock only a few inches down and away from my abs. These pics are in a state where I was able to get it to the 45/90 degree angle range.
The problem with me and measuring is that I have such a strong "U" shaped curve that it's curving immediately of my body. Meaning the very first inch of the tape will be on a downward curving part of my penis right out of my body. See this pic:
http://www.lpsg.org/attachments/73381d1254591459-big-gallery-update-tell-me-up110.jpg
The more I push my cock down and away from my body the more that curve is accentuated and my balls want to come up and around (although they can't fit). So when I do a quick and dirty measuring pic from a certain perspective like this one it looks like that is part of my body and really that's part of my cock:
http://www.lpsg.org/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/213191/cat/500/ppuser/28526
That's also why I snapped another quick one where I was holding down the end of the measuring tape in the crux of the base. It should be very obvious in this second photo that I don't have 1 1/2" inch of measuring tape on my body:
http://www.lpsg.org/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/213207/size/big/cat/500/ppuser/28526
I didn't say belly because I'm only 8% body fat. I might be leaning a certain way some pics that make me look out of shape or something but there is virtually no fat in that area of my body to even do something that.
Body pic:
http://www.lpsg.org/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/209092/cat/500/ppuser/28526
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So thanks for the input guys, I'll try and get some better looking measuring photos up. :smile: