yeah, no face - no place! that's someone else...
it looks very posed. besides which palantirs don't work that way, they're not portable radios, they must be stable and facing in exactly the right direction. what happened to pippin was a fluke!
that reminds me... I once had a dream I had a job working in Orthanc, and Saruman had me tuning in the Palantir!!! just thought that was funny. - it took a while too...