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The photographer had been booked for midday but as the UN climate summit dragged into overtime Friday, the traditional heads of state portrait fell victim to divisions among the family of leaders.
An official statement at the conference said the portrait had been postponed and it was hoped to be rearranged before the leaders leave Copenhagen.
"The president (Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen) has made the negotiations and efforts to reach an agreement the priority," it said.
But Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was already on a plane out of Copenhagen, while US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama were scheduled to fly out on Friday night, sources said.
