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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Austin_Healey_%27Frogeye%27_Sprite_-_Flickr_-_exfordy_%282%29.jpg Cheers, frank On December 4, 2015 1:44:39 PM EST, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >I sometimes wonder if automobile designers are deliberately trying >anthropomorphize their products, but at the end of the day two head >lights ("eyes") and one grill ("mouth") will result in some resemblance > >to a human or at least vertebrate face. Adding a third light would >change that - > >http://forums.motortrend.com/70/6735296/the-artists-loft/the-return-of-tucker/index.html > >I keep looking for alternate subjects other than insects and spiders, >but despite several test shoots I still have not found much that is >interesting at these magnifications. > >Mark > > >On 12/3/2015 11:56 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> >> Great work, as usual, Mark! >> >> I do not find these insect particularly ugly or threatening. >> In many (most?) cases those impressions both concepts are >> experience-based. >> >> Naturally, a human brain tends to like what we are used to, and >> dislike (or even get threatened by) what is very disparate from >> ourselves: we fear unknown. >> I think it is very similar to the roots of xenophobia (and a few >> other phobias). I also think a similar mechanism is responsible (at >> least in part) for face recognition problems across races. >> >> Mark, I see why you said this insect looks like a puppy. >> It does a little bit. >> By the way, this is actually a great example of that we tend to >relate >> new objects to something that we are familiar with. >> Very similarly, we find human-like features in cars (headlights -> >eyes, >> grill -> face), and classify some grill features as friendly or >> aggressive. >> >> Igor >> >> PS. I find it interesting that a few months ago I was shooting a >wasp, >> thinking it was an ant queen. :-) >> You might remember it: http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR27045.jpg >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Mark C wrote: >> >>> Since posting this I've learned that it is actually an ant queen, >and >>> not a >>> wasp, not that it makes much difference to the viewer. As nasty as >ti >>> looks, >>> the whole frame is covering less than 3mm of space, so the ant is >>> very tiny >>> indeed. >>> >>> >>> On 12/3/2015 12:19 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >>>> >>>> Certainly a creature one wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley :-). >>>> >>>> On 12/3/2015 1:48, Mark C wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Looks a little like a puppy to me: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/small-wasp-1 >>>>> >>>>> or on flickr: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcassino/23370180022/ >>>>> >>>>> 8x lifesized. Pentax K01 and K 24 f3.5, lots of extension and >flash. >>>>> >>>>> Comments welcome! >>>>> >>>>> Mark >> > > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
