Igor, your 3-eyed car is the 1948 Tucker Torpedo. On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's a fun looking car! > (As well as the 2-eyed Sprite on the photo posted by Frank.) > > Actually, there was at least one 3-eyed car, I believe, in 60s. > I've seen one at one of the Smithonian museums (I believe it was > Smithsonian National Museum of American History) in DC back in 1995. > My vague recollection of it was that it was conteporary of JFK, but that > might be off by a few years. > The middle headlight was turning with the wheels. > > I have a printed photograph of it, - but since that I was unable to trace > what model that car was (actually, I never tried hard). I suspect some > experts on this list might know that model. > (I am too tired at the moment to dig into the photo albums and scan that > photo.) > > Igor > > > On December 4, 2015 1:44:39 PM EST, Mark C 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 >>> >>> > > -- > 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.
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