I searched for "frog eye". LOL. And yes, I knew the story about the pop-up headlights. Thank gods they went cheap. Wouldn't be the same car...
Cheers, frank On December 4, 2015 3:07:35 PM EST, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >knarf wrote: >> Nothing new under the sun: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/zft854m > >My favorite photos of a Sprite: >http://www.red4est.com/lrc/racer_html/miscpix.html > >although not for their photographic quality. > >> >> >> >https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Austin_Healey_%27Frogeye%27_Sprite_-_Flickr_-_exfordy_%282%29.jpg > >The weird thing is that if you do a websearch on bugeye these days, you > >get a bunch of pictures of Subies. > > >Frogeyes were supposed to have pop up headlights, which worked like the > >ones on a 928, however it was determined that it was a pound cheaper to > >make the car with them permanently up. > > >> >> 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.
