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ferpisano Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Ju-87 B Stuka |
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Plane Ju-87 B Stuka |
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MDKG Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2008 Posts: 1088 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:59 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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79SuperVert wrote: |
Jeferson Milão wrote: |
Blue Baron wrote: |
There's some weird Photoshop action going on there. VW didn't make the car bigger. |
original pic. |
Not sure it's just perspective. Objects in the foreground cannot appear smaller than in the background due to perspective. It's always the other way around.
It is odd that the race number on the split takes up much more space on the door than the race numbers on the other VW's. Another oddity is that the split's rear wheels look much smaller than the front ones.
Everything seems to point to the split being a small replica, not a real VW, but if so it's an extremely good replica. |
Here's a link to a series of pictures from the same race in Zandvoort 1961 http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/p%201961%20NAV%20Sportwagenraces.html
Seems like a normal size Split bug in this picture (on the left here):
Crazy to race that vert though ! |
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7838 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 5:39 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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^^^ but that cabrio and car 'number 8' are getting larger all the time!
the photo of the rear view of these cars is an interesting optical illusion - if you use dividers or a ruler on it - the split's wheels are larger and the door bottom to waist trim distance is larger than those in the background. maybe it's the smaller back window causing it... |
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Jeferson Milão Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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finster wrote: |
^^^ but that cabrio and car 'number 8' are getting larger all the time!
the photo of the rear view of these cars is an interesting optical illusion - if you use dividers or a ruler on it - the split's wheels are larger and the door bottom to waist trim distance is larger than those in the background. maybe it's the smaller back window causing it... |
Clearly in that other picture, in accelerating to pass the other two Beetles, the split was traveling at close to the speed of light, causing a warp in the space-time continuum and resulting in a reduction in its mass... _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt. |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 23748 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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Give that man a banana! _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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Jacks Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2006 Posts: 2344 Location: San Clemente, Ca.
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:18 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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Papal authority with no head. How appropriate. _________________ Jack Staggs
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Jeferson Milão Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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oldovaldriver Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2003 Posts: 258 Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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79SuperVert wrote: |
finster wrote: |
^^^ but that cabrio and car 'number 8' are getting larger all the time!
the photo of the rear view of these cars is an interesting optical illusion - if you use dividers or a ruler on it - the split's wheels are larger and the door bottom to waist trim distance is larger than those in the background. maybe it's the smaller back window causing it... |
Clearly in that other picture, in accelerating to pass the other two Beetles, the split was traveling at close to the speed of light, causing a warp in the space-time continuum and resulting in a reduction in its mass... |
It is actually an optical illusion from using an extremely long telephoto lens. The cars are much further from the camera than they appear. When objects are farther away, the effect of perspective is reduced--the image becomes effectively "flattened" like an isometric drawing. At a normal viewing distance, the car in the foreground would be much larger than those behind it. At this greater distance the car in the foreground is still actually larger--as the last poster noted--but less so than your eye expects. And so your brain interprets it as being smaller. |
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aa390392 Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2007 Posts: 3602 Location: So.Cal
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:07 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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Great answer, thanks for that....
Thomas _________________ .
getting grumpy & less tolerant!
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Jeferson Milão Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:52 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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oldovaldriver wrote: |
79SuperVert wrote: |
finster wrote: |
^^^ but that cabrio and car 'number 8' are getting larger all the time!
the photo of the rear view of these cars is an interesting optical illusion - if you use dividers or a ruler on it - the split's wheels are larger and the door bottom to waist trim distance is larger than those in the background. maybe it's the smaller back window causing it... |
Clearly in that other picture, in accelerating to pass the other two Beetles, the split was traveling at close to the speed of light, causing a warp in the space-time continuum and resulting in a reduction in its mass... |
It is actually an optical illusion from using an extremely long telephoto lens. The cars are much further from the camera than they appear. When objects are farther away, the effect of perspective is reduced--the image becomes effectively "flattened" like an isometric drawing. At a normal viewing distance, the car in the foreground would be much larger than those behind it. At this greater distance the car in the foreground is still actually larger--as the last poster noted--but less so than your eye expects. And so your brain interprets it as being smaller. |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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I like Pedro's "girl on a rack" photos better... |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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She doesn't look it, but I would think she'd be uncomfortable given that Bug has bumper guards... |
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Bob Loblaw Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 865 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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KTPhil wrote: |
oldovaldriver wrote: |
79SuperVert wrote: |
finster wrote: |
^^^ but that cabrio and car 'number 8' are getting larger all the time!
the photo of the rear view of these cars is an interesting optical illusion - if you use dividers or a ruler on it - the split's wheels are larger and the door bottom to waist trim distance is larger than those in the background. maybe it's the smaller back window causing it... |
Clearly in that other picture, in accelerating to pass the other two Beetles, the split was traveling at close to the speed of light, causing a warp in the space-time continuum and resulting in a reduction in its mass... |
It is actually an optical illusion from using an extremely long telephoto lens. The cars are much further from the camera than they appear. When objects are farther away, the effect of perspective is reduced--the image becomes effectively "flattened" like an isometric drawing. At a normal viewing distance, the car in the foreground would be much larger than those behind it. At this greater distance the car in the foreground is still actually larger--as the last poster noted--but less so than your eye expects. And so your brain interprets it as being smaller. |
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Wait a second....... _________________ sent from a phone using poor grammar and spelling |
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Jeferson Milão Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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oldovaldriver wrote: |
It is actually an optical illusion from using an extremely long telephoto lens. The cars are much further from the camera than they appear. When objects are farther away, the effect of perspective is reduced--the image becomes effectively "flattened" like an isometric drawing. At a normal viewing distance, the car in the foreground would be much larger than those behind it. At this greater distance the car in the foreground is still actually larger--as the last poster noted--but less so than your eye expects. And so your brain interprets it as being smaller. |
I was still not sold, until I saw this photo from this thread:
The Beetle looks much smaller than it should relative to the bicycle rider in the distance. It should really look quite a bit larger. But because it is a telephoto shot, it fools the eye the way oldovaldriver says above. Very cool! _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt. |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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_________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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Jeferson Milão Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 33875 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... |
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Love that Citroën DS.
And that Bus has a window combo I haven't seen... wraparounds, plus what looks like a larger rearmost side windows. Stock? |
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