Nikon Wednesday 2016: #12

<p>Early VW Beetle Bill?</p>

<p>My grandson's basketball game in a lousily lit HS B-Ball court.</p><div></div>

<p>Another grandson, same lousy lighting.</p><div></div>

<p>Bill Nelson--looks like an elderly VW Beetle...</p>

<p>Good Wednesday to all!</p>

<p>Patterns in a art glass window<br>

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<strong>Nikon D7100, AF Nikkor 60mm f2.8 Micro, f8 @ 1/160, ISO 400</strong><br>

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<strong><strong>Nikon D7100, AF Nikkor 60mm f2.8 Micro, f8 @ 1/160, ISO 400</strong></strong><br>

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Raindrops -<br>

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<strong><strong>Nikon D7100, AF Nikkor 60mm f2.8 Micro, f8 @ 1/320, ISO 1000</strong></strong><br>

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Mike :D</p>

<p>It had been a fair while I had used my Nikon, but last weekend a number of monumental sites opened for visits, that are and have been closed for ages... So a medieval texture, detail of a 4th century church.</p><div></div>

<p>Paul: It can't be too elderly. It's a couple of years younger than me! Ok, it's a '49 bug.</p>

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<p>it's a '49 bug</p>

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<p>When the windshield or back window is not one large piece of glass all the way across, that car is pretty old.</p>

<p>Allen's hummingbird, Nikon D7200 with 600mm lens.</p><div></div>

<p>Bill N--it's 6 years younger than me--it would definitely get the senior discount at the grocery store! :-)</p>

<p>A couple more hummingbirds<br>

Nikon D7200 with 600mm lens</p><div></div>

<p>Nikon D750 with 200-500mm lens</p><div></div>

<p>Shung Cheung - I do not think the VW beetle has ever had a split windshield - the back windows yes -:)</p>

<p><img src="/photo/18203386" alt="" />And mine is Fishing rope on a Turks and Caicos (Grand Turk) beach a few weeks ago.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="/photo/18197826" alt="" />Trans Am car hood - Grand Turk - in Turks and caicos. Details on the image</p><div></div>

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<p>I do not think the VW beetle has ever had a split windshield - the back windows yes -:)</p>

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<p>I was a kid growing in the 1960's. By then, most cars from that era already had a one-piece windshield. While I could very well be wrong, as a kid, the way I understood it was that earlier, the technology to make a large piece of glass wasn't available (or at least not available economically) such that the windshield had to be split into two smaller pieces, right and left. Or perhaps in some cases the windshield was smaller.</p>

<p>Maybe someone more senior with earlier knowledge can provide a better explanation.</p>

<p><img src="/photo/18197413" alt="" />Last one in Grand Turk in the Caribbean.</p><div></div>

<p>The original Beetle from 1938 already had a one-piece windshield: http://www.automobilesreview.com/gallery/vw-original-beetle-1938/vw-original-beetle_01.jpg<br>

It took until 1968 before the VW Bus moved from two-pane windshield to a single pane one.</p>

<p>@ <a href="/photodb/user?user_id=253916">Patrick S</a> - you have a wonderful best friend! How old is he/she?</p>

<p>The reason for two pane windshields was not so much the size of glass involved as the difficulty and expense of curving it, especially without distortion. Many older vehicles had flat single pane windshields (I once, for example, had a "little deuce coupe," AKA a '32 Ford, with one) but to get a better side view one must either curve it, or put two flat pieces at an angle. </p>

<p>Meanwhile since this is a picture thread, I'll throw in another. I got an ancient 135/2.8 lens not too long ago, and finally got around to using it, and though it's a bit long for the DX format and a bit hard to focus well on a cloudy day, I kind of like the way it registers stuff. Probably not going to displace the 105, but worth trying a bit more. </p><div></div>

Thanks for the compliment Kyle B. Keeping the camera at the ready is a definite must with two

quick moving little ones. Those are some nice shots of your sons. I'm hoping I'll get a few more

keepers when my girls get a little older and can understand directions and, maybe, sit still for a

second. :-)

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D7100 Sigma 330F/1.4</p>

<p>D7100 Sigma 30f/1.4<br>

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<p>Some daffys taken nearly 4yrs ago....they are currently all over the place.</p><div></div>

<p>Hello everybody !</p><div></div>

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