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The first generation of the Ford Thunderbird is a two-seat convertible produced by Ford for the 1955 to 1957 model year, the first 2-seat Ford since 1938. It was developed in response to the 1953 Motorama display at the New York Auto Show, which showed the Chevrolet Corvette. The Corvette in turn was developed in response to the popularity of European sports cars among Americans.
The new car was unveiled to the public on 20 February 1954 at the Detroit Auto Show. The car was the company’s first 2-seater Ford since 1938 and named, the Ford Thunderbird.
Ford Thunderbird production began in September 1954 and the car went on sale a few weeks later. Even before its release, it started a great furor in the automotive press, which had had its interest piqued by the promising but disappointing Corvette.
The 1957 Thunderbird was not cheap. With an initial list price price of $2,695, quickly raised to $2,944, it was around $1,200 more than a basic Ford Mainline six. Adding the convertible top, heater, radio, and other accessories quickly took the T-Bird’s price well over $3,000. A fully loaded Thunderbird topped out at around $4,000, which was enough to buy two modestly equipped Ford sedans or for that matter a Jaguar XK140, which was faster and handled better.
The ‘Little Bird’ Thunderbird was able to give to the masses what legendary automakers like Bugatti and Mercedes were able to build for the elite. Beautiful styling and high performance would no longer be out of the reach of the average American driver.
Ford had expected to produce only 10,000 cars during the first year, but sales exceeded that number and peaked at 16,155- the maximum that could be built at that time. 1957 sales were 21,380, including three extra months of production because the 1958 models were late. The 1957 Thunderbird was the last two-seater Ford sold until the 1982 Ford EXP sport compact car.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Handle'
Strobist info:
Minolta's wireless flash, www.friedmanarchives.com/flash.htm
Camera mount tricker flash: HVL-F20
Bottom left & right: 2x HVL-F58 @ 1/16 on 50mm + diffuser
Top beaming down: HVL-F42 @ 1/16 on 50mm + diffuser
The vintage handles and lock of the front door of a 1958 apartment building in Kypseli, Athens, Greece. Back then they built them to last.
El tema de esta semana (25 de Noviembre) es "Asa de Taza"
The theme for this week (on November 25) is "Mug Handle"
Although with thorns, rose is very fragile when bitten by frost. So please, handle with care.
For Crazy Tuesday challenge.
The glass handle on the glass lid of on old crock pot. We don't use it for cooking, we use it to store unshelled peanuts in. My wife found me with my camera, in a dark room, hunched over the lid that was balanced on top of a flashlight. She just rolled her eyes, sighed and said with resignation, "Just don't break the thing,."
7DOS furniture Monday
365#176
One of a pair of handles on the drawer of my needlework cabinet. It's the oldest piece of furniture I own - made by my dad as a gift for my mum.
two consecutive shots of a black headed gull . one at full frame as taken and handling the whites cropped in this rig is sharp can't say more than that
I decided to grasp the nettle for this week’s Macro Mondays' theme, Handle with Care. Stinging nettle (urtica dioica) may be an irritant but it does have a range of medicinal properties, being an antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-ulcer, astringent and analgesic. Not to miss out the wise words from across the breakfast table, “Don’t forget its use in cookery, as nettle soup”.
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SHARPENING OH WHY?!
Why I didn't use my 50mm for this, I don't even know.
I'll be putting up some funny outtakes on my facebook page from this shoot in the comments.
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The #MacroMondays #Handle theme
A focus stacked macro of a miniature jug from my dear wife's collection
Taken in a light tent with a 12mm extension tube, processed in Photoshop; converted to monochrome, sepia toned with a vignette and grain added.
HMM all
I love early morning light, low and hard; casting amazing shadows and turning something as ordinary as a door handle into a mystery. That or I've been locked up for far too long.
Happy "Smile on Saturday" with "handles"!
... and thank you so much for your views, faves and comments!
Macro Mondays - Handle
One of a pair of commemorative teaspoons to celebrate our Queen's Coronation on 2nd June 1953
Taken for Macro Mondays group, theme 'Handle'. Week 21/2020.
This is a paper knife with silver card beneath and blue card above. It's taken in natural light with an LED for highlight and is straight out of the camera except it's been cropped to 16x9.
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26 colors for the Cup, handle & plate
Female & Male included
Right hand only
Bento hold Animation *AO friendly*
+ Static Pose & Rezz Version
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“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”
— William Penn, Fruits of Solitude
Strobist info: an SB-900 speedlight shot through a 95 cm octagonal softbox with a grid positioned above and slightly in front the model. The speedlight was triggered by the camera's built-in flash set in CLS commander mode. I attached Nikon's SG-31R IR panel in front of the camera flash to prevent it from influencing the exposure.
After a chat with Dennis R about possible avenues to pursue with blanking off the middle of the frame and adding en extra element to fill the middle I came up with this. A tunnel with a silhouette would have been my preference but that will have to wait.
Lens and tripod swap from modded Helios 44-2 to Samyang 14mm.