Sweet photoshop madness

[voodoo curse]

So I was in another thread here and came across this picture.

I thought it was legit at first, but on further scrutiny, I've come to the conclusion it's a photoshop.

Have a look......what do ya think?

 

[elvis51]

my guess is photoshop too. looks like an old boardtrack picture that someone edited into a dirt track. theres not enough banking on that berm to lay the bike down that much without eatin it. just my thought

Easy E

 

[xddorox]

No dust trail behind the tires either. Those would have been easy enough to do!

 

[Bendix]

the shadow job is pretty good. for some reason i don't think it's old, just looks to me like somebody playing 'dress up'. i also saw it in the 'cyclone' (bike parts distributor) catalog.

 

[JoeyMac]

I think the only way to know for sure would be to re-create it, in one way or another.

Either photoshop together another old racer with track,

Or, go out and see if you can bank that hard without eating dirt

We shall settle this!

I might take a stab myself.

(one way or the other)

 

[Rat Rod]

Sounds like a job for Myth Busters.

I think they just took the shot right before the guy fell over. :lol:

 

[hotfoot]

I'd like to believe it's real!

 

[Graylock]

Sounds like a job for Myth Busters.

I think they just took the shot right before the guy fell over. :lol:

Yeah what he said :wink: Where did this picture come from? Enter the Myth Busters.


GL

 

[Rustinkerer]

Nah, the bike's sitting on it's very short kickstand, which they photoshopped out! :lol: :mrgreen: ~Adam

 

[StephenH]

Looks to me like a modern picture, too, plus photoshop.

One thing is that back in the old days, films were a lot slower, so you wouldn't see this kind of up-close and sharp picture.

 

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a job for Myth Busters.

I think they just took the shot right before the guy fell over. :lol:

that would be cool maybe we will see one more of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbmp8L0D5ro

 

[hewey]

I found the pic on Picture Australia, with a heap of other vintage bike pics. Picture Australia is a combinded online database of Aussie library picture databases. Its from the State Library of Queensland, from the sound of it they have the original B&W print.

http://www.pictureaustralia.org/app...splay&mode=display&rs=resultset-1046753&no=80

Title: Ultimate speed on a racing bike, Clifton, ca. 1930
Creator: Unknown
Description: John Bange on a racing bike on his property in Clifton, Queensland. John Bange was a gliding pioneer. He designed and built the first enclosed-fuselage glider to fly on the Darling Downs. It made its maiden flight in Clifton on the 27 October 1935.
Description: John Bange was a gliding pioneer. He designed and built the first enclosed-fuselage glider to fly on the Darling Downs. It made its maiden flight in Clifton on the 27 October 1935.
Subject: bike, bicycles, cycling, flying goggles, caps
Publisher: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Image number: clp00068
Format: photographic print : b&w
Managed by: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Collection or series: 6780
Date or place: Clifton, Queensland
Date or place: ca. 1930
Rights: This image is free of copyright restrictions. For further information please view http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/legals.htm

 

[hewey]

The link in the post above times out :? Go to the homepage http://www.pictureaustralia.org/index.html and search for "ultimate speed" and it comes up. :wink: