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I beg to differ. This picture of Emile Leray, who disassembled his own broken car in the desert and built a motorcycle out of it is profoundly better. https://
by nathan_compton 2y ago
I beg to differ. This picture of Emile Leray, who disassembled his own broken car in the desert and built a motorcycle out of it is profoundly better.
https://thekneeslider.com/images/2022/01/leray-citroen-motorcycle-museum-display.jpg https://thekneeslider.com/images/2022/01/leray-citroen-motor...
- dylan604 2y agoThat needs the help of AI to remove the background, and then maybe it'll be a cool picture.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoWhy?
- nathan_compton 2y agoI think he is referring to the fact that the photograph is actually a photo of the real motorcycle with the photo I meant to post behind it, at a museum. "On display in the Midwest Dream Car Collection museum" reads the caption." I can't find the original, but here is another photo he took at the time: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/103e0a_ac1383d327534f359c1af01b535fd338~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_548,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/103e0a_ac1383d327534f359c1af01b535fd338~mv2.jpg https://static.wixstatic.com/media/103e0a_ac1383d327534f359c...
- dylan604 2y agoIt's like some people don't even look at a picture and just scan it like it was text to be skimmed. If you don't have time to look at something, then please don't expect to understand the comments made by people that did.
- Slow_Hand 2y agoMaybe if multiple people are asking for clarification on a comment it’s your comment. I happen to like it with the photographic backdrop because it sets the scene and places the motorcycle in context.
- Loughla 2y agoWhat possible purpose would that serve
- InsomniacL 2y agolook at the right hand edge of the photo to put his comment in perspective.
- Loughla 2y agoIt's a picture of the motorcycle in a display that includes the guy who built it? What does AI have to do with that?
- dylan604 2y agoIt's a picture of the motorcycle in front of a picture of the guy that made it with the motorcycle off in the distance. So it's not a picture of a motorcycle, it's a picture of a picture. So if you want to show a picture of the motorcycle, removing the background would isolate the motorcycle.
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- InsomniacL 2y agoI guess he feels the picture would be 'cooler' if the background was removed and AI has made image manipulation readily available to the masses. Would you have the same reaction if he said ~"photoshop the background out"?
- Loughla 2y agoYes, because it still doesn't make sense.
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- IncreasePosts 2y agoOnly if you think his story is true. I'm pretty sure it is more of an art project though. Mostly because from a survival perspective the story makes no sense.
- m463 2y agoBut with all the photographs he took, he could survive years on his fame after a few extra days of tinkering.
- RandallBrown 2y agoFrom Wikipedia: > He was stranded twenty miles from the nearest settlement, with only enough food and water to last ten days. To survive, Leray used parts of his broken-down car to build a motorcycle, and twelve days after the accident was able to drive it to a village 20 miles away. I admire his ingenuity, but I would have probably just walked.
- stephencanon 2y agoYeah, walking 20 miles, desert or not, is a far better plan.
- hinkley 2y agoFiguring out how to carry enough stuff might be a problem, but making a sling or primitive backpack from the upholstery should be doable with a knife.
- usefulcat 2y ago3-4 Mph is a reasonable walking speed, so 20 miles is around 6-7 hours. Not saying it would be pleasant, but certainly seems doable.
- stephencanon 2y agoIn the desert, you often really don't want to be walking midday, but if the moon is out doing 20 miles in a night isn't too bad, and doing it split over two days is fine. 5 or 6 liters of water plus some food would be plenty, depending on what you have available to carry that ~15 pounds splitting into two days may be more comfortable. Either way, infinitely less risky than building a motorcycle.
- hinkley 2y ago4 mph takes talent, especially over distance. Andthat’s on hard surfaces. From what I understand walking on sand is deceptively taxing. I’d say 2-2.5 and not as the bird flies distances. So ten to fifteen hours of walking if your feet let you.
- DrNosferatu 2y agoMore desert Mad Max shenanigans in just underwear!
- incanus77 2y agoI enjoy the backstory[1], though, about how he ended up that way: > He was told the area was restricted and he couldn’t go through. Ignoring the request, he instead drove off at top speed into the rocky terrain of the restricted area, making sure the military officials weren’t following him, according to the site. > Leray told the UK’s Sunday Times that he had travelled around Africa about 10 times so knew the region well. But before long, his he crashed the car into a rock, rendering it unable to drive. [1] https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/07/03/photos-man-escapes-african-desert-doom-turns-wrecked-car-into-diy-motorcycle/ https://www.nydailynews.com/2012/07/03/photos-man-escapes-af...
- worthless-trash 2y agoGuess he didn't know the region well.
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- mulmen 2y agoThat’s not a cool motorcycle picture. You can argue that it’s a picture of a cool motorcycle but that’s really not the same thing. I knew the submission would be a photo of Rollie Free on his Black Shadow before clicking the link. It is the motorcycle picture. I have never heard of this mad max looking bike and frankly it doesn’t strike a chord with me.
- mellosouls 2y agoFor some reason this reminds me of Breaking Bad.
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