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The Cars of Mad Max: Fury Road, Photographed Filth-Free Before Filming

09 Mar

[ By SA Rogers in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ]

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If you’ve ever wondered what the cars of Mad Max: Fury Road would look like all cleaned up, or you want some inspiration for a totally bonkers hot rod creation of your own, check out this photo series by photographer John Platt. Minute details of the vehicles can be seen in shockingly pristine states, as they were just after their creation and prior to the start of filming, giving us a good look at all the custom contraptions welded together into junkyard monsters.

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In the movie, there’s so much desert dust kicked up by the tires of all those vehicles, we miss out on a lot of those details. The cars are appropriately filthy – and in this universe, they probably always would have been.

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It’s hard to imagine anyone putting time and effort into washing and shining them up in between epic chases on the sand, and all those parts came from scrap yards anyway.

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That makes Platt’s photo series all the more satisfying. He got to photograph some of the movie’s 150 custom vehicles in his studio with proper lighting before they got dirty, and it’s a good thing, too – most of them were utterly destroyed during filming.

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Production designer Colin Gibson individually designed and sculpted each car and motorcycle according to writer and director George Miller’s vision. No wonder it took 15 years to complete pre-production. See the whole series here.

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War Rigs: The tech used to shoot Mad Max: Fury Road

14 Aug

One of this summer’s biggest hits is undoubtedly ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’. Its narrative is built around an extended car chase, brought to life through physical stunts and visual effects work. We spoke with a few of the film’s visual effects supervisors about the gear used to shoot the film (from an Arri Alexa to an iPhone 6) and the impact it had on their work. Read more

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Sound & Fury: Motorcycle & Instrument Designers Switch Roles

31 Mar

[ By Steph in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ]

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How would someone who designs motorcycles for a living approach creating a kit of drums, and vice versa? Yamaha’s Project AH A MAY explores that question, swapping the roles of designers in very different fields to produce the kinds of creative epiphanies that can only occur when taking a truly fresh look at a subject.

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The RAIJIN God of the Thunder Drums, for example, seat the performer inside a cage, surrounding them with drum surfaces in a nearly-full sphere. This puts the musician in the driver’s seat metaphorically, and encourages them to have an even more physical interaction with their instrument. The same goes for FUJIN God of the Wind, a marimba that has two people playing at once as if they’re sitting on a two-seater motorcycle.

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Meanwhile, the ROOT motorcycle design is incredibly sleek, with brass parts contrasting against a whole lot of matte black. The flowing seat form runs from the front all the way to the fuel tank, with instrument panels and meters hidden underneath so the driver is fully focused on the experience of riding and watching the scenery.

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The Zero Plus/Minus Zero electric bicycle fits into a very musical-looking charging stand; to juice it up, you simply pedal. The energized battery can then be used to power all sorts of electronic gadgets around the house – including musical instruments.

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Fury, Asilomar State Beach – Diving Into Digital Medium Format

29 May
Fury - PAsilomar State Beach, California

Fury – Asilomar State Beach, California

This weekend I went out with some new gear to test, namely the Hasselblad H5D medium format DSLR and Hasselblad 300mm f/4.5 lens via BorrowLenses.com. The location of choice was Asilomar State Beach. The H5D has roughly twice the resolution as my Canon 5D Mark II with a whopping 40 megapixels per image.  I had been curious to find out if Hasselblad’s reputation was hype or not. To cut to the chase I’ll tell you that the reputation is justified.  Focusing just on resolution for the sake of this post I’ll tell you that working with a 40 megapixel image is breathtaking especially when Hasselblad optics reveal so much sharp detail.

Fury - Asilomar State Beach, California

Fury – Asilomar State Beach, California

Above is the original image I took (7304 x 4578 pixels) before cropping it down to a ~2:1 ration (7304 x 3539 pixels). This particular composition I knew ahead of time I’d crop down into a panoramic format as much of the extreme background and foreground were uninteresting and unnecessary to include.

Fury - Asilomar State Beach, California - Detail

Fury – Asilomar State Beach, California – Detail

Above is a tighter crop into the image to highlight the sharpness Hasselblad lenses provide.  This particular image was cropped down to 2604 x 1953 pixels and below is a 1 to 1 crop of the original image.

Fury – Asilomar State Beach, California - Hasselblad H5D 1-to-1 crop

Fury – Asilomar State Beach, California – Hasselblad H5D 1-to-1 crop

In case you were curious this was the setup for the previous test shots. Expect a few more photos and thoughts on my experience with Hasselblad in the near future.

Hasselblad H5D and 300mm f/4.5 Auto Focus HC Lens

Hasselblad H5D and 300mm f/4.5 Auto Focus HC Lens

Photo Details:
ISO 100, f/13, 1/350 sec, 300mm on a H5D-40

Copyright Jim M. Goldstein, All Rights Reserved

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Fury, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve – Diving Into Digital Medium Format

28 May
Fury - Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California

Fury – Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California

This weekend I went out with some new gear to test, namely the Hasselblad H5D medium format DSLR and Hasselblad 300mm f/4.5 lens via BorrowLenses.com. The location of choice was Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. The H5D has roughly twice the resolution as my Canon 5D Mark II with a whopping 40 megapixels per image.  I had been curious to find out if Hasselblad’s reputation was hype or not. To cut to the chase I’ll tell you that the reputation is justified.  Focusing just on resolution for the sake of this post I’ll tell you that working with a 40 megapixel image is breathtaking especially when Hasselblad optics reveal so much sharp detail.

Fury - Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California

Fury – Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California

Above is the original image I took (7304 x 4578 pixels) before cropping it down to a ~2:1 ration (7304 x 3539 pixels). This particular composition I knew ahead of time I’d crop down into a panoramic format as much of the extreme background and foreground were uninteresting and unnecessary to include.

Fury - Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California - Detail

Fury – Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California – Detail

Above is a tighter crop into the image to highlight the sharpness Hasselblad lenses provide.  This particular image was cropped down to 2604 x 1953 pixels and below is a 1 to 1 crop of the original image.

Fury – Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California - Hasselblad H5D 1-to-1 crop

Fury – Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California – Hasselblad H5D 1-to-1 crop

In case you were curious this was the setup for the previous test shots. Expect a few more photos and thoughts on my experience with Hasselblad in the near future.

Hasselblad H5D and 300mm f/4.5 Auto Focus HC Lens

Hasselblad H5D and 300mm f/4.5 Auto Focus HC Lens

Photo Details:
ISO 100, f/13, 1/350 sec, 300mm on a H5D-40

Copyright Jim M. Goldstein, All Rights Reserved

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2011 Honda Fury Orange Chopper Motorcycle From Honda

28 Dec

I made this video, using my Nikon D90, to show my 2011 Honda Fury in orange. I just bought this motorcycle two weeks ago after taking long time researching for the best and nicest motorcycle in the market at an affordable price. It was between a Harley Rocker C and this Honda Fury. the Harley dealer wanted too much for a used Rocker C $ 20K +, so I went to buy the Honda Fury and I think I got a good deal $ 11300 for a brand new bike and I got an extended 5 year factory warranty too. out the door was $ 13K + . I am financing $ 10K and my payments are 0 a month. I have pretty good credit so that helped a lot. hope this info helps prospect buyers of Honda Fury. Thanks for watching
Video Rating: 4 / 5