Mini Challenge #226: Machinery

pegelli

Hello fellow Dgrinners,
The theme for Mini-Challenge #220 is: Machinery
For this mini challenge I’m going to send you looking for big and impressive machinery. It can be anything from Bulldozers, Building equipment, Chemical Plants, Refineries, Cranes, Trains etc. etc. As long as they're impressive, big and have moving parts they're fair game. Obviously I'll be looking for nice pictures with good compositions.
Time period for this Mini challenge will be: Today, Sunday May 1 thru Tuesday May 17, 11:00 am (Brussels/Paris/Rome)
Happy shooting,
Pieter

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Here’s some examples from my own gallery:

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In case you have questions just ask, and I'll try to explain further.

travelways

Wow Pieter, this is a very interesting subject! I'm sure it will be fun

Wonderful examples too

travelways

I'll start

- Again I have too many photos, and it's hard to choose (I may replace 1, or two...)

1. Agricultural machinery in Canada



2. Hig Roller Wheel in Las Vegas



3. Windmill in Germany

grandmaR

I'm glad to see the windmill. I also have lots of photos. As long as trains count, how about planes or bridges? (The ones that move are bascule, lift, swing or pontoon)

pegelli

grandmaR wrote: »

I'm glad to see the windmill. I also have lots of photos. As long as trains count, how about planes or bridges? (The ones that move are bascule, lift, swing or pontoon)

I've said in the intro "As long as they're impressive, big and have moving parts they're fair game. " so I guess they are OK. But I would expect (as the judge in this challenge) that the moving parts will be visible in the picture.

pegelli

travelways wrote: »

I'll start

- Again I have too many photos, and it's hard to choose (I may replace 1, or two...)

Don't we all . Feel free to swap out pictures until close to closing time. I'll try to avoid pre-judging before all entries are in. And thanks for participating, although I had no doubts you would join

grandmaR

pegelli wrote: »

I've said in the intro "As long as they're impressive, big and have moving parts they're fair game. " so I guess they are OK. But I would expect (as the judge in this challenge) that the moving parts will be visible in the picture.

I do have some good photos of bridges, with moving parts visible, but instead I'll do some other boat related machinery. This is a travel lift - It's job is to pick up a boat from the water, and move it around onto land. The boat it is hauling has a displacement of 38000 lbs. when new, not counting added equipment, 100 gallons of diesel and 400 gallons of water.

#1 - Travelift


This is another example of ship moving machinery, only in this case the ship remains in the water - these are the electricity-powered donkey engines that pull ships through the Panama Canal locks on railroad tracks laid parallel to the locks.

#2 Donkey Engines


And last - a Dredge which I call

#3 Edward Scissorhands Dredge.



I took the photo because of the Day Shapes that are displayed on the upright masts. These shapes tell other boats whether the dredge is making-way, anchored, or aground. At night these signals are conveyed with lights.

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><td>Anchored</td><td>Ball</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>Constrained by draft</td><td>Cylinder</td></tr><tr><td>Aground</td><td>3 balls (vert. line)</td><td>> 12m</td></tr><tr><td>Not under command</td><td>2 balls (vert. line)</td><td>> 12m</td></tr><tr><td>Restricted in ability to maneuver</td><td>1 ball+1 diamond+1 ball</td></tr></tbody></table>

You can see the scale of the dredge if you look at the man in the aqua shirt on the 'ladder' (stairs)

sdways01

Here are my entries...


Train coming out the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel


Conway Scenic RR train crossing the Willey Brook Bridge during foliage season


Army National Guard helicopter doing a fly by of Mt. Flume (4,328 ft) during the 2011 Flags on the 48 event

Cavalier

Here are mine:

1) Biplane - Auburn Airport




2) Old Tractor - Cedar Point Ranch, Mariposa, Ca.




3) Daisy's Engine = our 41 Chevy.

travelways

pegelli wrote: »

Don't we all . Feel free to swap out pictures until close to closing time. I'll try to avoid pre-judging before all entries are in. And thanks for participating, although I had no doubts you would join

Sorry - I don't know why I am so stressed...

I'll not change them

sarasphotos

I'm not much of a machine photographer but I've dug through and found a few to add to the mix.

1) The candle factory across the street from me went out of business about 10 years ago and the complex made up of buildings from the 16th-mid 20th century is just now being torn down for alas, a big apartment complex. It was a months-long process - this one caterpillar operator took apart all of the buildings practically brick-by-brick, separating all of the different building materials for recycling. He was a true artist with those pincers!



2) Detail: 1899 Hanomag Steam Engine, Oberviechtach, Germany



3) Portable distillery, Sarlat-la-Caneda, France, 19th c.(?)

sdways01

Past the closing deadline, any update on the results?

sarasphotos

Pieter had said in a previous post that he was going to be on vacation for 10 days or so. I am assuming that either he's not back yet or has been busy since he got back.

JAG

I sent him a pm to see what's up. If I do not hear back a response in 24 hours, I will finish this mini challenge off by selecting the winner. Thank you all for your patience.

pegelli

Oops, thanks for the reminder PM JAG, totally forgot I had a "duty" here and was so busy after my vacation that I didn't have to to visit Dgrin yet.

I'll take a look and post the results in a short while.