Assignment: "Machinery" July 15 - July 29

[Saralonde]

Machinery. Old or new, what would be do without machines? How interesting can you make a picture of a somewhat cold inanimate object?

Here I left in a tiny reflection of myself in the shot. Did it add a slightly human element or is it a distraction? Not sure, but I liked the difference between the rust and the shiny dials and the texture of the metal.


Focal length: 37mm
F/5.6
ISO 100
1/250

As always, the rules...Please note the change in closing time.

Just a note to new posters: DO NOT start a new thread for your post. Please just hit the reply button at the bottom of any current post and put your image there.

1. Your original image you submit should be taken between the 15th of July and the 29th of July. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT ( 3am EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition. Don't wait until the last minute to post!

2. Your post must include "Assignment: Machinery" (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).

3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.

4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above). It must be an original image taken by you.

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (800px on the longest side).

6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).

7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) and here.

Next week: A continuation of the machinery theme, "Trucks". Pretty self-explanatory, but try some different things such as close-ups, moving vehicles, trucks being used, old trucks, new trucks, toy trucks...well, you get the idea. Again, we're trying to make it interesting. A snapshot of a truck without thought doesn't cut it. Taking a picture of a truck is not difficult. Turning it into a photograph is.

[WildRain]

Cynosure



Canon S5
ISO100
f/4.0
1/600s
8.4mm focal length
Date: 7/21/9

[i speak in math]

This is an old one: not for assignment. Its a pile of old parts and scraps in an abandoned barn out in the middle of nowhere, central IL.

Aug 29, 2008
Model: PENTAX K200D
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 35mm
Flash Used: No

[GwenieThePooh]

Park Machinery



EXIF:
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/3.3
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: No Flash
Date and Time (Original): 2009:07:22 18:14:16

[mamcdonald1]

Royal Navy Helicopter in peebles scotlandon the 19 ‎June ‎2009. This peace of Machinery is very important in scotland because of the hills and mountains
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Date Taken: 19th June 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 55 mm
Exposure: +0.0
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: built in flash
___________________________________________
matt

[asterismos]

My favorite machine, although the coffee maker comes in at a close second. Taken with nifty fifty and DIY macro lenses.



Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Taken on July 20, 2009 at 7.41pm EDT

[roadbiker]

Is this a sewing machine?

[abhijitgrapher]

Machniery of Luxury

I took this snap of toy cars in one of the shops in Dubai Mall.

From Misc

Date taken : 17th Jul 09
Camera : D60 Nikon
Lense 55-200mm
Manual Mode with f-stop 4.5
Shutter 1/25, EV +1, ISO 100
No Flash

[asterismos]

Originally Posted by roadbiker

Is this a sewing machine?

Yes my favorite machine is my sewing machine.

[freezeframe03]

Wow. Barely over a page of submissions and my sewing machine idea has already been posted twice! Argh. Both are great photos.