Post Your Photos of Machinery

[SocalAstro]

I didn't quite know which thread to put this in so I started a new one.

Cylinder Head from my last bike - A 2001 Moto Guzzi V11.

Toyo 810M, Nikkor 300mm, Efke PL50 in Rodinal

http://www.socalastro.com/misc/Guzzi_Head.jpeg

[BarryS]

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/770/lockgearskodakportraitf.jpg
C&O Canal Lock #7
Kodak 305mm Portrait lens @ f/5.6
8x10 Fomapan 100 in Pyrocat HD

[SocalAstro]

Barry,

I like the placemen of the two gears in this shot; well composed.

-Leon



C&O Canal Lock #7
Kodak 305mm Portrait lens @ f/5.6
Fomapan 100 in Pyrocat HD

[BarryS]

Thanks Leon!

[Michael Wynd]

You've got me thinking now that I'll have to shoot the cylinder head of my 2010 Moto Guzzi 750 Breva.
Mike

[SocalAstro]

You've got me thinking now that I'll have to shoot the cylinder head of my 2010 Moto Guzzi 750 Breva.
Mike

Looking forward to it :-)

[rcjtapio]

Old rock crusher in an abandoned Illinois quarry.

[William Whitaker]

8 3/4" Verito (really! (http://wfwhitaker.com/tech/verito.htm)) on Polaroid Type 54.

http://wfwhitaker.com/images/f11.jpg

[cdholden]

There was an "Industry" thread floating around. Wouldn't this be redundant?
I do enjoy the subject matter.

[Brian Vuillemenot]

from Bodie

[Gem Singer]

This peanut drier is located in Aubrey, TX. It's no longer used for processing peanuts, but once a year, the town of Aubrey holds a peanut festival in it's honor.

Canham MQC with 4x5 reducing back and Nikkor 135W lens. Ilford HP-5+ film developed in Pyrocat-HD.

[Jehu]

There was an "Industry" thread floating around. Wouldn't this be redundant?
I do enjoy the subject matter.

Not all machinery is industrial related. I, for one, am enjoying this thread. I especially like pictures of working gears, etc.

Keep them coming.

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2011Workshop/TrplexChainfallS.jpg
triplex

[SocalAstro]

That was my thinking when I was looking to post my initial shot; it didn't quite fit the "industry" thread.

Nice photos being posted nevertheless - keep 'em coming.

-Leon


Not all machinery is industrial related. I, for one, am enjoying this thread. I especially like pictures of working gears, etc.

Keep them coming.

[msk2193]

Leon, great thread and photo.

[sully75]

A fire log operation (dragger, crane and splitter) set up down the road from here:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5783953696_aafcfc0ea2_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5783953696_aafcfc0ea2_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/5783398391_ea92625272_z.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/5783953524_de31166c97_z.jpg

[madmax12]

I like I like like very good subject were is my camera at

[Jehu]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2011Workshop/TrplexChainfallS.jpg
triplex

I knew Jim would be able to weigh in on this. Let's see more from that machine shop.

[mandoman7]

This one sparkles, Jim.

[Andrew O'Neill]

The big winch and drill at a very old and abandoned coal mine in Omuta, Japan.

[atlcruiser]

A fire log operation (dragger, crane and splitter) set up down the road from here:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5783953696_aafcfc0ea2_z.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5783953696_aafcfc0ea2_z.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/5783398391_ea92625272_z.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/5783953524_de31166c97_z.jpg



I really like the 3rd and 4th

[Andrew O'Neill]

I really like the 3rd and 4th

To simply say, I like this or don't like that (without giving expression to why) falls short of an intelligent response, one that each photo posted here deserves. That said, I know that when I have posted my own images, I haven't always stated the purpose or idea behind my photos; however, in responding to images posted, it seems to me that we need to understand the context within which they are posted if we are to comment on them with any real sense of understanding or sincerity. Anything less is superficial. My thoughts only.

[al olson]

8 3/4" Verito (really! (http://wfwhitaker.com/tech/verito.htm)) on Polaroid Type 54.

http://wfwhitaker.com/images/f11.jpg

Will, that looks like a scaled-down model of a steam engine, possibly made by Weeden. Nice detail. Can you tell us more about it?

[William Whitaker]

It's a toy steam engine produced by Carette circa late 19th/early 20th century and in any case, pre-WWI. Carette toys are extremely collectible and, to my eye, very photogenic. The Carette company was German, although Georges Carette was himself French. This is one of the smallest engines they produced and stands about 12 inches tall. It is alcohol fired and sports a water pump to feed the boiler. I have never steamed it (and wouldn't), although it runs well on compressed air. Steam engines are a personal weakness. Several years ago I had started to amass a collection and quickly saw that it would become a bottomless pit. I hung onto this one because of its appealing lines and proportion. It's like a beautiful sculpture from the industrial age. The other toys I sold, although I still have a few Stuarts.

More on-topic, this photo is from the series I did exploring the properties of the Verito lens as it's stopped down. This was done at ƒ/11.

[Jim Galli]

I knew Jim would be able to weigh in on this. Let's see more from that machine shop.


This one sparkles, Jim.

Thank you both.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2011Workshop/DualLathesS.jpg
dual lathes

Another from that series. Great day inside there.

[SocalAstro]

This is very nice Jim!

While I'm not a big fan of 4-jaw chucks, these two are impressive; how big is that large one?


-Leon


Thank you both.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/2011Workshop/DualLathesS.jpg
dual lathes

Another from that series. Great day inside there.

[al olson]

Thanks, Will, for the background on your steam engine. Around 1948 I received a Weeden that had a vertical boiler, perhaps not as tall as yours, and was heated with a 'lamp' that used denatured alcohol. It took forever to build up a head of steam and by then most of the water had evaporated so that what was left in the boiler produced enough steam to run the engine only a few minutes.

Later Weeden models had horizontal boilers and used electricity to heat the water. In your collecting did you ever run across the Weeden toy steamers?

I like the timeless look that you have produced with the Verito. Do you have a few more of these old toys from this series to show us?

[Jim Galli]

This is very nice Jim!

While I'm not a big fan of 4-jaw chucks, these two are impressive; how big is that large one?


-Leon

Dunno. Next time I'm in there, I'll ask. Looks like it might be 8 inch?

[jp]

The big winch and drill at a very old and abandoned coal mine in Omuta, Japan.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing those.

[atlcruiser]

To simply say, I like this or don't like that (without giving expression to why) falls short of an intelligent response, one that each photo posted here deserves. That said, I know that when I have posted my own images, I haven't always stated the purpose or idea behind my photos; however, in responding to images posted, it seems to me that we need to understand the context within which they are posted if we are to comment on them with any real sense of understanding or sincerity. Anything less is superficial. My thoughts only.

I like them cuz they pretty. How is that for a more intellegent response?























While your point is well taken and I happen to agree with it who made you the forum response monitor?

[Heroique]

We need to understand the context within which these machines are posted if we are to comment on them with any real sense of understanding or sincerity.

A lot of these giant machines are vicious dinosaurs, hunting each other in primitive lands.

Especially those log cutters – the dragger, the crane, the splitter.

Below is one more of their species, machined in the same shop, recently escaped.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Jim Jones]

Even baby lathes have character.

[Andrew O'Neill]

While your point is well taken and I happen to agree with it who made you the forum response monitor?

I never presumed to be the forum monitor but it would appear from your comment that you did. Regardless, I just wanted to take the discussion and the responses to a more substantive and respectful level.

[sully75]

To simply say, I like this or don't like that (without giving expression to why) falls short of an intelligent response, one that each photo posted here deserves. That said, I know that when I have posted my own images, I haven't always stated the purpose or idea behind my photos; however, in responding to images posted, it seems to me that we need to understand the context within which they are posted if we are to comment on them with any real sense of understanding or sincerity. Anything less is superficial. My thoughts only.

I'm pretty ok with someone just saying they like a picture I took. Makes my day.

[Ari]

Even baby lathes have character.

They used to make lathes for babies?
Glad they abolished those child labour laws :)

[Andrew O'Neill]

I'm pretty ok with someone just saying they like a picture I took. Makes my day.

Me too, but I guess my curious nature wants to know why. Is that asking too much?

[atlcruiser]

Me too, but I guess my curious nature wants to know why. Is that asking too much?

Perhaps it is when you tell me that my response was not up to your standards................

[SocalAstro]

Even baby lathes have character.
Very lovely image of what my brain sees when I hear the word "machine" :-)

[Vaughn]

They used to make lathes for babies?
Glad they abolished those child labour laws :)

Much better than the image I had of babies being turned on a lathe! :D

Heroique -- trees would shake down to their root tips seeing that thing coming their way!

Vaughn

PS...Andrew, I think it is not too much to ask, if asked nicely. JMO

[bgh]

Such a wonderful thread! Here are a couple of photographs that I took for an exhibit on the use of hydroelectric power on the Erie Canal in NY--the horizontal generating units at the Brewerton Lock, and one of the governors at the Newark Lock.

Bruce

[IanG]

http://lostlabours.co.uk/sugar/images/beet_extraction_sm.jpg

http://lostlabours.co.uk/sugar/images/beet_extraction2_sm.jpg

Sugar beet factory now demolished. Very heavy vibrations the images are surprisingly sharp :D

Ian

[Vaughn]

Sugar beet factory now demolished. Very heavy vibrations the images are surprisingly sharp :D Ian

That is what a friend found photographing in an old building that shook everytime a truck went by -- the camera (8x10) vibrated in concert with the building to give sharp results!

Are those large cylinders rotating in the top image?

[sully75]

Me too, but I guess my curious nature wants to know why. Is that asking too much?

Perhaps about your pictures. I'm honestly just working through my own pictures, trying to make them better. I don't necessarily care what people would change with them. I can see their weaknesses pretty well. And I'm probably far more critical about my own stuff than other people are about my stuff. Or not. Sometimes I really like a picture even if no one else likes it. I'm ok with that.

I guess if you have something constructive to say, then say it. If you just like a picture, if something resonates with you, just saying that is fine.

Or, put differently:

Click Here (http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/06/great-photographers-on-internet.html)

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Air compressor in the shafthouse up at the Cerro Godro Mines, Inyo Mountains, CA

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/ingersoll1.jpg




Caterpillar bulldozer engine, Crooked Creek Station,White Mountains, CA

http://machinearts.com/fredphotos/cctractor1.jpg

[IanG]

That is what a friend found photographing in an old building that shook everytime a truck went by -- the camera (8x10) vibrated in concert with the building to give sharp results!

Are those large cylinders rotating in the top image?

Yes that cylinder's got the sliced sugar beet and waters passes through to extract the sugar, later it goes for pressing, the pulp was then dried and sold for animal feed. The same drum and a conveyor belt are moving in the 2nd image. That drum is something in excess of 40 tons in weight, so a very heavy vibration, I think a minute or two exposure. And yes everything vibrates in harmony :)

http://lostlabours.co.uk/sugar/images/evapourators_sm.jpg

The evaporators

http://lostlabours.co.uk/sugar/images/spinning_sm.jpg

Sugar spinning, quite a dangerous area two or three years before I made this image part of a centrifuge had broken seriously injuring the operator. He was luck to survive the skull injury.

http://lostlabours.co.uk/sugar/images/control_room.jpg

This had been my job the previous year, in the main Control room. We forget how much computers now control all our lives and when they went down the plant was in chaos, and it was a struggle to regain control and safely shut production down.

Ian

[Robert A. Zeichner]

"Steam Cathedral"
from a 2-1/4 sq. neg on TMY

[windpointphoto]

Rachel

[sully75]

Perhaps about your pictures. I'm honestly just working through my own pictures, trying to make them better. I don't necessarily care what people would change with them. I can see their weaknesses pretty well. And I'm probably far more critical about my own stuff than other people are about my stuff. Or not. Sometimes I really like a picture even if no one else likes it. I'm ok with that.

I guess if you have something constructive to say, then say it. If you just like a picture, if something resonates with you, just saying that is fine.

Or, put differently:

Click Here (http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/06/great-photographers-on-internet.html)

Ps I didn't mean that as a dig on "your" pictures. Just saying that if someone likes "my" pictures, I'm ok with that.

[Leigh]

Rachel
Barely noticeable among the pipes. :p

Neat. :cool:

- Leigh

[jp]

Yes that cylinder's got the sliced sugar beet and waters passes through to extract the sugar, later it goes for pressing, the pulp was then dried and sold for animal feed. The same drum and a conveyor belt are moving in the 2nd image. That drum is something in excess of 40 tons in weight, so a very heavy vibration, I think a minute or two exposure. And yes everything vibrates in harmony :)

The evaporators

Sugar spinning, quite a dangerous area two or three years before I made this image part of a centrifuge had broken seriously injuring the operator. He was luck to survive the skull injury.

This had been my job the previous year, in the main Control room. We forget how much computers now control all our lives and when they went down the plant was in chaos, and it was a struggle to regain control and safely shut production down.

Ian

Great photos!

BTW, are these done with pyrocat-hd? (I've started to play with this and have noticed it has a unique look in the results.)

[IanG]

Great photos!

BTW, are these done with pyrocat-hd? (I've started to play with this and have noticed it has a unique look in the results.)

No Tmax100 in Rodinal, some would have been in replenished Xtol. Both these give quite similar acutance with Tmax100 compared to Pyrocat HD which I think is more like Rodinal on steroids :D

Ian

[bgh]

Ran across another oldie, a castaway from a HAER documentation project that I did at the gatehouse for an old hydroelectric plant. This is a view of one of the bevel-geared gate operators, the very latest in mid-19th century technology still in use until about 2009.

Delta 100, Crown Graphic, wide open and hand-held while perched on a ladder. It didn't work well as a documentation photo because of the focus issues, but I thought that it was pretty cool anyway.

Bruce

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/5442163866_41ba7787d9_b.jpg
Crown Graphic, Linhof 90mm, Provia

[Steve Smith]

Whatever that is, I want one!


Steve.