Thread: MPC #88: Big Machinery (Ends August 8)

Thanks everyone I am truly honored. For #88 I would really like to do ski lifts and snowcats, but since it is summer for most of us I will open it up to all kinds of big machinery, airplanes, big boats, excavation equipment, mining operations, etc. Close ups of the workings and gears of big machinery is acceptable as well.

Good luck and for those of you who haven't won before, the happy feeling is indeed wonderful.

RULES:
1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.
2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.
3. The contest moderator will choose 5 photos to be voted on.
4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way, not an option.)
5. In the event of a tie, the contest moderator will have the deciding vote.
6. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.
7. The winner has 3 days to start a new contest or 2nd place becomes the new winner.


Past MPC's:
MPC #87 Hot/Heat
MPC #86 Stress Relief
MPC #85 Dirty
MPC #84 Transportation
MPC #83 Of Yourself, By Yourself, In Context
MPC# 82 Long Exposure: Urban Edition
MPC #81 Old School
MPC #80 Energy
MPC #79 Need
MPC #78 Weather
MPC #77 Action Sports
MPC #76 Stress
MPC #75 Anticipation
MPC #74 Foliage
MPC #73 Unreal
MPC #72 Speed
MPC #70 Old Technology
MPC #69 Plan B
MPC #68 Atmosphere POLL
MPC #67 Plants
MPC #66 Patterns
MPC #65 Weathered
MPC #64 WINNING
MPC #63 The End
MPC #62 Food
MPC #61 Seeing Double
MPC #60 Normal
MPC #59 Tranquility
MPC #58 Silhouette
MPC #57 Waiting
MPC #56 Night
MPC #55 Fire
MPC #54 Wheels
MPC #53 Small Sensors
MPC #52 Blur
MPC #51 Found Faces
MPC #50 Portraits
MPC #49 Panoramic
MPC #48 Light & Shadow
MPC #47 Timing
MPC #46 Coffee & Beer
MPC #45 Community
MPC #44 Potential
MPC #43 Solitude
MPC #42 Holidays
MPC #41 Ominous
MPC #40 Imbalance
MPC #39 Transition
MPC #38 Unsightly
MPC #37 Self Portrait
MPC #36 Music
MPC #35 Summer
MPC #34 Passion
MPC #33 Home
MPC #32 Electricity
MPC #31 Bridges
MPC #30 Old & New
MPC #29 BW
MPC #28 Winter
MPC #27 HDR
MPC #26 Shadows
MPC #25 Circles
MPC #24 Bars
MPC #23 People
MPC #22 Architecture
MPC #21 Wild Beasts
MPC #20 Water
MPC #19 Bulb
MPC #18 Celebration
MPC #17 Sunrise & Sunset
MPC #16 Out of Place
MPC #15 Altered
MPC #14 Angles
MPC #13 Pain & Suffering
MPC #12 Unusual Perspective
MPC #11 Depth
MPC #10 Contrast
MPC #9 Festive
MPC #8 Reflection
MPC #7 Leading Lines
MPC #6 Minimal
MPC #5 Abandoned
MPC #4 Perspective
MPC #3 Airborne
MPC #2 Straylight
MPC #1 Motion [/QUOTE]

Nice choice. Right place right time for this theme.

I don't know if they'll let me take pics at work. Also don't know whether what we've got would really be "big" compared to a lot of stuff that's out there... Hmmm. This could be a tough one for some folks as places that have big machinery don't usually let nobodies from off the street get close and take pics.

Will have to get creative I suppose.

Not that I'm really bitching, it's a cool theme, just very challenging.

I like it. Hopefully I can get something interesting.
In the meantime, I got this spur of the moment pic of my cousin in-law surgically backfilling my garage foundation (note: this pic does not qualify, outside the time frame).

This one comes now that I'm off the jobsite. Sheesh.

(intentionally refraining from posting inspirational pics)

Damn, back from a week on Lake Powell on the 13th. I'm sure I'd have some pretty good shots of big boats.

Luckily, I think I have something else up my sleeve.....

I can post pics of my willy, right?

1. big machines digging a very big hole (chromit mine, western siberia)



freak~[&]

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From the Steam Plant in Spokane, awesome place.

damn. these were taken on the family farm right before the time period.

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No pic of The White House or The Capital ??

All things being equal I will prefer pictures of big machines, but if you guys are having trouble getting close enough for pictures I will consider photos of large infrastructure as well.

Vanisle is that some kind of crane?

Originally Posted by Sol Skier

Vanisle is that some kind of crane?

Thats one of the "legs" of a huge A frame log dump used to unload off-highway logging trucks and dump them in a booming ground.

Just got my first real camera (Olympus PEN mini) so I'm as new as new gets. Not even sure what size to post or really how...

^on the right path.

FYI, I find 900x600 is a good size but my camera shoots a 3:2 ratio. I would keep the wide point within 900 and constrain proportions.

^^^^
Wall st bike route ?

Originally Posted by bad dancer

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Wall st bike route ?

Indeed it is.

Tough one for me.

I'm leaving for 7 days in the Pasayten Wilderness Friday afternoon, so will check back when I get home on the 10th or 11th. These were taken July 24th.

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cool entries so far...

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freak~[&]

Not my best photo of a Heli, but meh. It fits the subject matter.

Mineral Exploration in AK

Chainsaw

#3 is one of the coolest shots I've seen on this forum so far. Nice work.

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