Machine closeups - geometry in an industrial setting

[Manfred M]

A spent part of a day in a new plant that is currently being commissioned to go live in a few weeks. I took a few images of some of the equipment there.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Manfred,do you use a special lighting for those shots because they are indoors?

[Manfred M]

These are all hand-held existing light shots using ambient light; i.e. fluorescent lights.

[Sergio M.]

Considering the light reflections you must have been getting off the metal, you handled the exposure really well.

Sergio

[chauncey]

Aside from the fact that they're nice shots...ya might have told us what we're looking at.

[Manfred M]

Aside from the fact that they're nice shots...ya might have told us what we're looking at.

You're assuming I know. I was in to look at the facility docks; and just took some shots of some of the other equipment that was being installed. The bottom image is of some conveyor belts...

[AndrewMcD]

Neat pictures, I like this sort of thing; the geometry and aesthetics of technology. Probably because I've spent a career as a technologist/technician I may see these things differently from others. I have a whole series of photos I have taken of electrical distribution lines and equipment. I find it interesting that people look at them and either say.........."wow, that's cool"......or stare blankly muttering "uh-huh, whatever." Good thing I just do this stuff for my own gratification!

Andrew

[Manfred M]

Neat pictures, I like this sort of thing; the geometry and aesthetics of technology. Probably because I've spent a career as a technologist/technician I may see these things differently from others. I have a whole series of photos I have taken of electrical distribution lines and equipment. I find it interesting that people look at them and either say.........."wow, that's cool"......or stare blankly muttering "uh-huh, whatever." Good thing I just do this stuff for my own gratification!Andrew

Thanks Andrew; I think we are on the same page here (I'm a mechanical engineer, so I love mechical devices). I guess I am often intrigued by the details that the designers have included in equipment; industrial and others. We use equipment of some form or other all the time, but rarely look at it for its esthetic appeal; concentrating on functionality.