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May 2025 Competition - Mechanized Machines

Tim Mayo

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Our May monthly competition is now open for entries.

Please Include Metadata with Images Submitted. The Creation Date Restriction is No Longer

Theme

For this month our theme will be Mechanized Machines. If you need some ideas then head over to our Mechanized World forum.

Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: May 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: May 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: May 28th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)


Shot Taken Date
Images can be taken anytime, there is no restriction like we had in 2024 for images to be taken in the current or previous two months.

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid now it's just the joy of taking park, but I will look into adding a special profile banner to winners profiles. In the past there have been vouchers for 1st and 2nd places, but we want to try and encourage people to enter without dangling a voucher code in front of them.

How to Enter + Rules
  1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button. Insert image as full not thumbnail.
  2. Sony cameras only.
  3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
  4. Only one photo entry per member.
  5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
  6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
  7. You are free to change you image during the entry period.
  8. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information on your entry.
How to Vote (when voting opens)
  1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
  2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own
Themes for 2025
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.
  • Jan: Black & White
  • Feb: Natural World and Wildlife
  • Mar: Creative
  • Apr: Action
  • May: Mechanized Machines
  • Jun: Land and City Scapes
  • Jul: At Home
  • August: Close Up / Macro
  • Sep: Long Exposure
  • Oct: Street
  • Nov: After Dark
  • Dec: Your Favorite Shot of 2025
Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in this thread in the Feedback Forum.

Thank you for participating and good luck!

Tim
 
Stirling Engine. Invented by Scottish engineer Robert Stirling.

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  • ILCE-7CR
  • 90.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/4 sec
  • ISO 2500
 
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  • E 150-500mm F5-6.7 A057
  • 350.0 mm
  • ƒ/10
  • 1/1600 sec
  • ISO 1600
 
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  • ILCE-7M4
  • Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM (SEL35F14GM)
  • 35.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 1000

Shopping trip

 
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Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta (though about an hour north of Atlanta so Atlanta-ish) turn 4-5 complex. 6 cars 3 different classes.

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  • ILCE-7RM4
  • Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
  • 400.0 mm
  • ƒ/10
  • 1/2000 sec
  • ISO 400
 
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Yesterday I saw this farmer ploughing his field stirring up a cloud of dust behind him.
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  • ILCE-7M4
  • E 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 A067
  • 400.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/2000 sec
  • ISO 800
 
Upvote 3
2025 Miami GP Sprint winner (and my current favorite F1 driver): Lando Norris, putting in the work for a fast wet lap.

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  • E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
  • 151.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3000001907349
  • 1/500 sec
  • ISO 160
 
Upvote 2
Sunday Service
The 'Slow Boys' on their way to Sunday Service.
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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
  • 200.0 mm
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 1/500 sec
  • ISO 100
 
Upvote 3
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  • ILCE-1
  • FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/9
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 64


Sky Tv's Drone at Badminton Horse Trials
 
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This was moored of the Happisburgh coast taking sand samples to test for the cables they are going to lay
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  • ILCE-9M2
  • FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
  • 359.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/60 sec
  • ISO 12800
 
Upvote 4
Old stuff!
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  • ILCE-1
  • FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS
  • 67.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 320
 
Upvote 6
Bride and groom with his and hers tractors :)
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  • ILCE-1
  • FE 16-25mm F2.8 G
  • 17.0 mm
  • ƒ/3.2
  • 1/60 sec
  • ISO 100
 
Upvote 1
Taken at Sun n' Fun Air Show, Lakeland, FL last month....
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  • ILCE-6700
  • 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
  • 205.7 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/4000 sec
  • ISO 1250
 
Upvote 3
The last farmer on Earth. Installation at Time of Flowers fair in Girona, Spain.

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  • ILCE-7C
  • FE 40mm F2.5 G
  • 40.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 500
 
Upvote 3
Traffic.

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  • ILCE-7RM5
  • 24.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 1/4000 sec
  • ISO 2000
 
Upvote 2
A big thanks to all who have entered our competition this month. Voting is now enabled. Please remember that you can vote on as many images as you like, just not your own :)
 
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Well done and thanks to everyone who entered and voted in our Mechanized Machines competition this month. As usual there have been some cracking entries!
  • 1st place with 12 votes was @THXGEEK with a beautiful slow exposure of a very shiny Stiring Engine with a very nice reflection too.
  • 2nd place with 6 votes was @Phil Vetra with some rusty old wheels on what looks like an old piece of farm machinery perhaps?
  • 3rd place with 5 votes was @Paul stuart with a fantastic shot of a fire breathing superbike.
The theme for our competition this month will be Land and Cityscapes. I will be kicking this off shortly providing I can stay awake after a weeks holiday with the kids!
 
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This challenge was alot of fun! I don't do very many 'staged' shots and I probably spent waaay to much time on it....

BUT, I learned alot and I was very happy with the result.

Thanks for the votes, everyone!
 
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I really thought this pic would take it.

I love how the color of the decals and the symmetry between the curvature of the windscreen and the helmet (almost 'Alien'-like) made the rider and bike seem as one.

And there's FIRE coming out of the exhaust!


:cool:
 
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