First Place Group A - Score 93

Auto show, 1974 Javelin with a big engine.

Second Place Group A - Score 92

ISO 100, 24-105 mm @ 50mm, f/11, 1/125s
Natural Light

Third Place Group A - Score 93

ISO 1000, 24-105mm @ 55mm, f/7.1, 1/200s
Natural Light

Honorable Mention Group A - Score 89.5

Olympus Digital Camera

Honorable Mention Group A - Score 88.5

First Place Group B - Score 91.5

Operating small railroad in northwestern Wales, overcast day. Nikon D750 with 28-300mm zoom lens, at 78mm, f8, 1/200 second, ISO 400, exposure setting at +0.3.

Second Place Group B - Score 91.5

Third Place Group B - Score 91

Former sugar factory near Remedios, Cuba, now a museum. Nikon D750 with 28-300mm zoom lens, at 48mm. f8, 1/160sec, ISO 1250. "Zeke" filter from Windows10

Honorable Mention Group B - Score 91.5

Honorable Mention Group B - Score 90

Iphone 13 - DRT2022 Porsche Car Show Coconut Grove

Group A -Score 81

Group A - Score 82

Group B - Score 89

This was a very tall crane at the Waterfront Park next to Charleston Harbor. I was standing below it so was only focusing on the top part that the lens was able to fit in. There was a driver inside the cab and seemed to be finishing the work. He had just swung the hook into the tower/mast. There were bright colors and an abundance of machinery parts to this tower crane - looked quite new. The photo was shot with a Nikon D5600 using a 300 mm lens at 70mm. Camera was on automatic.

Group A - Score 88

The 50 cal machine gun positions manned by the waist gunners of the World War II era B17. This particular aircraft is one of the few B17s still flight worthy.

Group B - Score 82

Miami-Dade Fair 2022.

Group A - Score 87

Group A - Score 88

Group A - Score 84.5

Group A - Score 84.5

Group A - Score 84.5

Iphone 13 - Miami International Agriculture Show Tropical Park

Group A - Score 87

Bulldozer at a construction site.

Group A - Score 88

here are six simple machines in physics. They are; lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, inclined plane and screw. My wife says she used to teach this information in third grade curriculum. I picked the pulley for my machinery subject. This is an image of a group of pulleys used in sailing to control the mainsail of a sailboat. They are commonly referred to simply as blocks. I shot this outdoors but in a shadow. I used a large whiteboard as a reflector to light the subject.

Group A - Score 86

Group A - Score 88

Bicycles are human powered machines, and I felt they would fit the theme. The challenge was to show the mechanism that powers the bicycle in an interesting way. A white board was used as a background. The shadow of the sprocket and pedal made for a unique perspective. This was shot in full sunlight.

Group B - Score 81

Miami-Dade Fair 2022.