Karlskrona

Photographer's Note

TE261

The Engine

Art-Impression or Educative Model – That’s the question

An engine is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input. Sometimes it's called motor as in motorvehicle.
An engine whose purpose is to produce kinetic energy output from a fuel source is called a prime mover; alternatively, a motor is a device which produces kinetic energy from a preprocessed "fuel" (such as electricity, a flow of hydraulic fluid or compressed air).
Heat engine
Reciprocating engine
Internal combustion engine
Diesel engine
Wankel engine
Pulse jet engine
External combustion engine
Steam engine
Carnot heat engine
Stirling engine
Software engine
Search engine
Game engine
Layout engine
Rendering engine
Ray-tracing engine
Polymorphic engine
Mutation engine
Difference engine
Analytical engine

Picture from the Marin Museum in Karlskrona, Sweden

isabela_sor, UlfE, Tue, emjleclercq, danos, jhm, syd1946, Emile, ikeharel has marked this note useful

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isabela_sor (47748) 2008-05-19 10:19 [Comment]

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UlfE (14641) 2008-05-19 10:28

Hi Rob,

Fascinating shot. It is easy to understand that what caught your attention was not only the engine itself but also its artwork appearance. And guess it could very well have been artwork placed in another museum. A real dual use subject. TFS!

Cheers,

Ulf

paura (25802) 2008-05-19 10:29

Rob,
Vivid details in this well balanced exposition. The note is also very interesting. well doe!

Abraço

Paulo

Tue (93296) 2008-05-19 13:08

Hi Rob,
Ik kan het me eerlijk gezegd helemaal niet herinneren uit dit museum, 't is ook alweer bijna twee jaar geleden. Desalniettemin een mooie foto van deze motor met nog een aantal aantrekklijke kleuren ook.
Groeten,
Lars

emjleclercq (15778) 2008-05-19 23:25

I have always liked these old "cut outs" of machines, especially when like here they are adorned with bright colors on the cut surface. In a way, it was a first try to convert mechanical devices into pieces of art. But there is something I like even better: the old drawings of cut out machinery, in vogue at the end of the 19th century and in the 20th (before the coming of the 3D computer drawing softwares...).

All the best,

Emmanuel

UnTrained (0) 2008-05-20 0:38

Hallo Rob,
superb angle and excellent detail. I like those presentations of details from machines, here in a great mixture of colour, looks more like art than a technical background, just as you wrote.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

danos (110407) 2008-05-20 13:38

Hello Rob,
excellent presentation of the role of the masines.as i read in your note your reference on the machines is great.I like the sharpness and the clarity of the shot that looks like an art work.Well done.

Regards,Danos

Graal (103040) 2008-05-21 0:05

Hi Rob,
good details, an interesting theme and idea. Good realization. Nice colours, fine note. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

jhm (211738) 2008-05-21 0:24

Hallo Rob,

Machines hebben vanaf de uitvinding veel indruk gemaakt op vele mensen, ik moet toegeven niet mijn sterkste onderdeel.
Maar hoe u deze laat zien is wel mooi gedetaileerd, de echte kenner moet hier dubbel van genieten.
Echte kleuren en een perfecte presentatie.
Bedankt.

Groeten uit Vlaanderen,
John.
ik verwacht een mail

syd1946 (1167) 2008-05-21 0:39

Hello Rob,
Splendid composition with your own artistic look.Sharp details and very good form like a beautiful piece of art!

Have a nice day,
Thomas

Emile (20352) 2008-07-13 8:28

Hola Rob.
Sorry I missed some of your wonderful shots while visiting California in my vacation. Very good shot of the engine already prepared to teach us the different parts with different colors, good idea, well done.
Best regards.

ikeharel (114435) 2016-04-03 6:11

Thanks for the compliment, made my photo similar to Claude Monet paintings... Just my humor, Rob.
I was always intrigued to know how engine working, every engines from cars to motorcycles , jets and propellers, and many others.
Excellent painted this educational detail, and very well taken its photo.
Light, contrast and sharpness are immaculate.
Good afternoon,
Ike