Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition, #311, covers 14 April - 28 April 2014 . POTW is a great spot to show off any shots you take in the upcoming week, or last week that you haven't processed until now. In other words, you can post your shots from this week AND last week.

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Here are the records of previous POTW threads: 1 Peter Zack, 2 Eaglerapids, 3 rmtagg, 4 Peter Zack, 5 daacon, 6 Bramela, 7 mtnbearhug, 8 dantuyhoa, 9 gawan,10 roentarre, 11 daacon, 12 Kris, 13 mtnbearhug, 14 SCGushue, 15 daacon, 16 maxwell1295, 17 dantuyhoa, 18 daacon, 19 maxwell1295, 19(2) daacon, 20 Bramela, 21 Syb, 22 maxwell1295, 23 maxwell1295, 24 dantuyhoa, 25 Gawan, 26 Peter Zack, 27 borno, 28 daacon, 29 gawan, 30 Damn Brit, 31 maxwell1295, 32 maxwell1295, 33 dantuyhoa, 34 daacon, 35 Peter Zack, 36 Damn Brit, 37 Borno, 38 Kevint, 39 Peter Zack, 40 Timbo13, 41 daacon, 42 daacon, 43 gawan, 44 dantuyhoa, 45 daacon, 46 Rense, 47 daacon, 48 Rense, 49 borno, 50 Rense, 51 daacon, 52 Peter Zack, 53 Peter Zack, 54 dadipentax, 55 David Whiteley, 56 planedriver, 57 daacon,58 Bramela, 59 daacon, 60 gawan, 61 virgilr, 62 daacon, 63 RickL, 64 Peter Zack, 65 Peter Zack, 66 Causey, 67 daacon, 68 Bramela, 69 georgeweb, 70 daacon,71 seacapt, 72 daacon, 73 AOski, 74 Rense, 75 eccs19, 76 daacon, 77 xs400, 78 daacon, 79 Bramela, 80 Borno, 81 legacyb4, 82 daacon, 83 gawan, 84 Rense, 85 Peter Zack, 86 davef, 87 davef, 88 xjjohnno, 89 Bramela, 90 Peter Zack, 91 daacon, 92 stevebrot, 93 reeftool, 94 jezza323, 95 oldschool, 96 Iris, 97 Rense, 98 planedriver, 99 xs400, 100 Peter Zack, 101 Netuser, 102 Photolady, 103 Tamia, 104 Irishwhite, 105 Ramseybuckeye, 106 xjjohnno, 107 Bumbibop, 108 JeffJS, 109 Tpeace, 110 Nomad, 111 Photolady, 112 rparmar, 113 Peter Zack, 114 casil403, 115 Tamia , 116 JeffJS, 117 bbluesman, 118 Clou, 119 ruggiex, 120 Jimbow007, 121 jmschrie, 122 VaughnA , 123 pop4, 124 casil403, 125 woof, 126 twitch, 127 stevebrot, 128 ohce, 129 jmschrei, 130 photolady, 131 photolady, 132 bbluesman, 133 rparmar, 134 reeftool, 135 reeftool, 136 Oldschool, 137 xjjohonno, 138 KarenH , 139 Rense, 140 daacon, 141 Tamia, 142 JeffJS, 143 bbluesman, 144 fotaki, 145 fotaki, 146 Woof, 147 Bramela, 148 Bramela, 149 Tamia, 150 Nomad, 151 Clou, 152 drugal, 153 rparmar, 154 Nomad, 155 jmschrei, 156 noelcmn, 157 noelcmn, 158 rwfarnell, 159 ramseybuckeye, 160 christophleipzig, 161 JeremytheIndian, 162 SpecialK, 163 emetcalf, 164 emetcalf, 165 stevebrot, 166 rparmar, 167 Mattt, 168 JeffJS, 169 jmschrei, 170 fotaki, 171 xs400, 172 TOUGEFC, 173 TOUGEFC, 174 Warped, 175 MaryAD, 176 Davidw0815, 177 baro-nite, 178 baro-nite, 179 pentaximus, 180 lukulele, 181 lukulele, 182 rob 1234, 183 lukulele, 184 lukulele, 185 pentaximus, 186 ramseybuckeye, 187 ramseybuckeye, 188 StDevious, 189 Free Soul, 190 Clou, 191 brvnara, 192 pentaximus, 193 Noelcmn, 194 Noelcmn 195 GmcarsMAN, 196 jmschreii,197 wolfiegirl, 198 xjjohnno, 199 Arn , 200 Peter Zack, 201 bluestringer, 202 cif, 203 Rollsup, 204 noelcm, 205 Davidw0815, 206 Davidw0815, 207 cif, 208 ramseybuckeye, 209 paulh, 210 Oldschool, 211 SpecialK, 212 mecrox, 213 pentaximus, 215 bramela, 216 jmschrei, 217 Exandr, 218 Noelcmn, 219 Noelcmn, 220 sergiu, 221 sergiu, 222 sergiu, 223 sergiu, 224 sergiu, 225 sergiu, 226 sergiu, 227 sergiu, 228 Davidw08, 229 reeftool, 230 reeftool, 231 cif, 232 mecrox, 233 mecrox, 234 glennbp, 235 glennbp, 236 pentaximus, 237 pentaximus, 238 pentaximus,239 Paul, 240 Nick Nero, 241 Arnold, 242 Arnold, 243 Arnold, 244 Arnold, 245 Nick Nero, 246 ramseybuckeye, 247 ramseybuckeye, 248 Douge, 249 Douge 250 Douge, 251 Dr Orloff, 252 lukulele, 253 lukulele, 254 nosliwmit, 255 nosliwmit, 256 nosliwmit, 257 casil403, 258 casil403, 259 Davidw0815, 260 Davidw0815, 261 ruggiex, 262 ruggiex, 263 mecrox, 264 pentaximus, 265 pentaximus, 266 SpecialK, 267 SpecialK, 268 filoxophy, 269 mecrox, 270 mecrox, 271 mecrox, 272 Paleo Pete, 273 Paleo Pete, 274 geomez, 275 geomez, 276 geomez, 277 mecrox, 278 mecrox, 279 mecrox, 280 Noelcmn, 281 Noelcmn, 282 Noelcmn, 283 Noelcmn, 284 Noelcmn, 285Alkazalsir, 286 StephenHampshire, 287 StephenHampshire, 288 wolfiegirl, 289 Bucfan1234, 290 nosliwmit, 291 wolfiegirl, 292 wolfegirl, 293 ramseybuckeye, 294 ramseybuckeye, 295 josh-fuggle, 296 mattb123, 297 jcdoss, 298 jcdoss, 299 Papa Lazarou, 300 Bucfan1234, 301 Bucfan1234, 302-noelcmn, 303-noelcmn, 304-noelcmn, 305-noelcmn, 306 noelcmn, 307-atupdate, 308-atupdate, 309 mecrox, 310 mecrox

View the previous POTW #310 covering weeks 07 April - 21 April 2014.

OK folks, over to you again!

It's been fine weather here and bluebell time. Woods where they grow are carpeted with bright blue, an amazing sight which only lasts for a couple of weeks before they fade. I guess it's our equivalent of the season of cherry blossom in Japan.



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[mattb123]

Nice, I love how it looks when the bluebells are thick. We get them around here in a few spots that must favor them. Thanks for hosting!

I took some photos last night at a concert held at the nearby university. It was a nice evening and some interesting music.
While it was still light there was a slackline competition and when it got dark the light-up hula hoops came out. I tried some long exposure handheld and got a few reasonable shots, considering.

K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8


K-3 & DA 15/4


K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8


K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8


K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8

[lukulele]

Thanks for hosting mecrox. Three sections of Lake Bohinj, Slovenia. Vogel Ski Area, the lake trail, and a trail branching from Stara Fuzina past a goat and chicken farm. If anyone knows what breed of chicken this is, I'd certainly like to know.

[Alkazalsir]

Went for a walk to a nature preserve yesterday and today. Had a great time and got a few decent pics. Hope ya'll enjoy. The Red Tailed Hawk and the Great Horned Owl are live at the rescue center. They have been injured and are in rehab. They also have a Short Tailed Hawk and a Barred Owl there as well.

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[mecrox]

Thanks for hosting mecrox. Three sections of Lake Bohinj, Slovenia. Vogel Ski Area, the lake trail, and a trail branching from Stara Fuzina past a goat and chicken farm. If anyone knows what breed of chicken this is, I'd certainly like to know.

Faverolle perhaps? We saw two just like this with a clutch of hens while out walking the other day. Certainly a prince of poultry whatever it is

[Clou]

Thanks mecrox for hosting.

Last Saturday we had the occasion for a little walk in the city.

I'll start with the oddities I saw:



Gelber Luftballon - Zone



Wo bist Du?



These boots are made for walking



*rolleyes*


Michael

[Papa Lazarou]

A few shots from my friend's wedding I was asked to cover on April 11th.



























The happy couple seem to like them, so quite pleased with my first attempt.

[Paleo Pete]

Thanks for hosting mecrox.

First time in a few days I got out and had some good sunlight without loads of clouds, took off on my old Raleigh bike with a M50mm f1.7 and 30mm extension tube for some tiny flower shots. After a while removed it for some normal flowers too...think I got some pretty decent results...

Thistle blooming now, along with several others that just started recently. (without extension tube)



Patch of Coreopsis out at the main road. (Found out Lowes also has an almost identical flower named Jethro Tull Coreopsis)



Indian Paintbrush. Only a couple of individuals close enough to get to on the bicycle, a few miles up the road are some good sized patches.



Macro with the 30mm extension tube...

Crimson Clover detail. I'm trying to get these started here in the neighborhood, finally have a couple of very small patches with about a half dozen blooms but these are out at the highway



Venus Looking Glass that just started blooming in the past few days. Spider was incidental...



Taken a couple of days ago with the Vivitar 200mm, a female Bluebird poking her head out of the nesting box to look around.

[paulh]

Thanks for hosting mecrox. We took our annual Spring trek to the bluebonnet fields (just across town!). I think it's only a matter of time before these huge fields are claimed by developers, and soon we'll be seeing yet more warehouse construction But for now, we still enjoy the flowers, which were especially thick & fragrant this year! All taken with a K10D & Cosmicar A35-70/4 in fairly harsh mid-day sun.



This is a common sight around here in Spring. 70mm, tight crop:

[Clou]

A little from the Munich Underground - all DA 10-17. I am still in a stage of playing with this lens, sometimes using the effect, sometimes trying to minimize the effect.



OEZ - Rolltreppe - gefisht



OEZ - U1 - Bahnsteig gefisht



OEZ - Train arrives



Draußen ist Sonne



OEZ - U1 - Lampe 1


Michael

[noelpolar]

Received a new (to me) lens today (F* 300 4.5)….. first couple of photos as I tried it out. Amazing sun set at home tonight….. a sea haze lit up like I haven't seen here before.

[mecrox]

Wow, quite a lot of posts already. It's getting hard to keep up!

A very colourful set and I hope fun times from @mattb123, then Slovenia from @lukulele and it looks one heck of a place. Must be great walking country. Maybe some tasty trout in those lakes! @Alkazalsir has been out and about too. Looks like a fab reserve and I'm enjoying your pics of the yellow flowers and the hawk, particularly.

I love those oddities, @Clou. One of the pleasures of photography is starting to notice them, and usually they are everywhere. I guess life is pretty odd all round. And your second set using the 10-17mm fish-eye, interesting perspectives and very nice colours and contrast. It seems quite a lens. A keeper?

That's a wonderful wedding set, @Papa Lazarou, very lively and very funny and it really gets over that everyone was having a great time. The bride looked lovely! The second picture suggests she's pretty determined too ... Love the perspective in the last image, it just makes the shot.

Lovely wild flowers, @Paleo Pete. I hope it was a good trip out on your bike. About time I went along to a local patch which usually has lots of wildflowers. I haven't been there yet this year. The bird in your final image looks a bit surprised to see you! Your set-up with the extension tubes is very effective, I think.

Great blues and greens in your set of the bluebonnet fields, @paulh. Also fascinating to see them as I didn't know anything about these before. They must be quite a sight when one comes across a really big patch of them. I guess it's quite like the bluebells here? A short season, amazing patches of blue but it's over all too soon (in the case of bluebells, anyway). And it looks quite hot where you are already. It's isn't that warm here, at least today. I'm wearing a sweater and that's indoors.

Congrats on the F* 300 4.5, @noelpolar. If your two shots are anything to go by it must be an excellent lens - I hope so, anyway. It gets glowing comments in the lens database on this site. The colours are just fantastic in both images. The second image is a Wow - I'm not sure I've ever seen a sky like that with those deep, deep rosy hues in it. Amazing.

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These two images feature a 1932 Ford three-window coupe. One image has a 1970 Plymouth Cuda in the background. They are from a cruise-in at a local restaurant.
SMC Pentax-DAL 1:3.5-5.6 18-55mmAL on A Pentax K-x.

[geomez]

Nice, I love how it looks when the bluebells are thick. We get them around here in a few spots that must favor them. Thanks for hosting!

I took some photos last night at a concert held at the nearby university. It was a nice evening and some interesting music.
While it was still light there was a slackline competition and when it got dark the light-up hula hoops came out. I tried some long exposure handheld and got a few reasonable shots, considering.

K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8


K-3 & DA 15/4


K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8


K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8


K-3 & Tamron 28-75/2.8

I really like img1760.

[mattb123]

I really like img1760.

Thanks! I liked how that one came out too.