Welcome to 120th edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week! This edition covers photos taken between June 27 and July 11, 2010.

Thanks to ruggiex for hosting last week. First time hosting so let me know if something isn't right.

POTW is a great place to show what you're shooting day-to-day with your Pentax cameras. It gives us all a chance to virtually visit with one another, to get a glimpse of what it's like where others live and where they've been, and to extend the same invitation to others to share what we've been seeing.

The best pictures can only be taken with the camera you are carrying with you, so have you camera with you and keep always an eye on the things which are and happen around you.



Again same rules as before:

1) No theme, just post your favourite pix.

2) Let's keep it to under 6 images per post just so the thread doesn't get too big each week.

3) Any Pentax camera or Samsung SLR is fine, whether it's film, P&S, or DSLR.

4) Date: Sunday 27 June 2010 to Sunday 11 July 2010. Enter anything you shot last week or during this current week until the thread closes. Old shots with a new look from post-processing during the open time period are also welcome.

5) The current host will appoint the new host as an invitation via PM. If possible, the new thread will be linked to the previous one and the new thread will start between Noon EDT and 5PM EDT on Sunday. If the thread doesn't start, please contact Peter Zack, Moderator via PM.


Ready? Great! Shoot and post!
Previous hosts: Each one is a hotlink to that POTW thread to look past at the previous 117 weeks. 1 Peter Zack, 2Eaglerapids 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

[Peter Zack]

Not much personal stuff from me but I always enjoy this thread. Very nice stuff so far.
Juvenile Robin just posing for me.

Black light with B&G mini golf

Same couple at the ocean

Different couple/day same location

[tigerkid]

love the 50mm

[Tamia]

Thanks for hosting, James! Loads of great entries so far. Welcome aboard, Tigerkid!

I've not had much chance to shoot this week, but did get in a hike along the river.

Old Nest




Stones Awash




Curling Wave

[JeffJS]

I just made the first picture post to get the thread bounced back to the top.. This week's host is Jimbow007 ..

Love the wave shot. Not something I see too often in River shots. It IS a river, correct?

[Tamia]

I just made the first picture post to get the thread bounced back to the top.. This week's host is Jimbow007 ..

Love the wave shot. Not something I see too often in River shots. It IS a river, correct?

OOPS, sorry Jeff and Jim! Corrected my post. Must be this heat has made me cross-eyed.

Thanks, Jeff. It is a wave shot on a river. About 1/8-second handheld capture of a curling wave, looking obliquely downstream on it.

[bbluesman]

Old Nest

The background/colors in this shot are great!

[casil403]

Headed out to the Elbow River the morning...Caught a few shots:

Forget-me-Not pond:



Elbow River;

[bbluesman]

Headed out to the Elbow River the morning...Caught a few shots:

Forget-me-Not pond:

This one's a beaut Lisa-well done!

[ruggiex]

Thanks for hosting James.

Don't have too much opportunity to go out for new photos so I was just messing around with this one a bit...

[Jimbow007]

Sorry All I haven't been too good of a host this week. My daughter kept me busy with her lacrosse in Calgary then Edmonton. Now I, finally now get to settle down and go through all these great photos.

Steve - Great shots. I think the colors are great.
Pepe - I think your second shot is just beautiful.
Joe - Fish Creek Park is always one of the places in Calgary I like to visit when I'm down there. And yes my daughter's team did good and had fun.
Tom - Looks like a fun family vacation.
casil403 - Beautiful shots. I also think "Forget-Me-Knot Pond" is just a fantastic shot.
marjac329 - I'm sorry I just can't seem to see your picture.
bbluesman - Where do the stairs lead?
Peter - I really like that Black Light shot.
Tamia -I agree with bbluesman. The background and colors are just great.
ruggiex - I like what you have done with it.

[Jimbow007]

So here is what kept me busy and a few more.
Bronze Medal in Calgary's Canada Day Lacrosse Tournament

Dinner Time

A Splice

[Almost Paradise]

Bloom 2
Bird sneaker
Pape School wall glass

[Almost Paradise]

Headed out to the Elbow River the morning...Caught a few shots:

Forget-me-Not pond:



Elbow River;

Both great shots, sky looks angry. 10 or 12 mm perhaps?

[casil403]

Thanks a bunch for the nice words. I used my sigma 10-20 for this one @20mm.
So many great photos this week peoples...I am enjoying them all!

[Tamia]

Mark and James, thanks much. I shot the nest photo in deep woods, but there was a clearing some distance away which was brighter, so I chose that as background. I really like that barbed wire photo, James.

Lisa, beautiful photos. What lens did you use?

Ruggiex, I really like your photo of the birds in the tree. Very nicely done.

Welcome to POTW, Almost Paradise. Nice capture, the pigeon flying over the sneakers.