Welcome to 121st edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week! This edition covers photos taken between July 11 and July 18, 2010.

Thanks to Jimbow for hosting last week.Another first time host her 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 4 July 2010 to Sunday 18 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, 120 Jimbow007

[eccs19]

And eccs19, love your colourful birds. Where did you find them as I know they are not Ontario natives?

I shot them in Ontario. Actually at a bird sanctuary in Niagara Falls.

[Stratman]

I took my new to me Asahi Pentax S1a to my friends place for the 4th this year, and 4 lenses.

This one with the Super Tak 55 1.8

[xjjohnno]

Some pics from the local botanical gardens.
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[VaughnA]

Baby Doves in the garden with the 55-300 at dusk.

ISO 6400


ISO 5000

[eccs19]

Baby Doves in the garden with the 55-300 at dusk.

ISO 6400


ISO 5000

Wow, those came out nice for such a high ISO. What camera and noise reduction did you use?

[VaughnA]

Wow, those came out nice for such a high ISO. What camera and noise reduction did you use?

K-x with Nik Dfine. But even before the DFine they looked pretty darned good.

[Cor G.]

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[jmschrei]

Stratman, a lovely patriotic portrait for the 4th!
zjjohnno, I especially like the cacti.
Love those baby doves, VaughnA, my 55-300mm lens and I have much more of a love-hate relationship at a fraction of that ISO!
Cor G., striking capture of the windmills.

I am stuck inside recovering from surgery with "ultra high speed" internet currently functioning just barely faster that Pony Express, so I have been playing with some "green" studies I took this past weekend.




-Joe

[sharathk]

Niagara - American side

[bbluesman]

Sun Bath


Wanna Throw Down?


Profound Moment


Final Check

[rparmar]

I had a very good day today, photographically speaking, as I got to go out in crappy weather to a town I had never visited before.


slash P


(Shot with the DA 12-24mm.)


fire exit


(Shot with the DA 55-300mm.)


smash glass


(Shot with the FA 43mm Limited.)

[reeftool]

I'm on vacation this week and have hanging out in the mountains with my daughter for a couple of days to beat the heat. The first is just below the summit on Mt. Marcy. We were in the clouds so not much in the way of photo ops. The second is at the top of Indian Falls on the way down. The last shot is at the bottom of Roaring Brook Falls on Giant Mtn.

[rparmar]

encroachment


(Shot with the FA 43mm Limited.)


pincers


(Shot with the FA 43mm Limited.)

[VaughnA]

The wife's decorative shells in the garden with the sigma 10-20 and some obvious PP.

[bbluesman]

Lotus:Soft Light


Lotus:Monotone


Lotus:In Shade


Lotus: Leaf


Lotus: Deconstructed