Welcome to the 123rd edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week! This edition covers photos taken between July 25 and August 1, 2010, or shots from last week you haven't processed until now.

Thanks to VaughnA for hosting last week and thanks for choosing me as the host. It's my first time as host 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 your 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 18 July 2010 to Sunday 1 August 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, 121 jmschrie, 122 VaughnA

[daacon]

Dave, welcome back! I've missed you more than you probably can imagine!!!

Thanks Rense I missed you and my other Pentax Friends as well

[PFH]

Machine at the ship breaker

[jmschrei]

Machine at the ship breaker

PFH, from this angle, the tractor makes me think of a dinosaur. I always enjoy your slightly surreal take on life at the shipyard.

-Joe

[jmschrei]

A pair of peregrine falcons have nested in a tree across from where I work for two years running. This morning I finally remembered to bring my camera and this was about the best I could manage. Hopefully I will have a better opportunity when the fledglings are out of the nest and learning the ropes from mom and dad.

-Joe

[VaughnA]

Last few from our deck. It's been a busy week at work so I wasn't able to go out and shoot. So I sat on the deck in the evenings and experimented with using the flash to get more bee & butterfly shots. The 16-45 is really a remarkable lens for the money.

[daacon]

PFH - wow I love the shot great idea , angle and pp.

Joe - nice ha ! Now that is a bird on a wire.

VaughnA - excellent detail on the butterfly and I love the last one - nice freeze action !

A few more from the other day (click on image for larger view)





This is Beaver Dam - the dam beavers would only surface for a few seconds in this green sludge and did not allow a clear shot of them , maybe next time !

[reeftool]

Nice shots Dave and welcome back. I find beavers difficult to get shots of, they can spot us from way off although a couple of weeks ago as I was chatting with a friend on the lake, a young beaver dragging a branch in his mouth swam between our kayaks as we talked. I had a long zoom on the camera and couldn't get a decent shot but got this one off when I managed to get turned around.

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[Jimbow007]

Here are a few from our Holidays.
A view of Waterton from on top of Bear Hump.

Mommy taking off to find more food.

The little one is still hungry

Twins

Black Bear looking for dinner.

[Clou]

Thanks to pop4 for hosting.

These were taken during our cycling tour today:

Staircase


of this tower


Abstraction of groundwater


Shaft for fresh water


Detail of a sculpture

[bbluesman]

AM Monk


View from Out Back


Remote Control

[pop4]

Abstraction of groundwater
Grundwasserfassung Reisach on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

That looks like something out of a James Bond movie, perhaps part of an evil villain's lair

[Peter Zack]

Post move to the new POTW found here: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/mini-challenges-games-photo-stories/10930...ml#post1126509

[stevebrot]

Dave, welcome back! I've missed you more than you probably can imagine!!!

I was thinking the same thing just a couple of days ago..."Where is Dave?"

Good to see that you are still ticking.


Steve

[daacon]

I was thinking the same thing just a couple of days ago..."Where is Dave?"

Good to see that you are still ticking.


Steve

ha! On the right of the grass for now