Welcome to the 126th edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week!
This edition covers photos taken between August 8th and August 22nd, 2010, or shots from last week you haven't processed until now.

Thanks to woof for hosting last week and thanks for choosing me as the host.

POTW is a great place to show what you're shooting day-to-day with your cameras. It gives us all a chance to see what other members are up to with their Pentax cameras in their parts of the world in which they live or have visited. We can share ideas and hopefully learn from one another which is great too!

So show us what you've seen in your little corner of the planet! I look forward to seeing all of what's out there this week.

Again same rules as before:

1) No theme, just post your favorite 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 August 15 to Sunday August 29 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.


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 123 pop4, 124 casil403, 125 woof

[VaughnA]

I stopped on the side of the road to take a picture of a snowplow. I ended up getting a tour of an industrial junkyard with the owner. I was a bit hurried but I think I got a couple of decent shots.

[jmschrei]

I spent Saturday at one of the city's amazing natural areas.




-Joe

[jheu02]

Just on a walk tonight to shoot with two lenses I hadn't used in awhile or that much.

[Jimbow007]

Thanks for host Twitch. Another good start to the week. Some very good shots here once again.

Here are a few from the weekend from me.
MmmmmmBerries

Young Goat

Weird Bug...Can anyone tell me what it is? I hit it with my truck in Jasper and it was still alive after 50kms. I had to stop and take a picture of it.

A Hummingbird outside my Mom's window.

[A8YANG]

rparmar, nice shot for countryside midnight. Thanks.

[rparmar]

jezza323: nice foggy shot

VaughnA: The second photo is a lovely composition full of interesting detail.

rparmar, nice shot for countryside midnight.

Thank you. I wanted to represent that feeling of standing in the (near) absolute darkness, when you can't see anything except what the stars light.

[rparmar]

Two more from Pentaxium. I have cross-posted these to the minimalism and rust threads respectively.


metal birds


(Shot with the Vivitar Series 1 105mm macro.)


almost Olympic


(Shot with the Vivitar Series 1 105mm macro.)

[daacon]

Mark - nice series of a slice of life as usual. Like the last one as well. BW was a good call.

Robin - wow those are excellent macros. Love the sportlight on the fly.

jezza323 - lovely morning shot - rolling hills, morning mist and a spot of golden sunrise. Nice framing on the windmille shot as well.

rparmar - nicely done what was the exposure time ? Like the olympic lock as well.

eccs19 - ahh the pure joy of the young. Ncie flower as well.

VaughnA - I'll say those are excellent shots. Really like the tractor (sky is bit overexposed but the detail is fantastic and very moody)

jmschrei - looks like a nice area , well done.

John - nice series always nice to take an old friend for a shoot.

Jimbow007 - what a variety a goat, bug and bird well done !


A few more from the weekend

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All I need is the air the breathe series





THis guys was 'coin or bill' operated



She was promting her show Queen of England



And finally here we have a representation of NONE of the food groups I beleive !

[Tamia]

Thanks for hosting, Twitch. It's great to see what everyone's doing. Robin, your nighttime shot really makes me yearn for the days when I lived in a part of the country where there were no artificial lights.

I concentrated on architecture these last couple weeks because of the weekly challenges. Here are a couple views of the less inspiring modern buildings...





And to something with more soul, the river on a cloudy day...

[rparmar]

rparmar - nicely done what was the exposure time?

Thanks for the comments. The exposure was a full 30 seconds at ISO 800. I had a shutter release with me, but longer than that and the stars would start to blur, which rather defeats the purpose. I ran a moderate Noise Ninja on the results and tweaked the curves.

Robin, your nighttime shot really makes me yearn for the days when I lived in a part of the country where there were no artificial lights.

Even in Ireland we had to do some driving to find this spot. And the lights from the city were clearly visible as a haze in the sky, though this was avoided by facing the opposite direction.

[Oldschool]

Here's a couple taken this weekend....

Crabbing on the Raritan river....



Success....



Some casual observers....

[Clou]

Great photos above!

Lines of Force


Wave, Pole and Mountain


Red Curve


Octogon


Death

[casil403]

Spotted this bike rack last night. Thought it would mAke for some nifty abstracts.

[Clou]

Spotted this bike rack last night. Thought it would mAke for some nifty abstracts.

I perfectly agree - I like it.

[eccs19]

I perfectly agree - I like it.

+1 Nicely done.