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

[ohce]

Two images taken at Andrew Haydon park, Ottawa, Canada.
#1.


#2.

[stevebrot]

A couple from this last Sunday at the Farmer's Market and a Buick Car Show:

Fins Invicta


K10D, Pentax-DA 18-55/3.5-5.6 AL


Electra


K10D, Pentax-DA 18-55/3.5-5.6 AL



Shiny Onions


K10D, Pentax-FA 35/2


Vegetable Rights, Protest March


K10D, Pentax-FA 35/2


Steve

[stevebrot]

...And one more just for fun...

Fast Mirror


K10D, Pentax-DA 18-55/3.5-5.6 AL


Steve

[daacon]

Tamia - I like the two river shots wel done.

Oldschool - ha ! That's no deadliest catch but good shots none the less.

Clou - You sure getting some millage out of those buildings I like it. And death looks well deadly !

casil403 - That abstract really works for me.

ohce - love that first one excellent exposure !

Steve - ahh fins and chrome is there anything better ? Nice matket shots as well. Love the Fast Mirror well done.

A few from a weekend walkabout - click on image for larger view

[JeffJS]

Thanks, Daacon..

[casil403]

Thanks Clou, Eccs19 and Dave for the kind words.

Went for another bike ride with the camera and found this:

[jezza323]

first post with my lens i bought off these forums! thanks to deadwolfbones

[Bramela]

Here is a shot I took this morning.

Last Resting Place. (This was not posed. Taken exactly as seen.)
K20d/Vivitar Ser 1 105mm Macro



And another from this morning, which I could add under the same title

[MountainCat]

Out and about last sunday

[twitch]

[RichardS]

A few people have posted photos of these recently. My turn

For most of the year we get lots of these leaves.



They flower in summer and one or two leaf clusters per plant throw out flowers. Here's one starting.



In a couple of weeks it will be a mass of tiny yellow flowers.

Richard.

[Tamia]

Lots of wonderful photos this week.

Ohce, beautiful scenes and colors. Too bad people are too lazy to properly dispose of their trash.

Steve, I remember cars like those! Great shots.

Dave, refreshing watery 'scapes and lovely setting in that first shot. The last one made me dizzy!

Jeff, ah, autumn is coming to you, as it is here. Love the squirrel photo. Your grays have quite a lot of red in them. They do here, too, and there are quite a few black variants.

Lisa, love the bike rack (from an artistic as well as a practical POV). The flower is terrific, too.

Jezza, great capture. So what's the lens? I like the bokeh on that photo.

Bruce, WOW! Unfortunate for the fly, but not for you. Well done. I like how you framed the tree in the arch, too.

MountainCat, very nice B&W conversions.

Twitch, fabulous capture there. Touching.

Richard, what an unusual flower. Very beautiful.

I've a couple more from a hike to the river...

Middle Trail through a lush meadow of "touch-me-not" or jewelweed:




Frisky Breeze

[Bramela]

Laman Street, Newcastle Australia. Locally known as the Green Cathedral. Magnificent.

These trees are about to be removed completely. I had to record this before it disappears.

[JeffJS]

Laman Street, Newcastle Australia. Locally known as the Green Cathedral. Magnificent.

These trees are about to be removed completely. I had to record this before it disappears.

They don't look like they are dead, why are they being removed?

[jkwhawk]

The light was fading fast, but this time waiting just a little longer produced something unusual. Kx, 55-300.