Welcome to the 129th edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week!
This edition covers photos taken between August 29th and September 12th, 2010, or shots from last week you haven't processed until now.

Thanks to ohce for hosting last week. Hope it's alright that I'm taking the initiative on this one.

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 September 5 to Sunday September 12 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, 126 twitch, 127 stevebrot, 128 ohce, 129 jmschrei

[jmschrei]

I'll start. This was an extra long weekend for me and with decent weather and a new lens I took hundreds of pictures. It will take a while to go through them all. It is definitely looking and feeling like fall here. These are some shots from one of my favourite local spots, the Glenmore Reservoir.






-Joe

[Peter Zack]

Thanks for getting things going Joe. Sorry I was away for the weekend and missed that the new one wasn't up. I'll link it to the old one as well.

Love the sky in those shots, what lens? An ultra wide?

[casil403]

Wicked cool clouds there Joe....Just sweet shots!! You can sure start to see the leaves changing in our neck of the woods!
And thanks for starting the POTW and taking up the duties hosting!

Here's what I came home with today....Just shots around the neighbourhood within a 4 block radius...concidentally,"W" seemed to be the common theme:
Writing on the Wall:

Window:

Workin'....

[jmschrei]

Thanks for getting things going Joe. Sorry I was away for the weekend and missed that the new one wasn't up. I'll link it to the old one as well.

Love the sky in those shots, what lens? An ultra wide?

Thanks Peter, the lens is my brand new 15mm ltd. I think I'm in love. Of course, out here the sky can be very special so an ultra wide angle is almost essential to take advantage of a great cloud day like today.

-Joe

[rparmar]

spider on the borderline

This is the largest spider I have seen in Ireland, and I found it sitting beside me in the living room. 3cm long or more. I used focus stacking with CombineZP.


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

[Tamia]

Thanks for hosting, Joe. Lovely photos of early autumn skies. That's a great lens!

Lisa, beautiful textures in "Greed" as well as in the building shot, with the juxtaposition of the smooth window reflection.

Wow, Robin, a superb shot of the spider. I'd have been a bit startled to see so large a spider sitting next to me in the house.

I've been spending a lot of my spare time down by the river looking for shots for last week's out of focus P52. Here are a couple of those, and also a couple in-focus river shots, too.

Early Autumn Reflections




Reflecting Woodland Highlights




Cardinal Flowers on the Riverbank




River Stars

[atupdate]

Tamia: A great series.

I don't post in the WPOTW thread very often but here is a cross section of activities from this weekend.

Dayton Dragons Baseball Game


Piqua (Ohio) Heritage Festival


High School Rodeo


Tim

[tpeace]

We had nice wave action from Hurricane Earl as it passed by the coast last Thursday and Friday. I missed the best waves (10 ft +) on Thursday due to travel but was able to catch the final sets (approximately 8 foot) rolling in on Friday morning:

Barrel Run:


Wipe Out!


On the Lip:


Airborne:


Set Up:


Close Out:


Oops!


-t

[Clou]

A few from last Sunday

Airport taxi


Glider passing by during an aerobatics demonstration


Visitor on our table

[jheu02]

A couple from today's shoot all with my SMC-K 135/2.5

[Jimbow007]

Joe - Thanks for hosting this week. It looks like another great start from everyone.

So here are a few from the Alberta Dahlia and Gladiolus Society event here in Red Deer last week. I just got around to looking at them. My crashed crashed last week.

[rparmar]

Good grief that's some lovely photos already this week.

tpeace, despite your nice composition that is the craziest case of purple fringing I have seen in a while. What the heck lens is causing that? You can remove it using selective desaturation.

I had to walk across town for an errand. This means I have new photos. Just wondering, if I say they were taken with my Hasselblad does that make them any better?


brick interval




descent

[casil403]

Robin...love the perspective of that 2nd shot!

[photolady95]

Great photos all this week already.
Thanks for hosting Joe.

Here is a few I took this evening and this week.

A Damsilfly found my sandal some comfort:



Grasshopper, using closeup lenses on my 18-55mm:



Some ants on a Hibiscus:


One more. My nephew went fishing on the 29th and here's what he caught: