Welcome to the 145th edition of the Pentax Forum's Picture of the Week!

fotaki will again be hosting this week.

This edition covers photos taken between 26 December 2010 to 2 January 2011, or shots from last week you haven't processed until now.

A special welcome to all new members: Join us old hands and post your shots from this week and last week!

Most important note to everyone: Remember, you can post your shots from this week AND last week!

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! Looking 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) Lets keep it to fewer than 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 26 December (2010) to 2 January, 2011. Enter anything you shot last week or during this current week until the thread closes.

5) The current host will appoint the new host as an invitation via Private Message (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 back at the previous POTW's.

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, 130 photolady, 131 photolady, 132 bbluesman, 133 rparmar, 134 reeftool, 135 reeftool, 136 Oldschool, 137 xjjohonnol, 138 KarenH, 139 Rense, 140 daacon 141 Tamia, 142 JeffJS 143 bbluesman, 144 fotaki, 145 fotaki

Thanks and enjoy
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[fotaki]

Welcome to all and happy posting.

I tried to get you fresh blood for #145 but it seems you can't get 'blood out of stones'. Anyway, as you are stuck with me for a few more days, I will start things with this.

The shot is a view to the North across Oropos Bay, where I live

[KarenH]

Thanks for hosting last week John and good thing John wanted to be hosting it this week

Nice view. Is that your dog?

[KarenH]

The Look

[fotaki]

Thank you Karen.

The dog is owned by my wife's relations for the purpose of guarding their chickens. Well looked after and seems quite happy - takeing his duties very seriously.

[casil403]

Thanks for hosting again John...you did such a terrific job last week glad to see you taking care of it again!!

So I'm in Banff for the holidays and here's a few more shots. been doing lots of hiking and prowling around while here...it will be hard to leave.

The Beaver Pond it never freezes over as it is fed by warm springwater:



Echo Creek:



Christmas morning sunrise over Mt. Rundle...also my 12the day shot of my 12 days challenge:

[Bramela]

A truly beautiful set of photos. #3 being my favourite. Well done!

[rparmar]

A couple of record sleeves that never existed.

[rparmar]

Lisa love the beaver pond! It has been many years since I was in Banff, but what a place.

[KarenH]

Gorgeous shots, Lisa.
Especially the first, I love the toning.

[PFH]

I finaly got time to get out and get some images taken today.
Samyang 8mm fish eye, Topaz Adjust 4.

December sky


Wooden gangplank

[jmschrei]

I finaly got time to get out and get some images taken today.
Samyang 8mm fish eye, Topaz Adjust 4.

December sky


Wooden gangplank

What a great sky there Peter! You really are doing cool things with that fisheye!

-Joe

[casil403]

Thanks for the kind comments Robin, Karen and Bruce....Love the fish eye 'scapes as well Peter...beauties for sure!!

[daacon]

Thanks for hosting John another fine week is upon us.

How about some Christmas and Olympic Spirit in one shot - we have a theme every Christmas and this year it was sport. What a blast - we had 4 events and a great time.

[SpecialK]