Welcome to edition 187 of the Pentax Forums' Picture of the Week. Thanks to pentaximus for hosting the previous week. Very sorry for the delayed start, I was out of town, pretty much out of contact and the person I had asked to host could not. I will just go ahead and host again rather that find someone this late.

This edition covers photos from 23 Oct 2011 - 6 November 2011. That lets you show off any shots you took last week but haven't processed until now. In other words, you can post your shots from this week AND last week

POTW is a great place to show what you've been shooting day-to-day. It gives us all a chance to see what other members are up to with their Pentax (and Samsung) cameras in the parts of the world in which they live or have visited. We can share ideas, learn from one another, and have a good time.

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. A special welcome to all new members!

Again same rules as always:

1) No theme, just post your favourite 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) 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.

Here are the links to previous POTW threads:

1 Peter Zack, 2 Eaglerapids, 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 **** Brit, 31 maxwell1295, 32 maxwell1295, 33 dantuyhoa, 34 daacon, 35 Peter Zack, 36 **** 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, 146 Woof, 147 Bramela, 148 Bramela, 149 Tamia, 150 Nomad, 151 Clou, 152 drugal, 153 rparmar, 154 Nomad, 155 jmschrei, 156 noelcmn, 157 noelcmn, 158 rwfarnell, 159 ramseybuckeye 160 christophleipzig, 161 JeremytheIndian, 162 SpecialK, 163 emetcalf, 164 emetcalf, 165 stevebrot, 166 rparmar, 167 Mattt, 168 JeffJS,169 jmschrei, 170 fotaki, 171 xs400, 172 TOUGEFC, 173 TOUGEFC, 174 Warped, 175 MaryAD, 176 Davidw0815, 177 baro-nite, 178 baro-nite, 179 pentaximus, 180 lukulele, 181 lukulele, 182 rob 1234, 183 lukulele, 184 lukulele, 185 pentaximus, 186 ramseybuckeye, 187 ramseybuckeye

[lukulele]

Thanks for hosting and doubling up Tom. Hiking on the Carolina Thread Trail under the upgraded P&N trestle and I-85 this afternoon. Three ball in the rail bed debris 1/4 mile up the line.

[photoleet]

Taken today at Harper's Ferry









A pano from last week




A film effect




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I know a bit over 6 images but wanted to share this one too

[bigted]

A walk in the woods: I just liked how the tree at the end was still hanging onto its leaves. This was taken at Fort Whyte Alive a local nature reserve.

I must have a thing for leaves as I love the red and green leaves posted by StDevious.

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[jheu02]

Thanks for hosting Tom. Some nice shots already.
Lou - Great shot of the rusty bridge
StDevious - the Harper's views bring back memories. I used to live in Frederick, MD
BigTed - Nice peaceful setting and great lines leading thru the shot.

You've heard of the saying "saving face," well, how about...

Losing Face

SMC Pentax-M 1:1.7 50mm w/13mm tube @ f/22

Judging from the water spots, it's time to clean the walls of the tank methinks.

[bigted]

Nice critter John, what is s/he? I love the colour.

[photoleet]

StDevious - the Harper's views bring back memories. I used to live in Frederick, MD

That's an awesome shot btw.

I haven't been around DMV or surrounding area much for shooting. I found Harper's Ferry on google by chance this morning 6 AM, when Shenandoah Park trip was cancelled at last moment due to skyline drive closure due to rain. Any recommendations for places to get great pictures at ?

[xjjohnno]

Tom, thanks for hosting a second week in a row of POTW.
There's a big horse race here tomorrow so taday there was a bit of a parade.

[emay]

loudest bike i've heard, so far...

[ramseybuckeye]

Taken today at Harper's Ferry

Nice collection, Great shots of the leaves. I've been close to Harper's Ferry, but never there. As a history buff I've got to get there sometime.

A walk in the woods: I just liked how the tree at the end was still hanging onto its leaves. This was taken at Fort Whyte Alive a local nature reserve.

I must have a thing for leaves as I love the red and green leaves posted by StDevious.

Very cool pic bigted!

You've heard of the saying "saving face," well, how about...

Losing Face

SMC Pentax-M 1:1.7 50mm w/13mm tube @ f/22

Judging from the water spots, it's time to clean the walls of the tank methinks.

Something you don't see often, even if it is in an aquarium. Nice catch through glass!

There's a big horse race here tomorrow so taday there was a bit of a parade.

That parade looks like a lot of fun, I love that kind of pagentry that is generally forgotten. Very nice series, thanks for showing these.

loudest bike i've heard, so far...

I think we can hear it by seeing the great smoke you've captured, well done!

Looks like a great sart to the week, keep 'em coming!

[pentaximus]

One from this evening. Happy Halloween, everybody!

[reeftool]

I spent Saturday watching the rowers at the Head of the Fish Regatta at Fish Creek in Saratoga. It was cold and the snowstorm moved in late in the day. The races continued. I was freezing and had a difficult time manual focusing the M300/4 with the 2x converter but did get a few shots. I was hand holding the beast as I was getting better results than with the monopod for whatever reason. I think I was shivering more and being on my feet and moving around got my blood pumping a little. All wide open, f8 with the converter, and ISO 1600. It was very overcast and dark, even at mid-day.

[ramseybuckeye]

One from this evening. Happy Halloween, everybody!

Creepy! Yikes, great makeup job and great photo, the little zombie will remember this Halloween forever!

I spent Saturday watching the rowers at the Head of the Fish Regatta at Fish Creek in Saratoga. It was cold and the snowstorm moved in late in the day. The races continued. I was freezing and had a difficult time manual focusing the M300/4 with the 2x converter but did get a few shots. I was hand holding the beast as I was getting better results than with the monopod for whatever reason. I think I was shivering more and being on my feet and moving around got my blood pumping a little. All wide open, f8 with the converter, and ISO 1600. It was very overcast and dark, even at mid-day.

Nice shots for those tough conditions, I feel cold looking at them. The first person in the last shot has the look of "Look at that idiot with the camera, freezing his a*** off!

[reeftool]

I think the rowers did better than I did.

[Davidw0815]

Thanks for hosting again, Tom.

Depressing view


Color key


Just another sunset