POTW #193: 4 Dec 2011 - 18 Dec 2011


Welcome to edition 193 of the Pentax Forums' Picture of the Week. Special thanks to PENTAXIMUS for hosting the previous week and inviting me to host this week.

This edition covers photos from 4 December - 18 December 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 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) 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 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, 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, 188 StDevious, 189 Free Soul, 190 Clou, 191 brvnara, Pentaximus

[noelcmn]

Hi Pentaxians, and welcome to this weeks POTW. My pleasure to host this week as it is my favorite thread. Thanks to Pentaximus for hosting last weeks POTW. Lets see if we can make it a bumper week. I'll start with this one from last week. Horse at the base of Mine dumps.


Been raining most of the weekend, so you've got to be creative with some indoor stuff. Like Bubbles


And this Bull's eye- kids battery powered two blade fancy fan


Then decided for Saturday night, I would visit a local gambling den (not that I gamble) but they had advertised a "garden of lights" and thought I would go and check it out. It called Emperors Palace. This is a pic of hte emperor.

Emperor's new clothes


Santa simply has to be there


Here is the emperor is a more dignified expectation


And one more-for good measure. Cannot understand the logic of this light figure. Christmas is a season of goodwill. The Garden of Lights is for children especially. Then they go and have a canon boom boom (may that should read Canon boom boom)


OK, so I've posted 7-I'm generous, especially to myself. And shall be to other Pentaxians too

[SpecialK]

Out and about on the Palos Verdes peninsula.

[lukulele]

Thanks Noel for hosting,
Al and Chunky moved in while the washing machine was going.

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[ramseybuckeye]

Noel, thanks for hosting and getting us off to a great start. I really like the horse, and the humor of the emperor's clothing.

Kyle, nice series, I like #1 the best, and strangely #3 also.

Lukulele, they look comfortable and happy, nice candid.

This is a repeat, I posted in color last week, tsakatsaka suggested it may look good in black and white:



The dogs and me:


Meter:


Bridges ahead:

[derelict]

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[noelcmn]

Great shots so far-keep them coming.
Ramseybuckey-I am reminded of Little Red Riding Hood-Granma-what long legs you have!
Derelict, I like that shot of the guy with his suitcase, going nowhere.
SpecialK-great harbour shot-reminds me of when I was little-we lived close to a harbour-easy walking distance.

[pentaximus]

Great start this week, everybody! Thanks again for hosting, Noel.

Dwight Yoakam last week, The Nutcracker this week. I was attending the Covington Regional Ballet's production and planned to take a few photos. Upon arrival I was recruited by a friend to take pictures of her husband and daughter, who were both in the show. So, a little more "pressure" than I planned for the evening, but fun nonetheless. (EDIT: I've added a few more photos to the Flickr set for those who'd like to take a look.)

[lukulele]

A few from this evening in an old mill town, Mcadenville, NC, famous for its Christmas light displays.
Ambulance across the new bridge and lake lights and fountain.

[baro-nite]

noelcmn, thanks for hosting this week. Always nice to check in for views from around the world. I had a trip last week and had quite a lot of time with the camera. Still sorting and processing, but I have finished a set of shots taken while airborne; here are a couple, both taken with the M50 f/1.7:



Pinto Mountains / Old Dale Mining District (near Joshua Tree National Park)



Rock Springs, Wyoming

[noelcmn]

Oh wow Baro-nite. Those are cool!

[RichardS]

Very nice, baro-nite. Looks like Rock Springs, WY has grown a bit since I spent a night there in 1973

Richard.

[derelict]

Classes have finished for Christmas so Ive had some walk around time (and the weather is being uncharacteristically nice instead of English typical) before I get on a plane to head home.

Loved the reflection of this.

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Old in the shadow of the new- typical Manchester


Zippy watches over the market


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[baro-nite]

Derelict, you've certainly given us different sides of Manchester!

[derelict]

Derelict, you've certainly given us different sides of Manchester!

Thanks. Chose university here over London and am damn happy with the choice. Its such a cool city. Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and a good amount of it is still around. So many buildings around here with 18xx cast into them. Jaw dropping and they realize it too. A lot of the old factories and cotton mills are being gutted and retrofitted for housing. I respect their holding on to history. I live in DC normally so Ive got great buildings here and great buildings there.