POTW # 201 ! 29 January - 11 Feb 2012
Welcome to edition #201 of the Pentax Forums' Picture of the Week. Special thanks to Peter for hosting the previous week and inviting me to host the 201st edition of this series.

This edition covers photos from 29 January - 11 Feb 2012. 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 xjjohonno, 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, 192 Pentaximus, 193 Noelcmn, 194 Noelcmn 195 GmcarsMAN, 196 jmschreii,197 wolfiegirl, 198 xjjohnno, 199 Arn , 200 Peter Zack

[wolfiegirl]

and now some more pics to help cool down your home/office

i love that second shot cif! the glowing snow! so lovely

Wolfiegirl-that last pic is very neat, very interesting too. So different, and yet, one can recognise some familiar things there. I like too. And seeing I do not have Photoshop (only lightroom) I can't duplicate-the idea anyway.

i just love that it was a 'real photo' and now it's like a cartoon/graphic image if that makes sense. and like you say, you can still recognise familiar things. so it's not really abstract at all.

do you only have lightroom nolecmn? I wonder if you can do something similar with some of the other arty programs out there? paint.net might have those two options?

Last of the Florida trip.

i love that last bird! so cool looking!!

[bluestringer]

Some more great photos today on the thread. Here's some I got...........

[wolfiegirl]

omg that's a huge bee! that's like a nuclear sized bee!

[bluestringer]

Actually that's a young bumblebee, you should see a grown one.

[wolfiegirl]

Actually that's a young bumblebee, you should see a grown one.

[shannon*neesom]

some of my favourite pics from this week hope you all enjoy them as much as i enjoyed taking them

[jmschrei]

Those flower shots are super sharp bluestringer!
Here are a few shots from Sunday including what remains of a flower from last summer which still has a little purple clinging to it.

[RichardS]

I needed to get out of the (home) office for some light relief, so I went for a walk around the neighbourhood with a camera and just pointed it at things that took my fancy and pressed the button. K5 - FA77 - manual exposure. No PP except for output sharpening. Well, that was my aim I needed to lighten the darks on a couple of shots. Manual is easy, bit it needs a bit of learning

This is the edge of a mini-park close to home It has no name. The rest of the park was full of mothers and children and that's not a good place to take photos these days .


10 minutes later there's another park (Lynden Park, Camberwell, VIC) . This one has a few footy/cricket ovals and lots of dog walkers during the week.


This house is around 200 metres from Lynden Park in Highfield Road. I wanted to buy it but the $$ were a bit too high. And it needed a big reno. It's looking good now.


At the end of Highfield Road you arrive at Toorak Rd. There used to be a BP station here.


[pause for 45 minutes when nothing took my fancy.]

Finally getting close to home. This is Toorak Rd again.


And, after a long walk, almost home.


Richard.

[RichardS]

some of my favourite pics from this week hope you all enjoy them as much as i enjoyed taking them

Hi Shannon. Welcome to POTW. That is a healthy-looking goanna

Richard.

[wolfiegirl]

Love the mini tour of your neighbourhood Richard, including the 45mins where nothing took your fancy.

[RichardS]

Love the mini tour of your neighbourhood Richard, including the 45mins where nothing took your fancy.

Thanks, WG.

Actually, to be totally truthfull, there were a few distractions along the way, and I've got a car picture to post. But I didn't take any shots in that area. It's mostly brick-veneers, but there are a few interesting houses. I didn't get around to taking any shots of them. Then there are the many young Asian girls attending the tech turned uni a few Ks down the road. I have come to the conclusion that their fashion sense is the most wonderfull thing to have happened in Camberwell since ... um ... since forever. But I don't want to be accused of being a dirty old man

Richard.

[wolfiegirl]

Thanks, WG.

Actually, to be totally truthfull, there were a few distractions along the way, and I've got a car picture to post. But I didn't take any shots in that area. It's mostly brick-veneers, but there are a few interesting houses. I didn't get around to taking any shots of them. Then there are the many young Asian girls attending the tech turned uni a few Ks down the road. I have come to the conclusion that their fashion sense is the most wonderfull thing to have happened in Camberwell since ... um ... since forever. But I don't want to be accused of being a dirty old man

Richard.

BWAHAHAHHAA. lucky i wasn't drinking anything just then Richard - otherwise i would've ruined my laptop.

Don't worry - I won't tell. We'll keep it a POTW secret, shall we? *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

[xjjohnno]

Richard, check out some Reg Mombasa pics of the urbs, he paints but a camera can pull off the same results.
As for pretty young Asian women, very pleasant as are most healthy young women in summer.

[RichardS]

BWAHAHAHHAA. lucky i wasn't drinking anything just then Richard - otherwise i would've ruined my laptop.

Don't worry - I won't tell. We'll keep it a POTW secret, shall we? *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

Say no more. OK. I won't tell if you don't tell. But I think the secret might be out now. Eh.

Here's a car - an old Austin.

[FrostyJack]

So much light, colour and sun. I dislike you all immensely. We had sun here once. Its got to the stage that i don't think its coming back. sky is grey. any way great photos everyone. something almost surreal about the old Austin . Like it should be driven by Noddy (not sure if you guys know Noddy)