#218 POTW - 10 June 2012 - 17 June , 2012Report | Like this PostPosted By: Xandr, 06-03-12, 01:40 PM (Offline)
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Welcome to the Picture of the Week #218. Thanks to Xandr for hosting last week. Let's see plenty of great postings over the next week.

This week covers 3rd June to 17 June, 2012.

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 bluestringer, 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, 201 bluestringer, 202 cif, 203 Rollsup, 204 noelcm, 205 Davidw0815, 206 Davidw0815, 207 cif, 208 ramseybuckeye, 209 paulh, 210 Oldschool, 211 SpecialK, 212 mecrox, 213 Pentaximus, 215 bramela, 216 jmschrei, Exandr

[caravan]

Slowly getting used to playing with an Holga plastic lens!

[sergiu]

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[pentaximus]

The church shots are excellent. Tri-x brings back memories. It's been years since I shot a roll.

Thanks! I've decided film is good for my soul and I'm starting to shoot more of it. Yep, I'm even getting a little bit of a medium format film bug. I wonder if there's something I can take for that???


There are some really top-notch shots coming in this week! And from handles I'm not all that familiar with, too. I think POTW welcomes are due to ajaya, cabstar, caravan, and sergiu. WELCOME ALL!

[noelcmn]

Yebo yes, I agree with that sentiment there Pentaximus. Welcome Ajaya, Caravan and Sergiu.

Ramseybuckeye, Beautiful butterfly and Squirrel.
Reeftool, Now I don;t like motorbikes, (I am also in the Medical Equipment business, and get to deal with a lot of motor bike accident victims-at one stage here there was an amutation a day at the local hospital just for motor bike accidents) but I do like these images, crisp and lovely angles. You've captured the sense of "rally" very well.
Pentaximus, thanks for your kind comments- +1 on the comments from Reftool. Those church images are fab. And that cat does not look too comfortable. That's your son?- he looks like you (that is if that is you in your avatar?) Nice moment and memory captured. He looks almost embarrased that he's been caught out with the cat.
Old School, very interesting. I may just try to get there if I come to NY in December. It looks like a very popular park. And looks like some people are trying to peep into the buildings.
Warped, love how you get that light to work on your model Is that a fridge-that orange thing? I have a fridge just like that, an ancient thing, except mine is white, but I'll remember it looks better orange.
Lukulele, I prefer "hello Noel" that way I get to have more unknown fans. I like that bus shot. Are those from one school? Good heavens! And just love that flower and railway line shot. Very cool, well spotted. My title for it "Survivor".
SpecialK, thanks for your kind comments. Those doggy shots have taken me back a few years, while at college, I watched a program of dogs and frisbees-I was enthralled (well anything to get the mind of studying) so in a way I am glad that the sport?? has not died. Those dogs were fantastic at catching frisbees, and it seems so are the ones in your pics- the last one at any rate. The first one looks like it has a mind of its own. I'm sure i've seen that 3rd pic on the web somewhere-I wondered what it was- Now I can see d'em ducks. Cool shot which requires more than one looks.
Ajaya, welcome to POTW and what a fine selection you have chosen to introduce yourself with here. Hope we see more of you here.
Jmshrei- always look forward to you contributions-you have interesting perspectives and this image no less so. Enjoy you sun! we've had some cold miserable windy days over the weekend, and the weatherman says more of the same on the way.
Ruggiex, when i saw your image, I immediately went "how did he do that". Wonderful colouration to match the title. Laziness i hope is going on holiday and we'll see some more of your shots.
Cabstar, wonderful event photography, which is about the only photography I do for other people, I hate it, and still feel I must master it. Great opening shot.
Caravan, welcome and thanks for posting those. I am somewhat awed at those, they are very nice for plastic. Thanks for bursting my bubble about lenses- I always thought they should be glass! Hope we see more of you here too!
Sergiu, welcome to POTW, and like Ajaya, you have started with a very fine selection. Macro, my favourite medium, so I've relished looking at these. That first one is stunning.

Let's see some more Pentaxians!

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[caravan]

Yebo yes, I agree with that sentiment there Pentaximus. Welcome Ajaya, Caravan and Sergiu.

Caravan, welcome and thanks for posting those. I am somewhat awed at those, they are very nice for plastic. Thanks for bursting my bubble about lenses- I always thought they should be glass! Hope we see more of you here too!
Sergiu, welcome to POTW, and like Ajaya, you have started with a very fine selection. Macro, my favourite medium, so I've relished looking at these. That first one is stunning.

Let's see some more Pentaxians!

Thanks for the nice welcome! Yes, I have way more fun that I thought I would with these plastic toy lenses. It forces me to be more concentrated when taking the shot.

[RM Barker]

I have had this particular rose bush for several years; this is the first time it has produced blooms that actually open - until now the flowers have died before they got a chance to show off.

[paulh]

Thanks for hosting Noel - and awesome collection of shots so far

I got out the old 18-55 kit lens & pointed it at our Cannas after a rainshower last week: (x-posted from Our Gardens Revealed thread)

[audiobomber]

We spent part of the weekend at a lakeside cottage:

Blue Flag (Wild Iris)



Muskoka Lakes dock



Kingbird chicks

[Warped]

Warped, love how you get that light to work on your model Is that a fridge-that orange thing? I have a fridge just like that, an ancient thing, except mine is white, but I'll remember it looks better orange.

Let's see some more Pentaxians!

Yep - it's a big old heavy fridge, a Kelvinator, looks great in bright Orange

Our old fridge at home was painted bright purple and looked good too, old fridges just seem to look good in bright colours.

[ruggiex]

Family pressured me to get family outing photos done from this past weekend so I guess I have a few more 'photography' photos to post!










First outing with the 15mm Ltd. It's not exactly a great picture with such harsh lighting but I just love the FOV!

[xjjohnno]

Noel, thanks for hosting this week's POTW, great pics coming n.
Some of my efforts this week.

[Lex Madera]

I tried out my new Sigma 10-20mm at Great Falls last Saturday. Note the kayaker in the 1st attempting to run the rapids upstream.

Then headed to an R/C plane club's open house. Those little planes move fast and are not easy to capture!

Finally, a pretty lady that waited on us at an icebreaker yesterday evening. Tough lighting in the restaurant where she works.

[noelcmn]

Wow, what a wonderful selection we are having for this POTW. Keep it up Pentaxians.
Robert (RM Barker) lovely stuff- I am envious- as we are now only entering teh pruning stages for roses. Love that colour.
Paulh, stunning collection from you as usual.
Audiobomber-wonderful stuff. I like that bird chicks shot. They look somewhat perturbed. Looks like you enjoyed your weekend.
Ruggiex, you've got a good family there, they obviously know about your talent. That train shot is amazing, I like it.
Xjjohnno, been wondering where you are? As with Ruggiex, your train shot is amazing. Lovely pano.
Lex Madera, Wow, incredible shots of that kayaker, especially that first one. He/she is dwarfed by those rapids. I like the composition. And as for the Aeroplanes, great moments captured so well.
Lets see some more from our Pentax world.

[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting. Here are a few of mine, all taken with my K5. The first is in Oxford using my DA 15mm and the rest are in East London over last weekend using my 16-50mm zoom.



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[ruggiex]

noelcmn, thanks! that's a lot of flattering. I don't even think I have reached the adolescent stage of my photography life yet Still learning so much everyday, taking one baby step at a time... And most of time I feel the good ones are 'lucky shots' as opposed to 'planned shots'

Anyhow, looks like I may run out of things to post for the next week but what the heck... Just started to learn how to shoot people (or I should say incorporate people into photos) more and I think I like how this one turned out.