POTW #219 - 10 June 2012-24 June 2012 Report

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Welcome to the Picture of the Week #219. Thanks to Noelcmn ()for hosting last week. Let's see plenty of great postings over the next week.

This week covers 10th June to 24th 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, Noelcmn

[mecrox]

Wow, some cracking insect macros this week! And many thanks for hosting the topic. These are a few of mine. The first two are with my K5 and DA 15mm, the next four are with my new K-01 and macro lenses. Mostly I'm using focus-peaking and manual on the K-01, it's a lot of fun.



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[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting Noel

[jmschrei]

Congratulations on the K-5 Noel! I am sure you will enjoy it. I got mine in March and although I kept my K20 thinking I would use it as a spare on longer outings I have hardly touched it. I imagine that if I was to take the time to actually read through the manual I would be able to make even better use of the new camera's features but I am loving it all the same.

[lost.echo]

Shot with a K50 1.4

[Paleo Pete]

mecrox - that second shot is just great.. I love it. That building looks almost evil.

noelcnm - What a compliment, thanks. No pheromones, just patience. Dragonflies tend to come back to the same spot and perch, so I just wait. That one happened to land right in front of me, so I scooted forward about a foot and waited. Sure enough, he came back. It took a couple of tries, but he let me lean in close before long. I've gotten them to sit on my finger a couple of times. Butterflies too. I guess you just have to be still and move slow.

I Haven't been around much recently, not a lot of time and I have to sit outside the local library to get a signal. It's freezing inside or I'd go in there. I have to wear long pants and a jacket to sit inside, so I come here in the evening for a bit. For a week or two I didn't have much time, and when I'm on a tough outside job, I go home and flop. That will be next week, have 300 feet of fence to build...not looking forward to that o you won't see me much until that's done...

Anyway, I'm glad to have a chance to lurk around and post a few shots again.

[audiobomber]

In keeping with the macro theme, K20D & D FA 100mm 2.8:










Goat's Beard pods, shot with the K20D and DA 18-135mm:






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[ramseybuckeye]

In keeping with the macro theme, K20D & D FA 100mm 2.8:

Milkweeds, shot with the K20D and DA 18-135mm:

Very nice damsel and dragonflies. I've read so much negative about the 18-135, looks pretty good to me.

[audiobomber]

Very nice damsel and dragonflies. I've read so much negative about the 18-135, looks pretty good to me.

Thanks Tom. I seem to always be defending the 18-135. I like mine a lot, as do most owners, but I know a few people had bad copies. Unfortunately one of them was Klaus at Photozone. The second milkweed shot was at 135mm and f/6.7, where the lens should be horrible according to PZ. I find the bokeh exceptionally good for a consumer zoom.