Welcome to the Picture of the Week #230. Many thanks to Reeftool for hosting the previous weeks. Let's see plenty of great postings over the next week.

This week covers 1st September to 15th September, 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, 218 Noelcmn, 219 Noelcmn, 220 sergiu, 221 sergiu, 222 sergiu, 223 sergiu, 224 sergiu, 225 sergiu, 226 sergiu, 227 sergiu, 228 Davidw08, 229 reeftool, 230 reeftool

[cif]

[glennbp]

Very nice DOF! My guess is your lens was wide open?

[Runegutt123]

Fighting for food

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[glennbp]

K-5/DA* 16-50mm

[ramseybuckeye]

Trip to Jungle Jim's Grocery. We were in the Cincinnati area today so we made a side trip to Jungle Jim's, an uncommon and large grocery store. This might be the biggest grocery in the US, and it has one on the largest wine selections in the US.

Beer & Wine:


Produce:


More Produce:


Hot Sauce:


Honey:

[reeftool]

I'm still going through the hundreds of shots I have took at the car show in Lake George over the weekend. There are always some very unique and different customs every year. I always bring my DA 10-17 Fisheye everywhere and it was the perfect lens for this fishbowl themed hot rod.

[cif]

Very nice DOF! My guess is your lens was wide open?

yep, f5.6, 55mm, 1/1000s

Runegutt123 - nice catch!
glennbp - excellent shot. i like the colours
ramseybuckeye - nice series. i never manage to take pics in a supermarket
reeftool - nice shot. it looks like the fishes from your lens escaped to the car's cockpit

Excellent shots so far! keep'em coming!

[Runegutt123]

Thank you, cif.

[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting, cif. Here are a few of mine. The first three are in Oxford and the second three are in London. K5 or K-01 and various Pentax lenses.



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[ramseybuckeye]

mecrox, thanks for that little trip to Oxford and London, very enjoyanle, good stuff!

From the backyard tonight:

[wolfiegirl]

Hi All,

Have been out of the saddle of late. Finally have some time to myself again but still not in super productive mode. Everyone's continual work here in the forums during my little hiatus has put me to shame.

I love the hummingbird and chipmunk shots!

Here's a few I snapped the other morning. Luckily I already the long zoom on the camera but unfortunately quality isn't the best. Shall I blame the lens or the photographer? :P

Boxing Kangaroos! You have no idea how long I've tried to capture these. This one's still not the greatest but at least you get the idea...



I didn't realise at the time but now that I've edited, I love that you can see the grass it's chewing on!



A lovely photo shy shot.



And off they skadaddle....





It's been about a year since I bought this particular lens and it hasn't seen much use.

I'd originally put it on with the intent on using it for the Singles In Challenge, but burned out before I got around to it. It's interesting looking at these pics because not only are they slightly blurry but also have a bit of pink and green fringing. Course the blurriness could just as easily be the fact that I was shooting @ 300mm from at least 300m away.

k100d, miranda 70-300 1:4.5-5.8 MC Macro at 300mm and Av mode.

[xjjohnno]

Cif, thanks for hosting this week's POTW.A bit of a mix from me.

[cif]

mecrox - nice series. especially the first 2 shots
ramseybuckeye - i love the hummingbird and chipmunk shots
wolfiegirl - first of all, welcome back! nice job with those kangaroos
xjjohnno - i love the last 3 shots! amazing colors and very sharp!

It is a pretty tough job selecting the Picture Of The Week, because, with no exception, all shots were great.
So, in my humble opinion, this is the top for the 231st edition of POTW:

3rd place
glennbp - Reflection


2nd place
ramseybuckeye - hummingbird


1st place
mecrox - Oxford at night

[ramseybuckeye]

Hi All,

Have been out of the saddle of late. Finally have some time to myself again but still not in super productive mode. Everyone's continual work here in the forums during my little hiatus has put me to shame.

I love the hummingbird and chipmunk shots!

Here's a few I snapped the other morning. Luckily I already the long zoom on the camera but unfortunately quality isn't the best. Shall I blame the lens or the photographer? :P

Boxing Kangaroos! You have no idea how long I've tried to capture these. This one's still not the greatest but at least you get the idea...

Glad to see you back, we all go through those doldrums occasionally, or plain too busy with annoying things! Love the kangaroos in the backyard and boxing no less! The best we get are the squirrels taunting our dogs and throwing acorns at them.

Cif, thanks for hosting this week's POTW.A bit of a mix from me.

Some outstanding images here, I really like the second one though.

mecrox - nice series. especially the first 2 shots
ramseybuckeye - i love the hummingbird and chipmunk shots
wolfiegirl - first of all, welcome back! nice job with those kangaroos
xjjohnno - i love the last 3 shots! amazing colors and very sharp!

cif, thanks for hosting and for the nice comments, I didn't know we had winners in POTW!