Welcome to the Picture of the Week #233. Many thanks to mecrox for hosting the previous week. Let's see plenty of great postings over the next week.

This week covers 15th September to 29th 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, 231 cif, 232 mecrox

[lost.echo]

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Last edited by lost.echo; 09-30-2012 at 11:46 AM.

[glennbp]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8034635043_eb68b45109_b.jpg

Very cool! Love the selective color saturation. What software do you use?

[lost.echo]

Thank You! I used Lightroom CS3 for it.

[jmsjames]

Two pics - one I call Waikiki Rain taken with my K-30 and 18-55 WR lens, the second is self explanatory. Taken with my K-30 and 18-135mm WR.

New to the group and to Pentax!

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[noelcmn]

Welcome Jmsjames. Very cool first post. That K-30 take some awesome shots. Hope we see you here more often.

[jmsjames]

Thanks noelcmn. Much appreciated!

[mecrox]

Welcome renegadesv, you've made it look wonderful country. And welcome lost.echo and jmsjames, selective colour can really work in the right circs, I feel, and I love your first shot jmsjames for its tones and the sharp/soft contrast between the drops of rain and the plant itself.

[nosliwmit]

A kitten my wife rescued from the road in front of our apartment. She's tiny--1.3 lbs and underfed. Taken with my K200D and 35mm ltd macro at max iso (1600 for K200D), wide-open and hand-held. For all those limitations I thought the photo turned out pretty well.

[glennbp]

A kitten my wife rescued from the road in front of our apartment. She's tiny--1.3 lbs and underfed. Taken with my K200D and 35mm ltd macro at max iso (1600 for K200D), wide-open and hand-held. For all those limitations I thought the photo turned out pretty well.

You bet it turned out well! Let's see another pic after that kitty puts on a couple pounds! Lucky kitten does have 9 lives after all!!!

[Upstairs501]

The other smoke photo is posted in Photo Critique

Made for a contest in the photoclub

[ohce]

Hope I am not too late.

[wolfiegirl]

More great and springful captures from wolfiegirl, my own fave is the second one with the flowers (tulips?) caught just so in the light.

Thansk mecrox Yes, they were tulips.

@ renegadesv - great atmosphere! Love the composition too!

@ nosliwmit - what a great capture and a sweet kitty!!

@ ohce - wow, what an amazing pic!!

[ohce]

Thank you, wolfiegirl.

@ ohce - wow, what an amazing pic!!

[nosliwmit]

Looks like it was a good week. I especially liked these:

ohce's: Great shot. I'd frame it! And from a K200D, I believe...
sealonsf's: Very cool mule deer(?) shot.
mecrox's: Cool phone booth shot. What is the light circle shown on the booth door? Looks like windows from the building across the road. I'm perplexed!
Runegutt123's: Love the last green leaf...

[Runegutt123]

Thank you nosliwmit.