Welcome to the Picture of the Week #235. Let's see plenty of great postings over the next week.

This week covers tth October to 20th October, 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, 233 mecrox, 234 glennbp, 235 glennbp

[ohce]

Ottawa river sunset.

[noelcmn]

Nice set Noel - I really like the lighting & composition on the ducks/geese shot - great!

Thank you Paul. Appreciated.

[noelcmn]

@noelcmn - Beautiful photos! I especially like the ducklings (goslings?) shot. The detail is spot on. Did you use the 50mm lens?

Thank you Glen. Appreciated. Yep that the travelling Nifty Fifty. Marvelous lens, wish I had my own one. A slightly different gosling shots on the Nifty Fifty thread.

[reeftool]

Yesterday evening. I was hoping for more color in the sky at sunset but we have to take what we get. I'm pushing the dynamic range of the K5 to the max here. I pulled up the shadows over 2 stops in Lightroom. Attempting to get any color in the trees blew the sky and water out totally so I shot for the sky and hoped for the best. I probably should have set up the tripod and did an HDR set. With the DA 15. Along the Hudson River between Corinth and Glens Falls.

[Runegutt123]

Some pictures from Kiruna, Northern Sweden.
Kiruna is a small iron mine town.
Its up in the mountains, so summer is short and the winter is extreme cold.

[glennbp]

@ohce - Gorgeous sunset! The colors are just amazing!

@reeftool - Love the landscape! Camera angle just draws you into the scene. Great job.

@Runegutt123 - I believe you. The footprints and tire tracks say it all. BRRRR!

[reeftool]

Today's sunset had a little more color in the sky. Shot from under a bridge over Fish Creek, the outlet of Saratoga Lake. K5 and DA 15. I can't seem to get that lens off my camera.

[glennbp]

@reeftool - Stunning sunset landscape Richard! Well done!

[reeftool]

I'm still enjoying my vacation. Today was a beautiful day to hit the road and I did. I headed east this time and did a loop into Vermont and back down through the Champlain Valley. There is still some color on some of the trees but the fall foliage season is well past its peak.

A picnic area just east of Cambridge in NY.


The Eaglesville covered bridge, in Washington County, NY.


The Battenkill River, one of the legendary trout fishing rivers in the area.


Another covered bridge, this one in Arlington, VT, crossing the Battenkill.The light was a bit harsh as all shots were mid afternoon and all with the K5 and DA 15. I had a CPL on a few shots. It cut down on some of the harsh light but on the wide lens, It doesn't seem to cover the frame and it shows in the sky. I was able to clean it up with the adjustment brush in Lightroom.

[ramseybuckeye]

Today's sunset had a little more color in the sky. Shot from under a bridge over Fish Creek, the outlet of Saratoga Lake. K5 and DA 15. I can't seem to get that lens off my camera.

And why do you want to?

I'm still enjoying my vacation. Today was a beautiful day to hit the road and I did. I headed east this time and did a loop into Vermont and back down through the Champlain Valley. There is still some color on some of the trees but the fall foliage season is well past its peak.
A picnic area just east of Cambridge in NY.
The Eaglesville covered bridge, in Washington County, NY.
The Battenkill River, one of the legendary trout fishing rivers in the area.
Another covered bridge, this one in Arlington, VT, crossing the Battenkill.The light was a bit harsh as all shots were mid afternoon and all with the K5 and DA 15. I had a CPL on a few shots. It cut down on some of the harsh light but on the wide lens, It doesn't seem to cover the frame and it shows in the sky. I was able to clean it up with the adjustment brush in Lightroom.

Thanks for taking us the ride! Great photos!

[ramseybuckeye]

[reeftool]

Excellent shots of the farm. "Wooly Bully" will be rattling around in my head all day now.

[smf]

Thanks very much to Michigan-based close-up photographer Mike Moats for instruction and inspiration in workshops, his blog posts and elsewhere.

[paulh]

Thanks very much to Michigan-based close-up photographer Mike Moats for instruction and inspiration in workshops, his blog posts and elsewhere.

These leaf shots are very creative & nice!

[glennbp]

@ smf - Beautiful Fall leave photos Stuart!

@ ramseybuckeye - Fantastic shots! Love that wooly bull!

@ reeftool - Great photos and I miss my bike!