Welcome to the Picture of the Week #236. Big thanks to pentaximus for hosting the previous POTW.

Welcome to a Halloween edition of POTW!

This week covers 21 October to 04 November, 2012. That lets you show off any shots you took last week but haven't processed until now. In other words, you can post your shots from this week AND last week.

POTW is a great place to show what you've been shooting day-to-day. We can share ideas, learn from one another, and have a good time.

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, 236 pentaximus

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting Pentaximus, you're doing a great job, great pics!

Runegutt123, sweet Northern Lights photos.

Dog Walker, welcome to the forums, I hope you sumbmit that dogs on the tree stumps to Pentax Photo gallery, it's a winner!





Trying out the Kiron 28/2 for Single in Nov

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[wolfiegirl]

@ramseybuckeye: i like that first one! very minimalist.

native orchids are now out.

all taken on the kx, tamron 90mm macro with a pka mount

[Nick Nero]

Thanks for hosting, pentaximus!

Two images I took yesterday:

Two excellent samples of two different genres there. The bottom one stands out for me. I think I actually feel the crisp cold on the surface of my screen when touching it. // Nick

[Nick Nero]

Thanks for hosting Pentaximus, good stuff so far this week. Here's a few more backyard shots (I need to get out more!)

Saw these a couple of days ago, fell in love with the first one and thinking I would come back to comment on it....I totaly lost where it was I´d seen it. Must have spent over an hour yesterday trying to find it without any luck. So, was I happy to come across it now There´s many things to like about it but what it more than anything does for me is challange my fantasy. I so wanna grow abit taller so I can see beyond that fence and perhaps even dare jumping it and go exploring what´s on the other side. One for keeps for sure. // Nick

[Nick Nero]

Hey everyone,
This is my first photo sharing experience, and of course it is a challenge! Got my first DSLR 6 weeks ago, a pentax k-7, to take and share photos of the dogs I walk,
Here's a few,
Hope you like them as I do!
Cory

Last one give me the shivers.......Stephen King comes to mind // Nick

[Nick Nero]

didn't get to a computer last week.

couldn't sleep this morning and managed to catch a sunrise.

still on the pentax smc 45-125f/4. this is a stitched panorama with all shots taken at 45mm open wide on the kx.

Nice silhouettes and good depth. Felt drawn in. You should do more sunrises // Nick

[Nick Nero]

First one´s a full moon I struggled with on Wednesday night. The white you can see left of the moon is an aeroplane. Went off the highway and onto a small country road to find peace and darkness to rig the tripod for the shot. Turned out a car passing like every other minute and an aeroplane crossing the sky as often. Anyway, it´s the 18-135 lens as I that´s what I had with me, HDR and with polarizer. No PP.

The other two are details from a dead old tree from the same day and a play with PP.

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[TheJeremyNix]

[lukulele]

Sunset Contrail Convergence

[paulh]

Saw these a couple of days ago, fell in love with the first one and thinking I would come back to comment on it....I totaly lost where it was I´d seen it. Must have spent over an hour yesterday trying to find it without any luck. So, was I happy to come across it now There´s many things to like about it but what it more than anything does for me is challange my fantasy. I so wanna grow abit taller so I can see beyond that fence and perhaps even dare jumping it and go exploring what´s on the other side. One for keeps for sure. // Nick

Thanks so much for the nice words Nick! I used an *istD and a new-to-me M28/3.5 lens for that shot. I just love the tones I get from this old manual lens, aided by some nice evening light. I really like your moonlight shot, btw - nice work! I need to try my luck with night photography, but I'm too lazy to drag out the tripod

[paulh]

Sunset Contrail Convergence

Nice one! I've been seeing quite a few of this type of scene lately, also at sunset, but never have my camera handy. You captured this one beautifully.

[ramseybuckeye]

These were taken with a Kiron 28/2/

[lukulele]

Nice one! I've been seeing quite a few of this type of scene lately, also at sunset, but never have my camera handy. You captured this one beautifully.

Thanks Paul,
An interesting stop the car, change lens, run up a cemetery perimeter and hope for the best. When I returned to the car, a couple pulled in beside me and asked "could I get a copy of that?"

[jmschrei]

We have had snow on the ground for several weeks now. Here is a fallen leaf. (DA 50-200 WR)



And others that are still on the tree with a bit of a tilt-shift effect. (DA 21 Ltd)

[noelcmn]

Thanks for hosting Pentaximus. Another fine selection of shots this week. A contribution from me

Little Egret


Visited a Pet shop-This young Iguana gave me some opportunity for a reflection shot


X-posted from Never Ending Story-this bottle made of wire and beads. This has become a popular curio business for many-many artists are springing up just about everywhere. Its cheap and if you have the time, then when why not?






And a short visit to a smallish airport