Welcome to Picture of the week #246 covering 23 December 2012 through 6 January 2013. Thanks to Nick Nero for an outstanding job of hosting an extra long POTW! This POTW 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. There are just so many splendid photos out there so let's see you post them to this POW 245

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 records of 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, 217 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, 237 pentaximus, 238 pentaximus,239 Paul, 240 Nick Nero, 241 Arnold, 242 Arnold, 243 Arnold, 244 Arnold, 245 Nick Nero, 245 ramseybuckeye

[Douge]

a cold walk in the woods after work today

Love the cute bird and the patterns in the ice.

[Racer X 69]

Makes no sense to me.

Looks like the markings of an underground utility locator.

[Douge]

Got tired of laying sick in bed , and decided to try out a feature on the K5 I hadn't tried before. I think this is what I was seeing when I had the flu
(Wow did everyone get the flu this year?)

[Lachy]

Got tired of laying sick in bed , and decided to try out a feature on the K5 I hadn't tried before. I think this is what I was seeing when I had the flu
(Wow did everyone get the flu this year?)

Woah, what's the feature you're using? Is this just a double exposure of sorts?

These are my first photos with my first DSLR, still have much to learn! Taken on a K30.

A friend of mine taking a few shots in a paddock we came across.


The sky earlier tonight, this is a bit over saturated but it looked incredible!

[Douge]

Woah, what's the feature you're using? Is this just a double exposure of sorts?

These are my first photos with my first DSLR, still have much to learn! Taken on a K30.

A friend of mine taking a few shots in a paddock we came across.


The sky earlier tonight, this is a bit over saturated but it looked incredible!

Yep, double exposure. Thought I'd try it out. Got the idea from here.

You Tube

You Tube

Lovely photos of the hay and sky. Beautiful colour and layers of the clouds. I always feel like pulling over to take pictures of the rolls of hay when I'm driving.
(The K5 is my first DSLR as well I still have to read through the manual! )

[Arizona Dave]

Here are a few from my 365 project.


1. A 30 second exposure of a fire may give a clue to what I got for Christmas.




2. As the sun went low behind us we head directly towards a snow storm on the Navajo Nation.




3. Saguaro Cactus




4. Miniature Rose




5. "[T]he said Constitution [should] be never construed... to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms."
Samuel Adams, Signer of the Declaration, "Father of the American Revolution"

[lukulele]

K-01 out for first few attempts w/ 50-200 WR. Pleased with the sharpness. Hope the primes help w/focusing w / 63yr+ eyes.

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Last edited by lukulele; 02-03-2014 at 07:21 PM.

[Douge]

Great photos! Cute kitty

I took more photos than usual this week because I'm trying to practice with the new camera
Here's a few more

[ramseybuckeye]

Got tired of laying sick in bed , and decided to try out a feature on the K5 I hadn't tried before. I think this is what I was seeing when I had the flu
(Wow did everyone get the flu this year?)

Looks like fun, but don't jinx us with that flu talk. By the way, welcome to POTW.

Woah, what's the feature you're using? Is this just a double exposure of sorts?
These are my first photos with my first DSLR, still have much to learn! Taken on a K30.
A friend of mine taking a few shots in a paddock we came across.
The sky earlier tonight, this is a bit over saturated but it looked incredible!

Congratulations on that K-30 and welcome to the forums and POTW. That's two nice pics to start with!

Here are a few from my 365 project.
1. A 30 second exposure of a fire may give a clue to what I got for Christmas.
2. As the sun went low behind us we head directly towards a snow storm on the Navajo Nation.
3. Saguaro Cactus
4. Miniature Rose
5. "[T]he said Constitution [should] be never construed... to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms."
Samuel Adams, Signer of the Declaration, "Father of the American Revolution"

Dave, what a a variety of photos and they are all good, I'm partial to #2, some reason I like photos with roads.

K-01 out for first few attempts w/ 50-200 WR. Pleased with the sharpness. Hope the primes help w/focusing w / 63yr+ eyes.

That's a cool sky in #1, and you must be boring that cat!

Great photos! Cute kitty
I took more photos than usual this week because I'm trying to practice with the new camera
Here's a few more

I like the street lamp, that would be a good subject to isolate.

From Today:
Ice Fishing:


White Tail Deer:


Norther Saw Whet Owls sleeping with head tucked:

[Douge]

Looks like fun, but don't jinx us with that flu talk. By the way, welcome to POTW.

I like the street lamp, that would be a good subject to isolate.

From Today:
Ice Fishing:


White Tail Deer:


Norther Saw Whet Owls sleeping with head tucked:

Thanks
Ah ice fishing. I like that one. Looks relaxing.
I don't think I've ever seen an owl before. But I remember one flew through my neighbours' window years ago.

Here's an isolated photo of the street lamp. This was the first day I used my K5
The only lens I've bought for it so far is the the Rokinon 35mm f1.4 MF. So I was practicing with it a lot.

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks
Ah ice fishing. I like that one. Looks relaxing.
I don't think I've ever seen an owl before. But I remember one flew through my neighbours' window years ago.

Here's an isolated photo of the street lamp. This was the first day I used my K5
The only lens I've bought for it so far is the the Rokinon 35mm f1.4 MF. So I was practicing with it a lot.

I really like the images you have submitted, I enjoy the subject matter and the composition is pretty good. And I'll have to say that lens is sharp, pretty impressive!


The new POTW thread is up, thanks to all who participated in this edition!

[Racer X 69]

Great photos! Cute kitty

Yes, nice cat. Looks like a scrapper. Notice the notch in his right ear.

And in this one here the cat appears to be saying, "OK, enough with the camera already! Let me back in the house, now!"

[jmschrei]

Thanks for hosting Tom! I got out for a winter walk in a forest this weekend and captured some scenes to explore Nik Software's Color Efex Pro with: