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

[ramseybuckeye]

Just to kick it off, you may have seen these posted in another thread
Eastern Bluebird:


Red Breasted Nuthatch


Woodlands Stream:

[SpecialK]

Makes no sense to me.


They still have fans 50 years later...

[Douge]

Thanks for hosting ramseybuckeye. Love the cute birds.
Here are a few pictures from my first few days of owning my Pentax K5
I chose some Christmasy ones.

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[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting again, ramseybuckeye. Some very atmospheric winter and Xmas shots so far! Love them. Here are a few of mine. Until a couple of days ago, it was deluging with rain here and flooding - no snow though. My K5 and DA 16-50mm or smc-A 50mm f1.4.



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[Davidw0815]

Thanks for hosting, Tom! Love your winter set!

Last sunrise of 2012:

[mecrox]

Thanks for hosting, Tom! Love your winter set!

Last sunrise of 2012:

Wow, gorgeous pictures Davidw0815!

[ramseybuckeye]

Makes no sense to me.

They still have fans 50 years later...

Not sure I get that one either, but you are definitely the number one photographer to the star's graves. I'm not sure why, but I'm fascinated, I think they bring back movie memories. I can here Bela Lugosi in my mind!

Thanks for hosting ramseybuckeye. Love the cute birds.
Here are a few pictures from my first few days of owning my Pentax K5 chose some Christmasy ones.

Congrats on that new K5, I see you are putting it to use with a wide variety of subjects! I like that shot of the gargoyle on the corner post, really cool!

Many thanks for hosting again, ramseybuckeye. Some very atmospheric winter shots so far! Love them. Here are a few of mine. Until a couple of days ago, it was deluging with rain here and flooding - no snow though. My K5 and DA 16-50mm or smc-A 50mm f1.4.

Wow, quite the flooding in Oxford. Water looks like this week's theme, I hope you haven't personally got flooded. I've noticed the pouring rain in every EPL match I've watched the last couple of weeks. Stay dry and keep this good stuff coming!

Thanks for hosting, Tom! Love your winter set!
Last sunrise of 2012:

Spectacular colors there David! I assume these are from the famous DA15 that you have mastered! I really like the two totally different compositions of the same place from the nearly the same angle, well done.

[Davidw0815]

Wow, gorgeous pictures Davidw0815!

Thanks very much, mecrox!

Spectacular colors there David! I assume these are from the famous DA15 that you have mastered! I really like the two totally different compositions of the same place from the nearly the same angle, well done.

Thanks, Tom. I'm glad you like my images. Your are partially right about the lenses used: The first one was taken with the DA 15, the second one with the F 35-70 and the last one with the F 28. As you can see I did quite some lens changes in this short period of time ;-)

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks, Tom. I'm glad you like my images. Your are partially right about the lenses used: The first one was taken with the DA 15, the second one with the F 35-70 and the last one with the F 28. As you can see I did quite some lens changes in this short period of time ;-)

I wrote two compositions but mean all three are different, and excellent!

[photolady95]

I haven't played in this thread in a good while. So, I thought I'd post some I didn't want to add to PYP. Thanks for hosting Tom.





Christmas cactus I cared for a year. Bought it in November 2011.


The two roses, I was edting them while my internet tech was here. He saw the white one and asked if I took this photo and I said yes. He said it was beautiful, til I showed him my red one, he said Wow!. Then he said, your camera takes good photos.....And I said no, my camera didn't do that I did.

[ramseybuckeye]

The two roses, I was editing them while my internet tech was here. He saw the white one and asked if I took this photo and I said yes. He said it was beautiful, til I showed him my red one, he said Wow!. Then he said, your camera takes good photos.....And I said no, my camera didn't do that I did.

Nice photos and a nice response. I'm sure no offense was meant by the tech, but it's amazing how little people know about photography. I bet nobody ever watched an artist and said "your brush paints good pictures". It's amazing how often you here that stuff, people really think that. That's why there is so much pristine camera equipment in people's closets. And they will swear their P&S takes better pictures!

[photolady95]

When I told him I shoot Pentax because I think they are better at capturing what I see, he said, he'd heard that before about Pentax. Before he left, I said, my photos are for sale too, if you're interested.

[smf]

These are two of the many images I captured in December with the "new to me" SMC Pentax-F 100-300 1:4.5-5.6 I bought at the local camera shop. I participated with that lens in the "Single in December" activity at Pentaxforums, but I didn't post these two images there.
"Leaf in Icy Water" was processed in Nik Software's Color Efex Pro 4 (as a plug-in to Photoshop Elements).
You might want to view the photographs on black in the Flickr thread.
Comments and suggestions are most welcome — in this thread or by e-mail or personal message.
Best wishes to all.

[photolady95]

new to me" SMC Pentax-F 100-300 1:4.5-5.6

I like the leaf shot Stuart. Nicely done sir.

Per your lens. I bought that as my first autofocus zoom lens when I was shooting film back in the middle 90's. I bought it for $189 from Porters and sold it in 2005 to a friend for $75. I liked how it worked but at the time I sold it I lost my photo mojo.