Welcome to Picture of the Week #251 covering 27 Jan 2013 through 10 Feb 2013. Douge has passed the baton to me, this is my first time hosting so I hope I do a decent job. Thanks to Douge for holding fort for so long. The last POTW definitely had an emphasis on cold, but apparently an oversized rat in Pennsylvania has said that's spring's coming so let's see if he's right. I hope his influence extends to France. If you would like to host next week please send me a PM, otherwise I will be asking you. 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, tell stories, and have a good time. There are just so many splendid photos out there so let's see you post them to this POW 251.

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, 246 ramseybuckeye, 247 ramseybuckeye, 248 Douge, 249 Douge 250 Douge



I'll kick off with a couple of shots inspired by the last monthly comp here. Taken with the K55mm f1.8, it's a great lens, everyone should have one. Same subject, different angles:

[jmschrei]

Thanks for taking on hosting duties Doc. Already a wide range of shots posted here.

The weather has been really nice here lately (above freezing even). Here are some shots from a weekend walk:

[Douge]

Wow wee! Everyone has been busy! So many great pics already!
Those are lovely flowers Adrian.

Beautiful Sunset Tom. I love the different shapes of the clouds in front of the sun.

Is that from the Destroyed dam SpecialK?

I like the different shades of blue and green on the ice Dave

Great action shots Richard. I see that GoPro video camera hehe. So it's cold enough there for all of those cars to be on the lake? Maybe that spot is shallow? Here in southern ontario it's been cold and then very warm, on and off again. Everything keeps melting. I miss driving our ATV on the lake from when we were kids

Nice perspectives Michael. That DA 12-24 handled it well

Yikes that must of been scary Nick :'( Great pictures of that Bridge!
The stem coming up from the flowers do give a look of depth to the shot.

Lol Arnold! (bridge joke )

That is a beautiful whispy plant Joe. Like delicate feathers.

[Douge]

Here's a few I took on my daily walk after the snow. I seem to enjoy taking pictures of that little stream.




The snow here is kind of curling under the roof.

[reeftool]

To answer the question, yes, it was cold enough. This was my position. During breaks, I would get into the car and warm up. Even after last weeks rain and couple of warm days, there was 16 inches of ice. Still, I felt safer parking on the sandbar. It gave me a good view of turn 4 although a little further away than I would have liked. It warmed up to a balmy 20F with a pretty good breeze that made it feel colder. My K5 with a Sigma 70-300. That lens is a little soft at 300 but I needed to stay close to the car. I'm hoping to get a couple more races before spring.


A little motion blur on this one. I wasn't paying attention and I was shooting in Av and my shutter speeds got slower later in the day. Some of it may have been me shivering.

[Dr Orloff]

Blimey, checked back here and there's been a lot of activity already. Nifty work and all good stuff. Plenty of plaudits above. No need to repeat what's been said but a few that really caught my eye to add my tuppenceworth to.

Ramseybuckeye, wonderful sky and you found good compositions to make the most of it. I really like the first one. How refreshing to see a more traditional and natural semi-silhouetted look, rather than a ton of fill light or hdr.

The Munich underground shots really are top notch. It's difficult to believe that these are f4, there's so much sharp detail throughout. Great set, dififcult to pick one out but I like the emptiness and precision of Obersendling-Ubersicht.

I like those chunks from the dam, there's some good potential there.

And a very nice selection of close, landscape and event snow and ice shots too.

[lukulele]

Thanks for hosting Doc. Early morning color mix and a retirement gift from my students.(It rained lightly before the paint dried)

[paulh]

Thanks for hosting Doc. So many great photos this week! I'm a sucker for sunset/sunrise shots, so I esp. enjoyed Tom's 1st barn shot, and lukulele's shot above (congrats on your retirement!)

I took these snaps of a fast-developing storm last week. It looks deadly, but we really didn't get much rain or wind locally. But the system moved east and did create some problems in Alabama & Georgia...




I dabbled in some b/w processing to bump up the drama factor...

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[vanhenry101]

i am still a pk mount...

[Clou]

Thanks!

The exposure time was up to 1/13th - still no issue with SR switched on.
When using the DA 12-24/4 at 12mm with f/4 the hyperfocal distance is 180cm. As long as you don't need to have things much closer sharp there is no need to stop down. I did not use a tripod, so this was a compromise...

Three more (I actually have a few more taken with the X10, but that would be off-topic here):


Fürstenried West - Abfahrt


Here you can see quite well that a rectilinear lens can have quite nasty distortions on the border thanks to the correction, just look at the rightmost pillar and remember that the cross-section of the pillar is square.


Aidenbachstrasse - Bahnsteig und Spiegel



Forstenrieder Allee 1


Michael

[Dr Orloff]

Congratulations Lukulele on your retirement. Less work means more photography, which can only be a good thing. I like the gift, beats a carriage clock.

That's some sky Paulh.

Nice oof rendering on the toothbrush shot Vanhenry.

Thanks for the info Clou, the 12-24 doesn't have a hyperfocal scale so I never really thought about it before. I would have just assumed that f4 wouldn't be enough so it's a really useful snippet. The lens performs well wide open too, I only really use it stopped down for landscapes.

[lukulele]

Congratulations Lukulele on your retirement. Less work means more photography, which can only be a good thing. I like the gift, beats a carriage clock.

That's some sky Paulh.

Nice oof rendering on the toothbrush shot Vanhenry.

Thanks for the info Clou, the 12-24 doesn't have a hyperfocal scale so I never really thought about it before. I would have just assumed that f4 wouldn't be enough so it's a really useful snippet. The lens performs well wide open too, I only really use it stopped down for landscapes.

Thanks for the encouragement Dr Orloff. We really enjoyed the Q photos of your menagerie, especially the bacon eater. I ended up ordering a second Q last night for myself.

[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting, Dr Orloff. Not much going on here this week by way of gorgeous sunsets or crystals of ice (darn, as these are lovely shots on here). Only had a chance to get out once or twice. K5 + DA 70mm:



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[Douge]

Great pictures everyone!
Just wanted to mention, I love this website: Found Film If anyone recognizes the people/locations, let them know
I have one of those old brownie hawkeye cameras.. I vaguely remember seeing old undeveloped film as a child...

Supposed to be quite a snow storm heading this way.

Here is one of the photos I took for the "P52-5-9 Composition/Perspective — Low Angle Shot". Just have to figure out which one I want to use.

[daacon]

Some great shots as always. It's been forever since I posted in here , I remember the first one . It's time to remedy that so here we go a few from a recent walkabout.

Click on image twice for larger view

Recent warm temps have the main roads clear .....


Everyone who lives here needs one of these !


Park Benches are out of bounds for a while yet.


11 Shot Pano of the frozen Wetlands


The not so rare and anoying Magpie one of the few species that toughs it out here year round ...


Does anyone remember the show Twin Peaks ? I like to call this Suburbia Peaks ....


And we end with warm temps makes the snow nice and sticky perfect for snowman building ....

[russell2pi]

I just LOVE those interiors, Clou. Well done.