Welcome to Picture of the Week #255 covering 24 Feb 2013 through 10 Mar 2013. Thanks to nosliwmit and all of last week's participants for their stellar work. 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 them here at POTW 255.

I haven’t taken any photos since last Sunday, so here’s the last photo I took (or at least the last one I kept) on 3/3. This is an old church in an area of Panama City called Casco Viejo (or Casco Antiguo), which is the second heart of the old colonial city (after the first colonial city, now known as Panama Viejo, was sacked by Welsh privateer/pirate Henry Morgan in 1671).

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, 251 Dr Orloff, 252 lukulele, 253 lukulele, 254 nosliwmit

[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting again, noslimit. More fantastic shots this week, I really love the toned and b/w ones especially Bear in the snow and the lonely lake by Konstanz, very beautiful. Skiing or sunbathing? It's all here. These are a few of mine, just local places around here or in London, alas no sun-kissed vistas or mountain views this week. All taken with my new MX-1 compact which is just what I want for a happy-snappy, go-anywhere cam:



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[nosliwmit]

We're on page 3 already and it's only Wednesday!

Casil403 - Great dog shots! I agree, they're frame-worthy.

Nick - I'm unlikely to get tired of looking at the Austrian alps. My very first experience downhill skiing was in Scheffau (around 1978, so that should date me...). I spent a fantastic week in Ramsau am Dachstein 30 years later and would love to go back.

Paulh - Nice shots of your kids and the horses. I particularly like the one of your daughter with the horse.

Mecrox - That MX-1 takes great photos--they're really crisp and clean (highly technical photographic terms; you can use them if you like!). I really like the B&W shot of the guys walking along the wall. You have so much gorgeous architecture to shoot over there (I'm sure you've heard about the ABCs -- another bloody church, another bloody castle, another bloody cathedral...).

[monoloco]

Since dogs seem popular, here's one of mine:

[wolfiegirl]

those london shots are lovely and evocative. especially like that black and white one.

here's a few more of the wolfiepup as requested. decided to dress her up today and do a little photoshoot. also got around to setting up the tripod, but it'll be another day before I use it. least it's out of its bag now.

this one not as sharp as i'd like. had the m50 1.4 on the k-01 and was moving around a little too fast to adjust the focus ring in time while she moved.

ended up sharpening a little in pp



luckily not all of them were slightly blurry. i swear she looks like a little buddah sometimes. lol.



poor little girl has no chin. lol. baby faces are interesting. they constantly change. does make you wonder what they'll end up looking like in the long run.

and here's some more ordinary stuff - obviously i was in a photograph-y mood today.

wolfieboy got me some flowers last week after a particularly trying night. they are now a little past it, but make for great photography opportunities.

tamron 90mm macro on the k-o1.

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[Nick Nero]

We're on page 3 already and it's only Wednesday!

Casil403 - Great dog shots! I agree, they're frame-worthy.

Nick - I'm unlikely to get tired of looking at the Austrian alps. My very first experience downhill skiing was in Scheffau (around 1978, so that should date me...). I spent a fantastic week in Ramsau am Dachstein 30 years later and would love to go back.

Paulh - Nice shots of your kids and the horses. I particularly like the one of your daughter with the horse.

Mecrox - That MX-1 takes great photos--they're really crisp and clean (highly technical photographic terms; you can use them if you like!). I really like the B&W shot of the guys walking along the wall. You have so much gorgeous architecture to shoot over there (I'm sure you've heard about the ABCs -- another bloody church, another bloody castle, another bloody cathedral...).

I´m glad to hear it brings out memories. Ramsau is about an hour east of where we stayed. And in my book 1978 is yesterday............ // Nick

[lukulele]

Since dogs seem popular, here's one of mine:

Classic snurl pose monoloco. Snarl and lip curl combined indicating either this is wonderful or don't mess with me.

[noelcmn]

those london shots are lovely and evocative. especially like that black and white one.

here's a few more of the wolfiepup as requested. decided to dress her up today and do a little photoshoot. also got around to setting up the tripod, but it'll be another day before I use it. least it's out of its bag now.

this one not as sharp as i'd like. had the m50 1.4 on the k-01 and was moving around a little too fast to adjust the focus ring in time while she moved.

ended up sharpening a little in pp



luckily not all of them were slightly blurry. i swear she looks like a little buddah sometimes. lol.



poor little girl has no chin. lol. baby faces are interesting. they constantly change. does make you wonder what they'll end up looking like in the long run.

and here's some more ordinary stuff - obviously i was in a photograph-y mood today.

wolfieboy got me some flowers last week after a particularly trying night. they are now a little past it, but make for great photography opportunities.

tamron 90mm macro on the k-o1.

Mega cute Wolfiegirl.

[Nick Nero]

Austrian bus stop in a light snowfall. As a change to all the mountain sides of late......................

[Nick Nero]

Since dogs seem popular, here's one of mine:

We have two labradors in the family and to me that is the look of suspicion. No doubt

[Douge]

Lots of lovely photos. I can't keep up!
Looks like you are having a great vacation Nick. Such beautiful shots.
And the MX-1 is looking great mecrox. My favourite is the blossoms with pink door.
Your wolfiepup is adorable wolfiegirl

I took some test shots with my new Rikenon 70-150mm f/4 zoom lens. (It was suggested by Jim-in-Oregon on the pricewatch thread) Got it for $65. The lens was quite dusty when I got it, so I spent some time cleaning it. A puffer, brush and lens pen worked wonders on the rear element.

The lens seems quite sharp to me. I must admit that I couldn't figure out how to get the aperture to work the first day! With my M42 lenes, I look for the "Auto/Manual" switch and the lens stops down right away on manual. With my Rokinon 35mm, it has a auto mode spot on the aperture ring. But the Rikenon didn't work the same way. I had it on TAv mode which I sometimes use on the M42 and Rokinon lenses.... (Wow i just realized how close "Rikenon" and "Rokinon" sound after writing them down lol). Anyway I asked for help, and someone suggested switching to M Mode, and that worked. I didn't think it would matter haha. I haven't had a lens like this one before. I thought it would be the same as a M42 lens. But was pleasantly surprised. It also has a little built-in hood.

I uploaded full sized test shots, but I guess flickr will not show them at full size.
I could see almost no fringing on the branches wide-open. This is with front-light. I only got fringing on harsh things like snow, and reflections on water.



The first day I wondered if there was an airshow on or something, because there were so many planes flying around. And around and around... When I looked at my shots, I noticed the landing gear down on one plane. So I guess there was some sort of problem/backup at the small airport.















Really liking the lens so far. Also, the focus ring isn't too stiff, so I can focus quickly.

[Nick Nero]

Lots of lovely photos. I can't keep up!
Looks like you are having a great vacation Nick. Such beautiful shots.
And the MX-1 is looking great mecrox. My favourite is the blossoms with pink door.
Your wolfiepup is adorable wolfiegirl

I took some test shots with my new Rikenon 70-150mm f/4 zoom lens. (It was suggested by Jim-in-Oregon on the pricewatch thread) Got it for $65. The lens was quite dusty when I got it, so I spent some time cleaning it. A puffer, brush and lens pen worked wonders on the rear element.

The lens seems quite sharp to me. I must admit that I couldn't figure out how to get the aperture to work the first day! With my M42 lenes, I look for the "Auto/Manual" switch and the lens stops down right away on manual. With my Rokinon 35mm, it has a auto mode spot on the aperture ring. But the Rikenon didn't work the same way. I had it on TAv mode which I sometimes use on the M42 and Rokinon lenses.... (Wow i just realized how close "Rikenon" and "Rokinon" sound after writing them down lol). Anyway I asked for help, and someone suggested switching to M Mode, and that worked. I didn't think it would matter haha. I haven't had a lens like this one before. I thought it would be the same as a M42 lens. But was pleasantly surprised. It also has a little built-in hood.

I uploaded full sized test shots, but I guess flickr will not show them at full size.
I could see almost no fringing on the branches wide-open. This is with front-light. I only got fringing on harsh things like snow, and reflections on water.

Really liking the lens so far. Also, the focus ring isn't too stiff, so I can focus quickly.

Love the colourful left behind toy on the white snow, Douge. One of these everyday things that once you spot them, they make wonderfull images. Sometimes even pack a little message or thought to be had. Good one. // Nick

[Nick Nero]

More snow. Having a coffee in a small village called Dienten I spotted this rather estetic formation of snow. It´s snow on the roofs of four rather tight standing houses and at certain angle this is how it came out.

[wolfiegirl]

Thanks noelcmn and Douge.

I also love that dirty toy in the snow. you should put that in the every day objects thread!

Had a hell of a night - wolfiepup's going through a growth spurt. No more photos methinks until next week. Just don't have the energy to edit. *sigh*

[Douge]

Wow that's a lot of snow! They must have some good roofs there! :P

Thanks, I thought it was interesting seeing the toy there since it was in the "forest". It must of washed downstream and some kids fished it out of the water and left it there. Oh, I haven't seen the everyday objects thread

This is where I found it by the stream.

[smf]

Thanks very much to all who post, to all to host, and to all who offer comments and suggestions to me.