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

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting nosliwmit and for sharing that beautiful photo to start the thread.

Yesterday I went to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area. It was supposed to be partly sunny and dry. I think there were two minutes of sunshine and it snowed most of the time. So most of the photos are long range with a "snow filter".
I'm not around the water all that much, so Northern Pintails are a new one fro me:


Red Tailed Hawk:


Northern Saw Whet Owl:


Various Waterfowl:

[ruggiex]

Thanks for hosting. Caught this on my hike yesterday.

[noelcmn]

Nosliwmit, thanks for hosting a second week. There were some fantastic images in last weeks POTW, but I was too late, so I'll post some here. Hope you don't mind, but these are from WPD, 23rd Feb, and some from 24th, which falls within the time frame of this POTW. Already some great shots, especially that opening salvo there nosliwmit.

Johannesburg has a small section of a double deck highway, probably about two hundred meters or so. Tried to capture that in the early morning.


Here's two shots of Johannesburg, one from the south and one from the east





A barn somewhere North East of Johannesburg


Cooling Towers- I knew the son of the guy that designed these towers.


Nelson Mandela Square

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[Davidw0815]

Thanks for hosting this week's POTW, nosliwmit!
Already a lot of great images! I especially like Tom's image of the hawk and Noel's image of the cooling towers. Really great work, guys!

Last night I went with to a nature reserve near Konstanz. There was no moon so it was very dark and thus composing quite difficult. Basically I had to crank up the ISO and take test shots in order to save time. Couldn't even go down to ISO 100 for the final shots...

[SpecialK]

[lukulele]

Thanks for round two Tim. The backwater in our town park along the river. Nice start folks.

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[Douge]

Great shots everyone!
Your photos bring a smile to my face Tom Especially the Northern Pintails and cute Owl.
Great day!

Also: Wish i was this guy :P
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/168447217/bird-sighting-record-broken-in-canada

[dave kitson]

Lovely day for a walk round the local lake (Chasewater).



dave k

[nosliwmit]

Looks like we're off to a roaring start again!

I'm particularly envious of Tom's owl shot (having seen so few of them), Andy's halo shot (good thing you had your camera with you Andy!), Noel's cooling towers and David's water-reflection shot. Great water shots also from Lou and Dave. Right now there are huge flocks of waterfowl in Panama City so I really need to get out there and add some more water and fowl to this thread before the week's out. Lovely cars, Kyle--I love the red Batman-looking thing (and is that a blue T-bird in the background of your first shot?) and the grille-work on the bonnet of your 2nd photo.

Keep 'em coming!

[StephenHampshire]

A fair bit of PP on this one, but why can't you have fun once in a while????!!

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[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting this week's POTW, nosliwmit!
Already a lot of great images! I especially like Tom's image of the hawk and Noel's image of the cooling towers. Really great work, guys!

Thank David, I'm admiring your phpto with the round bale, I have to keep myself on the road, I feel like I should shoot every foeld with round bales in it.

Great shots everyone!
Your photos bring a smile to my face Tom Especially the Northern Pintails and cute Owl.
Great day!
Also: Wish i was this guy :P
Bird Sighting Record Broken In Canada : NPR

Thank Douge, I saw that article too, reads like the guy is almost a professional time bird watcher.

Looks like we're off to a roaring start again!
I'm particularly envious of Tom's owl shot (having seen so few of them),

Thanks, I spent last Winter studying on owls because I had not seen one since I got a camera., made a few trips to the owl wintering area at Killdeer Plains, and came up totally empty except for an owl that someone tipped me on last January. Then in May I saw an Owlet in a nest at Magee Marsh, very far off though. Then we went to the Ohio State Fair last August and there were 3 injured owls on display, I only had my 10-24 zoom along but still got some good photos. This winter I went to Killdeer Plains to the owl wintering area have seen Saw Whet owls a couple of times, I think a Barred Owl which I thought was a Saw Whet until I seen one up close and saw how small they are. And then I saw a Great Horned flying through a woods, and I'm pretty sure I saw another owl flying Saturday morning. So keep it up, it will happen for you if you're persistent.

A fair bit of PP on this one, but why can't you have fun once in a while????!!

I like train images too, especially yours Stephen, we don't have steam engines here, so it's great to see them.

[lukulele]

A fair bit of PP on this one, but why can't you have fun once in a while????!!

Sir Lamiel | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Why it's the Southern Crescent in England, Stephen! Same paint, striping, and font and just as spectacular. Hope you can get to North Carolina and see the NC Transportation Museum before our politicians try to close it. The Southern Railway's (US) maintenance shops halfway between Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA in Spencer, NC. Stephen, because of those train shots I ordered the Sigma 50-150. Howard Fogg would be envious of your billowing clouds.

[SpecialK]

Lovely cars, Kyle--I love the red Batman-looking thing (and is that a blue T-bird in the background of your first shot?) and the grille-work on the bonnet of your 2nd photo.

The Batman-thing is actually called a Streamline, though the museum does have the Batmobile and Batbike in the Hollywood Star Car section. That is indeed a Thunderbird in the background, though this was Corvette weekend - a special exhibit. All 5 of the 1940 BMW's Kamm coupes were hidden and subsequently lost in Germany. This is an exact replica.

[wolfiegirl]

what a gorgeous selection of images this week!

thanks for hosting again nosliwmit!

love the birds, ramsbuckeye, and i really loved the low light shots David!

That power station one looks super cool too, noelmcn.

Life around our place is pretty boring. It's wolfiepup, wolfiepup, wolfiepup. My subject matter doesn't seem to change.

This was taken yesterday morning.



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