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POTW #258 18 Mar 2013 through 31 Mar 2013
Posted By: casil403, 03-24-2013, 07:13 AM

Welcome to Picture of the Week #256 covering 18 Mar 2013 through 31 Mar 2013.
Thanks to me...lol for taking on the hosting duties last week. I had such a crazy busy week last week I was not here as much as I would have liked to have been to comment on all your great photos and I was also unable to reach out to another host for this week so you are stuck with me again!
If you would like to host next week please send me a PM, otherwise I will be asking you. POTW is a great spot to 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 25...especially not that spring/fall is here depending on which side of the equator you live on!
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.

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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, 255 nosliwmit, 256 nosliwmit, 257 casil403

I'll start with a couple I took last week:
Petro Canada tower with an abstract twist:


The Bow building as seen trough a fish eye lens:

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03-24-2013, 10:46 AM - 2 Likes   #2
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Spotted in my back garden after 2 days of snow..



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Thanks for hosting, Lisa & I like your b/w work! Love the frozen meerkats, Dave

I took the K10D & A35-70/4 to a local park last week - lots of blooming things to be found there...









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Wow...I wish we had flowers blooming in Calgary but we've still got snow on the ground and the high here today is 0/32C/F! I'm thinking not for another 6 weeks at least will we see a flower here!

Love the meerkat play Dave...for a millisecond I thought they were real!

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From a mini meetup at Descanso Gardens on the busiest day of the year for them...









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I spent much of Saturday at a local event called the Winter Raptorfest. Falconers and wildlife rescue people had many birds on display did hunting demonstrations. Mostly shot indoors in a barn, I played with several lens combinations with mediocre results. I finally settled in with old reliable, an M135/3.5. I got a decent collection of keepers using the excellent high ISO on the K5, sometimes up to 12800 and the pop up flash as a filler when I was close enough.

A young Red Tail Hawk. She's a little less than a year old and doesn't have the trademark tail feathers yet. She was rescued in the fall. She has adapted well to the training and her handler has been teaching her to hunt. ISO 6400.


ISO 400 and the pop up flash.


An owl. I don't remember the type. ISO 12800.


A Kestral, a fairly small Falcon common in Upstate NY.
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Love the photos so far...

For me, another weekend, another hike hoping to catch some waterfall.







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Sweet shots so far...Love the raptors, reeftool, the day out Special K, and the waterfall ruggiex!

I took my dog on a big walk on the weekend with the camera and caught a shot of the pergola on the deck of the local community center.

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Casil, I love those photos that don't look like photos at all. That shot of the Petro Canada tower threw me for a loop for sure. I have a similar picture, but it wasn't taken this week. I love all the other pictures, too, especially Dave's meerkats. They look befuddled.

I went to a spring festival last weekend, and had some fun people watching. Isn't it funny how dog owners tend to resemble their dogs? The dog is a 10-year-old therapy pug named Muppy. There's a strange resemblance here...

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Some fine shots thus far, everyone! Especially love Richard's birds. Cool creatures.

The first day of spring led to an impromptu roadside stop for a wade in the river. Thankfully last week was warmer than the last five days have been. Brrrrrrr! These are all K-x + Rokinon 85 f/1.4 except the flower shot, which is Pentax F 35-70.

In a (mostly) monochromatic mood...













This had to be in color so you can see the mud!



And how 'bout some bright and cheery spring color before I go?

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Nice shots everyone. Liking the water and flower shots. I was looking at photos from this time last year, and everything was in full bloom here. Now there is still snow on the ground

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Some more from the Raptorfest. There were some outdoor demonstrations.



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Fantastic photos! This is my second post on the forum. I took this photo a couple of days ago and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
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Welcome Maria to POTW and Pentax Forum. Great to have you along. Like that 2nd photo you posted here. Keep them coming.
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