Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #268 covering May 26 through June 9 2013.

POTW is a great spot to show off any shots you take in the upcoming week, or last week that you haven't processed until now. In other words, you can post your shots from this week AND last week.

Same rules:

1) No theme, just post your favorite pix.
2) 5 or less images per post just so the thread doesn't get too big.
3) Any Pentax or Samsung camera, film or digital.

The current host will invite a new host 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, 255 nosliwmit, 256 nosliwmit, 257 casil403, 258 casil403, 259 Davidw0815, 260 Davidw0815, 261 ruggiex, 262 ruggiex, 263 mecrox, 264 pentaximus, 265 pentaximus 266 SpecialK 267 SpecialK

Hey people, my name's Erick and this is my first time hosting POTW. First shot is veggie kabobs awaiting the grill on Memorial Day (May 27th). [K-7 + DA L 18-55mm] The second shot is from this morning as my wife and I were wandering through a nearby neighborhood-wide yard sale. [K-7 + A28/2.8] Wish I could have taken some more time with that building--I think there is more to be had there. Glad I got the plastic sheeting blowing in the wind though! I'll have to go back when my arms aren't full of yard sale junk. Well, not all junk...found a Ricoh KR5 Super with 50/2, 28/2, and 70-210/3.9 lenses for $35 total!

So there's my initial contribution. What have you all been photographing recently?

[Papa Lazarou]

K-5 IIS and DA 18-135 WR

[noelcmn]

Thanks Filoxophy, for hosting this weeks POTW. And congratulations on your first hosting duties. Its fun, and a learning experience, not to mention the benefits from seeing some of the techniques here.
Here's a contribution from, me, the first 3 are from my visit to the Johannesburg Zoo. Sorry, just out of the date range, but hope you don't mind, just have not had enough time to process them from last week. Still have not actually, and have only done these 3. Been a hectic week after one weekend off.
This Kookaburra had a problem with its beak.


And a Kori Bustard, a bird I regularly see in the Kruger National Park, but never this close, so I took the opportunity for a portrait.


A beautiful specimen of an Orangutan


And will continue with the theme from me from last week- some modern buildings in Johannesburg.
Here's a front view of that block of apartments.




And another angle on that glass building.


And found this fellow lounging in the sun-solid as a rock.


Have a great week everyone. Hopefully I'll get a chance for some pics this week.

[StephenHampshire]

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Green Cross | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Summer Evening Belle | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Same field same day, different direction and 10 hours apart!

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[tkj365]

Shot underneath the Tonto Natural Bridge outside Pine, Arizona. A beautiful hike, and a surprising sight to behold.

[SpecialK]

Friends of Steve McQueen car show...
Motorcycle used in The Great Escape, actually jumped by McQ friend and stuntman Bud Eakins.


BMW "art car".


Owned and raced by McQ.


Exact replica of Porsche 917 1970 LeMans winner.


Taking a break.

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting filoxophy. A very nice start with some really good images so far.
Saturday we went to a soccer game, this is with the DA18-135WR from the opposite end and cropped quite a bit:



It started to rain late in the game, my wife ran for cover with the masses, I had the K-30 & DA18-135WR.



I drove out to a place to check on an Eastern Phoebe's next to se if the eggs had hatched yet, they had not, but this eastern bluebird flew up and landed on the roof of the little shelter where the nest is.



On the way back I saw this guy mowing hay on his old tractor:

[filoxophy]

Great start, everybody--quite a range of styles and subjects so far!

@Papa Lazarou--Nice moment there of a couple of beautiful children.
@noelcmn--Love the head shot of the bustard. Funny how what's commonplace for one person is "exotic" to another!
@StephenHampshire--That train shot is awesome! Lively diagonals, good light, interesting subject.
@tkj365--Looks like you find a peaceful spot there. It's been too long since I've spent time in the American Southwest. Beautiful, sere country it is.
@SpecialK--That Steve McQueen bike is my dream. For now I'll have to settle with my scooter, haha. Some beautiful machines there.
@ramseybuckeye--The penalty shot picture is great. You caught the right moment for drama there. That bluebird is beautiful--I'm in a similar part of the country, but it doesn't look familiar to me. Probably just need to keep my eyes open, is all! An Eastern Phoebe is building a nest right above my parents' front door. They've taken to using the side door to give it some space.

Keep 'em coming!

[lukulele]

Thanks for hosting Filoxophy,
Kyle, this one's for you. I drove from the Naval Air Station at Brunswick, GA to Daytona in a 1961 VW to watch the real deal at the 1971 Daytona 24 Hour practice in the days before passes and security. The 12 cylinder at full song is unforgettable. Just digitized in tif to put into LR4 to clean the debris from the original Kodachrome. Also, the evening chief of security at our local alignment garage.

[arnold]

Filoxophy, thanks for hosting. A couple from me with the Pentax Q. One little house to phone from about the bigger house. Note the sign by the earthquake authorities, forbidding entry.

[smf]

Thanks for filoxophy for hosting and for starting the thread with such high-quality images. Thanks for everyone who has posted.
Here are two of the many images I captured at the Michigan Antique & Collectible Festivals (which will also be offered July 20-21 and Sept. 21-22, again in Midland) and two more poppy photos. The automotive hood photo was significantly tweaked in Nik's Color Efex Pro 4. Comments and criticism are welcome — by personal message or e-mail if you prefer either to commenting in this thread.
"I'm Rusty But I See Just Fine"

"If Cars Could Talk, What Would This One Say?"

"Poppy After Sunday Morning's Rain"

"Poppy's Central Character"

[Paleo Pete]

Thanks for hosting Filoxophy

Hawk on a wire from a couple of days ago. Haven't looked up which hawk yet...oops...



Scissor Tailed Flycatcher. Starting to see these pretty regular around here, so their range may be extending a bit. I've never seen them here at all until about 2 years ago. I'm seeing at least one pair, and have seen both at the same time several times, and have seen another pair several miles away at least twice. So we have some nesting ones here, maybe they'll be getting more numerous...very interesting birds, they catch insects in mid air and in the process they perform some of the most amazing aerial acrobatics I've ever seen.

[mtux]

Thanks for hosting Filoxophy,
This week started with animals, and here I continue it with some of them

Yesterday I went to a nearby park in Kuala Lumpur, and found several monkeys playing around, since I had just my nifty fifty with me, I had to get close to monkeys to shoot them better
here are a couple of results:









and the last one, several monkey in one shot


It's quite common here to see monkeys playing near people and getting fruits, breads and even biscuits from them.
And I admit it was a little bit hard to have them in focus with manual focus

[noelcmn]

Thanks for hosting Filoxophy,
This week started with animals, and here I continue it with some of them

Yesterday I went to a nearby park in Kuala Lumpur, and found several monkeys playing around, since I had just my nifty fifty with me, I had to get close to monkeys to shoot them better
here are a couple of results:









and the last one, several monkey in one shot


It's quite common here to see monkeys playing near people and getting fruits, breads and even biscuits from them.
And I admit it was a little bit hard to have them in focus with manual focus

That nifty fifty is an amazing lens, and here demonstrated in the hands of expert. Great shots. Risky business here in South Africa to feed baboons and monkeys, they become very aggressive, once the dependency upon humans has entrenched itself.

[dave kitson]

Went to the wedding of a friends daughter on Friday..

K5, DA12-24mm


dave k