Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #272 covering 23 June through 7 July 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, 268 filoxophy, 269 mecrox, 270 mecrox, 271 mecrox, 272 Paleo Pete, 273 Paleo Pete

I had a wacko weekend, never had a chance to PM anyone to take over this time, so I'll keep it running for another week. We had some great shots last week, I hope to see many more this time around.

So off we go, I'll start with one I took this morning form my garden.

[Paleo Pete]

wolfiegirl - Glad you could join in, seeing some really cool shots this week. Your post is no exception, nice shots of the little one. They're a lot of fun at that age...well most of the time anyway...as long as they're someone else's...lol

I really like that last one though, great look on her face and I'm a sucker for a good B&W anyway...

[Papa Lazarou]

Took these this afternoon.

[wolfiegirl]

wolfiegirl - Glad you could join in, seeing some really cool shots this week. Your post is no exception, nice shots of the little one. They're a lot of fun at that age...well most of the time anyway...as long as they're someone else's...lol

I really like that last one though, great look on her face and I'm a sucker for a good B&W anyway...

Thanks Paleo Pete

haha, yes I know - adorable and fun. Full of giggles and smiles. But the min they start fussing and crying and waking through the night, you're more than glad to hand them over..... if only I could...

Another night of 1-3-3-4-2. That's hours between wakes... It's amazing I can even function. *slumps over keyboard*

@Papa Lazarou - another beautiful collection!

[mtux]

Thank Paleo for hosting,
I haven't been here in last weeks

Yesterday, it was raining, so for the first time I took K30+18-135mm WR under rain, and It was really fun for me
and here it comes:


The Bench (HDR)


Running under rain

[ramseybuckeye]

K-30 taken with the Q

[paulh]

paulh - some pretty cool looking shots there. hot enough for you? I'm just a few hours away in the Lufkin area. I've been inside all day...don't think I've even taken a shot today...gotta change that...

Thanks Pete, and yes it is plenty hot enough for me, too! Note that all my pics were shot at sundown, when it was 'only' 95F or so . We're enjoying a rare cool & rainy morning today though, hope you're getting some as well. Meanwhile I suggest finding some shade under those big pines in your area .

[mtux]

More contributions from me:
We were walking in a street that I spotted this advertisement, four boards are related to each other, I liked the idea, so tried to get all of the in one shot



It was my first time going down the streets and photographing strangers I think it was because of having DA 21 ltd attached ))
another one:

Bubble man



So far I like my new lens

[Paleo Pete]

Papa Lazarou - All nice shots, good job on the Damselfly. Those guys aren't easy, I've been trying to shoot them for several years. I think I like the white flower best, excellent shot there.

mtux - nice. I haven't been able to try the K30 in the rain yet, no WR lens. I like the composition of the first shot really well.

ramseybuckeye - That camera looks familiar for some reason...lol Maybe it's because I have one sitting beside me? Good shot form the Q. I've never used one.

paulh - No rain here yet, but it's looking like it will be here before long. We're actually getting rid of those big pines, between the bugs and the drought they are mostly all dying. One fell on top of my mother's house this winter, we had to fix the roof. A guy was here to cut it earlier that day but couldn't because of 40-45mph winds...a couple of hours after he decided climbing it was a bad idea the top broke out...I think he cut 5 down including that one, I'm still burning logs...and now we have a big dead Oak we're cutting to deal with, before it drops more limbs on the house. Big means almost 3 feet in diameter at waist level...and leaning in a bad direction...with very large dead limbs...that are directly over power lines...

most people would look at you funny if you said "only" 95°F...unless they're from around here...

[Paleo Pete]

mtux - You posted while I was typing. Cool new shots, great perspective in the first one. Looks like the new lens is doing well.

[mtux]

Thanks Paleo

[wolfiegirl]

@mtux - i like your street shots and that second sepia one. the last one of the soya bean and coconut guy - his stall looks really interesting!

[geomez]

The next POTW starts now and it's located here...

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/weekly-photo-challenges/231429-picture-we...ly-2013-a.html