Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #274 covering 14 July through 28 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, 274 geomez

The only photography I've done over the weekend was my neighbor's 2nd birthday party...

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[SpecialK]

Thanks for hosting, geomez.

San Diego Botanic Garden.
Cockroach arm.


Stalking a (real) butterfly.


1952 Jaguar XK 120 judging.


Model kit collectors.


Part of a bench at the Bloch Cancer Survivor Park, San Diego.

[lukulele]

Great Birthday image geomez and thanks for hosting.
The Carolinas have been inundated with heavy rains for three consecutive weeks so sun has been a rare commodity. Three of us get together infrequently for a week to build period furniture pieces. This bracket clock was the prototype for this year built by the gentleman chiseling one of a run of four more in Black Walnut. Although the casework is new, the lower dial face is actually a late 18th century English piece. Unfortunately I was gluing resawn heart pine beams making four rustic table tops for a relative.

[mtux]

Thanks Geomez for hosting

@SpecialK the Cockroach just caught my attention, It's really big, I didn't see one in this size.

Sunday evening we happened to sit in a Latin American bar/cafe in Kuala Lumpur, they had music and live dance, Here is the one shot I managed to get

[ramseybuckeye]

The only photography I've done over the weekend was my neighbor's 2nd birthday party...

Thanks for hosting geomez, and nice photo to start the proceedings, maybe it's the glasses, but the neighbor looks like Tina Fey.

San Diego Botanic Garden.
Cockroach arm.
Stalking a (real) butterfly.
1952 Jaguar XK 120 judging.
Model kit collectors.
Part of a bench at the Bloch Cancer Survivor Park, San Diego.

Kyle, nice variety and all good, that cockroach is big, but that butterfly is huge (or a very small child)

The Carolinas have been inundated with heavy rains for three consecutive weeks so sun has been a rare commodity. Three of us get together infrequently for a week to build period furniture pieces. This bracket clock was the prototype for this year built by the gentleman chiseling one of a run of four more in Black Walnut. Although the casework is new, the lower dial face is actually a late 18th century English piece. Unfortunately I was gluing resawn heart pine beams making four rustic table tops for a relative.

I think we're finally out of the rains here, pretty odd for July. I didn't know you had such talent besides photography. That finished case is beautiful, it's nice you can find old faces to use. Do you put key wind movements in those? Very nice swallowtail shot too.

Sunday evening we happened to sit in a Latin American bar/cafe in Kuala Lumpur, they had music and live dance, Here is the one shot I managed to get

Cool shot, you did a great job of catching the movement.

[ramseybuckeye]

Some from a bike ride yesterday, we saw a lot of different light in 4 miles.

Just as we left town these clouds were blowing up from the east.



Some flare and rays from a bike ride with the Q, the sun coming across this freshly mown hay was hard to resist. I had a CP on the lens and it helped some.



Just a few minutes later rode around the corner and one of the most vibrant rainbows appeared. As I dug the Q out of my pocket I accidentally put the camera into a mode that shot in bright and jpg, but it really doesn't look that different that it was with that special light you sometimes get with storms. Fortunately (since I had the Q and not the K-30) we only experienced sprinkles:



The other end, only this end had the double rainbow and they were broken in the middle:

[geomez]

Thanks for hosting geomez, and nice photo to start the proceedings, maybe it's the glasses, but the neighbor looks like Tina Fey.

Haha she definitely does in the picture more so than in real life. I hadn't noticed.

[mtux]

Just a few minutes later rode around the corner and one of the most vibrant rainbows appeared. As I dug the Q out of my pocket I accidentally put the camera into a mode that shot in bright and jpg, but it really doesn't look that different that it was with that special light you sometimes get with storms. Fortunately (since I had the Q and not the K-30) we only experienced sprinkles:

Very nice rainbow
Colors are so vivid at first I thought it couldn't be real )

[mecrox]

Lovely shots everyone and thank you for hosting geomez. Reminds me that I haven't actually seen a rainbow for far too long. Here are a few of mine during a week of amazing summer weather, pretty rare in these parts:

Castle Hill, a Bronze Age hilltop fort near here:

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A cavalryman of 1812, part of the "Battle Prom" company which gave a fab open air concert at Blenheim Palace with canons, fireworks,
the 1812 Overture and much picnicking:

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"Peace in the Park", an annual festival near here in a converted stately home and garden.

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From the Flower Porn Palace, but a particularly nice rose

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A comma butterfly

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[Dr Orloff]

Good variety of images. That's some cockroach! The butterfly shot is lovely Mecrox. Here in France we have had the Bastille Day fireworks, two different locations on consecutive nights:

[mecrox]

Wow, Dr Orloff, those are amazing fireworks. The colours in the second shot with the reflections in the lake are wonderful.

[geomez]

Love the fireworks!

[mtux]

Oh, The fireworks shots are great Dr Orloff
I like the one that captured moon alongside fireworks, very well done.

[lost.echo]

Took this picture on a recent hike with my K-5

[SpecialK]

Some more.