Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #285 covering 21 September through 27 October 2013.

Many thanks to Noelcmn  who hosted last week’s POTW thread.

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, 275 geomez, 276 geomez, 277 mecrox, 278 mecrox, 279 mecrox, Noelcmn, Noelcmn, Noelcmn, Noelcmn, Alkazalsir,

Noelcmn asked me to host this week's POTW so here goes. I will start us off with a few that I shot around the house today. I have really enjoyed seeing pics from around the world and am really looking forward to seeing what y'all come up with this week.

[StephenHampshire]

Two from last night (19th) - a full moon!

By the light of the Silvery Moon | Flickr - Photo Sharing!



Night Rails | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[jmschrei]

My life has been stressful lately, zapping my creative energy, right through the height of the fall colour I'm afraid. However I took the camera into the yard for the start of fall cleanup and caught a little bit of remaining colour.
Both K-5 + DA 35 Ltd

[ramseybuckeye]

Two from last night (19th) - a full moon!

Awesome Stephen, just awesome.

My life has been stressful lately, zapping my creative energy, right through the height of the fall colour I'm afraid. However I took the camera into the yard for the start of fall cleanup and caught a little bit of remaining colour.
Both K-5 + DA 35 Ltd

Beautiful pics Joe, hopefully getting some good photos helps you lose some of the stressful feeling.

[ramseybuckeye]

I've had a busy weekend hitting a nature preserve, driving around and scouting for the full moon, and shooting the full moon Friday night and a a walk in the woods today. And watch some college football, MLS, and EPL between.

[noelcmn]

Thanks for hosting Alkazalsir, and already some super pics here. I like the statues Alkazalsir, and I must ask- pumpkin put there deliberately? Its a nice touch. Stephen, as usual, super train shots from you, that first one is amazing. Tom, I am loving your contributions from your trip to catch that Super moon. You and cows That Barn shot is super-B/W works well.
Had a bit of time last week, so the clicking was good. Here's a start, as I'm still processing some the shots.
Johannesburg from a Stadium


Had a brilliant double Rainbow on Saturday, and grabbed the Camera to catch it-I'm so sorry I did not take these with the use of a Tripod. Anyway, I am happy with capturing one of God's wonderful nature displays.




Some Abstracts-another colorful shot with some water drops


And another water drop-saw this bubble in the water drop, and promptly too a few shots-again without a tripod-I'm naughty on that score.


Have a great week everyone.

[Alkazalsir]

Stephen - Great night shot of the train. I spent 36 hours on a train one time and loved it. It's a great way to travel (if you have the time). Brings back some fond memories.
Jmschrei - Stress hasn't done away completely with the creative side. Love the contrast in that second picture. Life and death so perfectly portrayed. Great shot!
Tom - Looks like Amish country. Black and white really does make the barn shot stand out. Am wondering how it would look with a color extraction. Just one of those Hmmm moments. Those Holsteins are a lot of fun. Reminds me of grandpa's milk cows. (And just for fun, did you hear that West Virginia outlawed the round bales of hay)?
Noel, The statue is in front of the neighbor's house, two houses down. They had pumpkins all over the place. The little one's in the bowl just kind of caught my creative eye. All great pictures but especially love the double rainbow. Don't worry about not using a tripod. I use one only when I am doing portraiture. Otherwise, I tend to miss the moment.

Looks like we are off to a great start, keep them coming.

[noelcmn]

I seem to have left out Joe from my previous comments, my apologies Joe. Defiantly Green is superb. I like it.Lovely details too. And here's hoping that whatever is causing the stress will be sorted out, and your creativity gets going again.

[gifthorse]

Lessee...Friday was spent just wandering around watching people.

Vertically stitched panorama. The spot near the top is a climber.

Saturday was an art festival.

Sardine car.


Art appreciation 101.


Dancing

And then off to the desert for some alone time.

Nuthin' here but dust and coyotes.

[Alkazalsir]

Gift Horse, I feel the same way about Art Appreciation. The dust and coyotes is more my speed. Love the contrasting colors of the big city but the simplicity of the desert is more to my personal tastes. I haven't ever been able to actually shoot stars so they look like stars. Great shot. Looks like a great place to get away.

[wolfiegirl]

thanks for hosting alkazallsir!

what a great collection of shots this week! am about to grab my morning nap but thought i'd quickly post this from wolfiepup's breakfast this morning. her tongue is covering it, so you'll have to take my word for it, but she has two little buds along her bottom gum. that's what's been keeping me busy for the last week and a half. *shakes head*

i love that she has a curl on her head though. wolfieboy keeps on quoting, 'there was a little girl, with a curl on her forehead...'



taken on the kx, 17-70. will comment and post more later.

[SpecialK]

By the light of the Silvery Moon

Nice!

Thunderfest/MusicFest in Covina. Somewhere around here I lost a spare SD card...




MAVTV IndyLights 500. Hard to get cars at 212MPH, so this was during a caution...I did a rookie fubar making movies with my P&S - got none :-(


The annual Japan-America Society of Southern California kite event at Seal Beach. Noticed I was missing my lens cap even before getting to the beach...(I have since found it at home).

[lukulele]

Local architecture from days of yore in The Lost Province. K-01/F35-70

[lukulele]

Thanks for hosting Alkazalsir. Sun and Moon off the Blue Ridge escarpment and Parkway.

[sjtryon]