Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #285 covering 20 October to 3rd November 2013.

Many thanks to Alkazalsir 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,286StephenHampshire

Alkazalsir has asked me to host this week's POTW so here goes. My normal fare of Steam oriented pictures I am afraid!
Here's looking forward to the normal fantastic photos!

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/240192-weekly...#ixzz2iztuibL3

Morning Tornado | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Flickr: Arle Images' Photostream

Brit Power | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[StephenHampshire]

Some very nice shots, I particularly like Mecrox's low level/reflection shot and casil's leaves.....

[bucfan1234]

More great shots! Ones that stood out to me were the ant on the leaf, the high key dog in snow, and the reflections.

One More From Me.

Shrimp Trawler at Dawn | FED3 | Industar 61 | F11 | 4.5s | Fujicolor 200 Expired

[paulh]

Thanks for hosting Stephen - and nice photos so far this week. I've been absent from this thread for awhile, so I thought I'd pop in. These are all from a dogwalk on a brilliant October morning:

[lukulele]

Stephen, thanks for the continuing inspiration and hosting.
Well, retirement didn't last long as my old school begged me to take an interim position for two and a half months. I keep thinking K-3 but the financial director ensures direct deposit. Less than a week back and two football games, volleyball match, softball game, Jazz Band Brochure portraits etc., etc., and an homage to the B/W big band films of yesteryear with our band director plus the agony of defeat in a 2-0 middle school loss.

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[wolfiegirl]

love the shadows in that first pic, lukulele!

looks like i am on a roll this week.

put the tamron 90mm macro with a pka on the k-01 rather than the kx so as to reduce the amount of twisting required when shooting and carrying a baby at the same time.

am happy with the results.



i love that wash of bokeh colour. if i ever talk about wanting to get another macro lens someone needs to slap me



this one probably needs a bit of pp work to brighten up a little, but i love how 'real' the flower looks...

[wolfiegirl]

-Ok, I am seriously on a roll. Had a brainwave and dusted off my 103a tamron adaptall 80-210 this afternoon. My memory of this lens was that it was super sharp and I was right. Put it on my k-01 and off we went. Wolfiepup rides along with me on walks in her baby bjorn and often with the macro lenses i have to bend down quite sharply to get close to the subject. with the longer reach of the 80-210 I found I didn't have to creep up as close, which made for a more comfortable ride for wolfiepup.

There is a macro function on this lens, although I'm not sure if I can activate it or not. I basically just shot everything at 210mm.

Look at that bokeh!



There's a little bit of green fringing, but not much..



and some pyrethrum flowers to break it up a bit



and to top it all off, here's the wolfiepup, complete with her two budding teeth



and one from earlier this afternoon with the 17-70. LOVE 17mm..

[sjtryon]

[mecrox]

Those are super shots, sjtryon. I love them.

[StephenHampshire]

I like "Unsettled" particularly.

[lukulele]

A perfect Halloween morning for the drive in.

[mecrox]

A perfect Halloween morning for the drive in.

Wow!!!

[StephenHampshire]

I know I'm the host but here's one from Tuesday taken with the F50 1.7 I do like the rendering of this lens...

Chain Link | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Papa Lazarou]

First macro shot with the K-3 and D-FA 100 (handheld).

[noelcmn]

Congrats on your K3-looks super.

[bucfan1234]

Great shots everyone! That big band leader is a standout, excellent. Love the no skating in the flower bad sign, and the Charlotte skyline sure has grown.

Here are a couple more from the week.

Pentax Spotmatic | Helios 44-2 | Y2 | Arista.edu 100 | Caffenol C-H



Pentax Spotmatic | Helios 44-2 | Arista.EDU 100



ISO 12800 | Pentax K-r | Pentax DA