Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #288 covering 27 October to 10th November 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.

Some 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, 280 Noelcmn, 281 Noelcmn, 282 Noelcmn, 283 Noelcmn, 284 Noelcmn, 285Alkazalsir, 286 StephenHampshire, 287 StephenHampshire, 288 wolfiegirl

Last week's POTW for reference: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/241565-weekly...-november.html

I am your friendly host this week, and will try my best to restrain myself from daily postings of wolfiepup.

And in that vein, to start us off, here are the subjects that used to take up all my photography days before wolfiepup came along. My two wolfhounds, who are staring morosely at wolfiepup who is giggling away out of frame with wolfieboy. My poor puppies. They used to be the apple of my eye, and now are just....



tamron 80-210 103a, k-01

[lukulele]

Schoolyard Color

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Last edited by lukulele; 10-04-2014 at 06:52 AM.

[tessfully]

lukulele, I just love that first one… wonderful!!

[tessfully]

From today's walk….

[tessfully]

Old Dreamer waits while I photograph the scrap metal and derelict cars

[ramseybuckeye]

What a great week of photos, Lisa your ram photo is my favorite non wolfiepup photo of the week. I think we're all enjoying the adventures of wolfiepup!

There is actually water under the leaves in this stream:

[K David]

High-tension wires and clouds. K-7 and SMC-M 50mm 1:1.4. No cropping. Post-production included some color balancing to remove a strong magenta cast and a very gentle unsharp mask.

Unrelatedly, Tesfully, your dog photo is really incredible.

[bucfan1234]

Great shots so far!

Last night we got our earliest snowfall on record. I know this amounts to much of nothing for many of you, but for us, this is quite the big deal.

Country Chapel | Carolina



Mums



Fishing? . . . Anyone? . . .

[noelcmn]

Unrelatedly, Tesfully, your dog photo is really incredible.

Quite right-but then again Tessfully has been doing this for a while now-I call her the Dog expert photographer.

Another round of super shots again- starting with Steven's wonderful Blue Mountains. And then the adorable MADAM Wolfiepup-Oh yes, I'll happily shake hands. New name perhaps Wolfiegirl- how about Smiling Pawpaw . And then there are those stunners from Lukulele, and more stunners from Tom, and K.David and Bucfan1234. Ooh I like that chapel shot. And being non-American, I'm intrigued by that fishing.. anyone shot? What is that? I am so enjoying the Autumn/fall shots here, while enjoying excessively hot weather-32degrees C. I do not like heat, so vicariously I'm with our northern hemisphere Forumites-in spirit at least. There is some relief from the heat, the daily "highveld" thunderstorms, around 16:00 and which are typically violent, with lightning, sometimes hailstones (Monday there were reports of hailstones the size of golf balls), and lots of rain, all of which endures for half an hour or so, and then its back to sunshine and heat. Horrible storm last night, poured buckets-hailstones included. So keep them coming- the fall shots I mean-bumper edition already for this POTW. I'm sure it has to do with that cutie Wolfiepup-heart stealer.

[wolfiegirl]

Schoolyard Color

Just gorgeous, lukulele! Such vivid colour!

Old Dreamer waits while I photograph the scrap metal and derelict cars

Beautiful. So sharp too!

I think we're all enjoying the adventures of wolfiepup!

Awww.. nothing a parent likes to hear more of!

Unfortunately I have none of her to show today. I had to go out to the optometrist so wolfieboy got to babysit. I checked in around 2.30 to see how they were going and was told she refused to go down for her nap and stayed up for an additional hour and a half. yikes. Things will be back to normal tomorrow, so will see if we can get some more cute shots before the week is done.

High-tension wires and clouds. K-7 and SMC-M 50mm 1:1.4. No cropping. Post-production included some color balancing to remove a strong magenta cast and a very gentle unsharp mask.

Nice one, David! Great work on the PP. I like how the sun comes up behind the tower. Makes for something a little different from your usual tower shots.

Fishing? . . . Anyone . . . by bucfan1234, on Flickr

ooOOoo I like this one, bucfan! I know what you mean about snow. We hardly ever have it where I am, so it's always an extraordinary event when it happens!

... And then the adorable MADAM Wolfiepup-Oh yes, I'll happily shake hands. New name perhaps Wolfiegirl- how about Smiling Pawpaw... I'm sure it has to do with that cutie Wolfiepup-heart stealer.

Pawpaw.. *Snarf* That's actually a tropical fruit. Sometimes it is known as papaya. But I've always heard it call paw paw.

Her latest trick is to steal my food. I came home and got out a piece of bread to eat. I'd picked her up and she was in one arm. She reached over and grabbed my bread out of my other hand and started munching on it (!). I retaliated by eating a strawberry, whereby she took the bread out of her mouth, put it on me, and grabbed the strawberry instead. Sheeesh.

[noelcmn]

Smiling Pawpaw here is a compliment- especially for someone that smiles a lot. Some who loves by the motto-Keep smiling- costs nothing and does a lot. That's Wolfiepup!

[tessfully]

The quality of shots in this thread is amazing… classy, interesting, dramatic and beautiful.

Wolfiegirl, this weeks P-52 weekly challenge is Sepia. Any one can play, any shot taken this week submitted by Sunday. Your pups would look gorgeous in Sepia. Actually, there are a few photos in this thread that would be awesome conversions.

[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting, wolfiegirl. Wow, quite some thread this week. It must be nearly a record. And so many stunning nature, wildlife and landscape shots from so many people as well as some great portraits and still life photographs. Here are a few of mine. I've only had one chance to get out there in the past ten days, with my Pentax MX-1 as it's so easy for trips to the big bad city.
















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[dave kitson]

Was out again today, but this time they saw me coming....



davek

[bucfan1234]

More great additions since I last posted!

Here's one more in the fall theme from my neck of the woods.
On the Forest Floor

[wolfiegirl]

Smiling Pawpaw here is a compliment- especially for someone that smiles a lot. Some who loves by the motto-Keep smiling- costs nothing and does a lot. That's Wolfiepup!

huh! there you go! i learnt something new funny how the same words have completely different meanings across the globe

Wolfiegirl, this weeks P-52 weekly challenge is Sepia. Any one can play, any shot taken this week submitted by Sunday. Your pups would look gorgeous in Sepia. Actually, there are a few photos in this thread that would be awesome conversions.

Thanks for the heads up, tessfully! Will play around with what I have and see if anything pops out at me. I've never really done much in sepia. Might be interesting to see if I can push my boundaries a little

I've only had one chance to get out there in the past ten days, with my Pentax MX-1 as it's so easy for trips to the big bad city.

ooOOoo! what a gorgeous sky in that first pic. And that violinist with the cute little kid! And that saxophnist! love the gritty sand around him. makes it all look so desolate. and the grains are so sharp!

Was out again today, but this time they saw me coming....

still pretty cool, dave!

_IGP6263-Edit.jpg by bucfan1234, on Flickr

that's lovely! what a great pop of red! it's a flower right? but so low to the ground! it makes me think of a stuffed red pepper.