Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition, #309, covers 31 March - 13 April 2014 . 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. Many thanks to atupdate for hosting the previous POTW, #308.

Some rules:
1) No theme, just post your favorite pix.
2) 6 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, 289 Bucfan1234, 290 nosliwmit, 291 wolfiegirl, 292 wolfegirl, 293 ramseybuckeye, 294 ramseybuckeye, 295 josh-fuggle, 296 mattb123, 297 jcdoss, 298 jcdoss, 299 Papa Lazarou, 300 Bucfan1234, 301 Bucfan1234, 302-noelcmn, 303-noelcmn, 304-noelcmn, 305-noelcmn, 306 noelcmn, 307-atupdate, 308-atupdate

View POTW #308 covering weeks 24 March - 06 March 2014

OK folks, another great week coming up so over to you!

[pentaximus]

Hi, strangers! Thanks for hosting, mecrox. Long time no see!

It seems like every third March or so I pick up a new camera. Last time it was a used K-x. This time it's a brand new K-3. I like how this is going. So, I'm getting to know this beast of a camera. I also got the 18-135 WR lens. Bring on the rain...or the pollen, rather!

These first three are with the 18-135.

I love the colors I'm getting from these K-3 RAW files. This is straight from the K-3 via Aperture, no PP.


Dead water snake. Again, no PP.


Minimal PP here, just a WB tweak.


The rest of these are with the DAL 55-300. Here's the pollen.


Scary sight standing on second base!


And here's my nephew.


Thanks for letting me join in the fun.

[pentaximus]

Okay, I'm starting to wonder if my breath stinks or something. It's 5:30 on Monday evening. Where the heck is everybody?

[mecrox]

Lively shots there, Pentaximus, congrats on your K3 and 18-135mm. Great colours. Must be really nice to have.

I guess others will turn up at some stage. Er, I mean I hope so. We'll soon see

[SpecialK]

Thanks for hosting, Mecrox.

I have about 1,300 vacation shots to work through, but here are a few.

The musical instrument museum in Phoenix. Everything you could think of, and more...


Casa Grande ruins.


Biosphere 2.


Sabino Canyon.


Tombstone.


Neon Boneyard.

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting sir mecrox!

Hi, strangers! Thanks for hosting, mecrox. Long time no see!

It seems like every third March or so I pick up a new camera. Last time it was a used K-x. This time it's a brand new K-3. I like how this is going. So, I'm getting to know this beast of a camera. I also got the 18-135 WR lens. Bring on the rain...or the pollen, rather!

These first three are with the 18-135.

I love the colors I'm getting from these K-3 RAW files.
Thanks for letting me join in the fun.

Congratulations on that new camera and lens. I got the 18-138 with a K-30 about a year and half ago and love it, it's a great lens. I've shot in rain many times, pollen too. Looks like your doing well with that beautiful K-3.

I've had a few weeks of relative inactivity, just too busy. I kind of made up for it this weekend.

[paulh]

Thanks for hosting mecrox! Some high quality images posted so far. I've kind of forgotten about this thread, so here's a few to compensate...
Been using the "vintage" gear lately (actually most of my stuff is "vintage" ). Here's a few *istD shots, the first two with the A35/2.8, and the 3rd with a K55/1.8.

Spring is most definitely here:



Spring also means unstable weather:



...but also colorful blooms:

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[jcdoss]

I was going to post a couple photos, but something really stinks around here, so I'm gonna go find something else to do.

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Wesley and I took a walk around Weston Bend SP in NW Missouri the other day. There wasn't much to see, yet I had my K30 and K135/2.5 with me, so I had to take photos of something!

Tree trunk and roots in B/W



Barbed wire fencing is consumed by the tree


Finally, some dead leaves. Wow, what a day? I kind of liked how the LR infrared preset rendered this with a sort of dreamy look. Grain was also added.

[noelcmn]

I agree with you JcDoss, there's a stench around here. The poor fan on the computer is struggling . Lovely to see you here again Pentaximus, and some shots of the kids! That one of the kid and his hat is so special! And the rest of the gang here, some super shots. Thanks Mecrox, for taking on hosting duties. Here are some from me!

[Bill2849]

These are from a trip to Ocracoke National Seashore last Monday:











And a few from the ferry ride back to the mainland the next day:

[mecrox]

I hope you had a great vacation, @SpecialK. Certainly looks like you were busy! 1300 images is a serious trove. I love the picture of the Wild West stagecoach.

Great set there, @ramseybuckeye. I love the first picture. We don't have birds like that here. If I saw one, I'd probably think it was a pheasant - but the birds in your picture look too sinister to eat!

Yes, @paulh, spring is here and it is fab. Cameras come outside time. All those bright colours, light skies and, as in your last shot, all the flowers and the bokeh! Bluebells should be out in the woods here in a week or two.

Nice B/W set there, @jcdoss. I love B/W and I would rather like that K 135mm too, it seems a great lens. I do like the last picture using the IR preset. It is dreamy. I've started to add a bit of grain to my own pictures, having got hold of some presets designed to give the look of classic BW films.

That is a super set, @noelcmn - bright, sharp and full of pop! The one with the three bottles of Love is an absolute classic, brilliant.

[SpecialK]

1300 images is a serious trove.

1,300 is what I had left when I posted these. I've already gone through about 750 :-)

[mecrox]

Great set, @schnitzer79, with the fish-eye effect. I wonder where you took them? I love the old-looking bridge, very graceful.

Those are beautiful, peaceful shots, @Bill2849. It must be a special place. The egret (heron?) is a great one and the grey horse is just lovely. We've booked to do down to a fine stretch of coastline here in southern England but not for another month.

[schnitzer79]

Great set, @schnitzer79, with the fish-eye effect. I wonder where you took them? I love the old-looking bridge, very graceful.

Those are beautiful, peaceful shots, @Bill2849. It must be a special place. The egret (heron?) is a great one and the grey horse is just lovely. We've booked to do down to a fine stretch of coastline here in southern England but not for another month.

Thanks mecrox. I live in Cyprus, so these were taken at a nice location in the mountain area. Fish-eye pics were taken with the Samyang 8mm whereas the others using the Sigma 24-70 f2.8. Still experimenting with the Sammie since it was my first outing using it.

[jcdoss]

Schnitzer, I like the last one taken under the bridge (trolls' eye view?) quite a bit. Nice set!