Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition, #310, covers 07 April - 21 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.

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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, 309 mecrox

View the previous POTW #309 covering weeks 31 March - 13 April 2014.

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

These are from an old village church I visited a couple of days ago:



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[jmschrei]

Beautiful old church there mecrox. How old is "old"? Out here where I live an old church is maybe 100 or 110 years old...

[noelcmn]

And probably a Church of England too, and a Low church as distinct from a high church??? Classic Protestant church, with the pulpit high and in one of the corners. i'd guess a few hundred years old.

Thanks for taking on hosting duties again Mecrox, just had a look through your portfolio of churches on Flickr. Some really good stuff!
While we are on old churches, this one perhaps not so old, but certainly derelict.


Was up early yesterday for ministerial duties, and had a quick excursion outside to see what the dawn was presenting


In the opposite direction was also some fantastic clouds-but building and trees spoiled what would have been a lovely pano. Instead I opted to use the 50-200mm lens which was on the camera to zoom in on only a part of that lovely sky.


And on Saturday, saw this


And this


So as you can gather, I am somewhat in the clouds- I'm off for a much needed holiday at the end of the week.

[mecrox]

Beautiful old church there mecrox. How old is "old"? Out here where I live an old church is maybe 100 or 110 years old...

This one likely started as a simple stone building around 800 years ago, quite likely with a thatched roof, which was then extended and embellished, mainly over the next three or four centuries or so. But it's also possible that an earlier, wooden church stood there first. The remains of a Roman temple have been found nearby, so who knows how far back the settlement goes. A village a couple of miles away with a Roman road passing through it has a church reputedly built over a shrine to a Dark Age saint. The only thing which survives of him is his name - Saint Domnanuerdh, if he really existed. That's back in Anglo-Saxon times. The small details are often more interesting - the faint remains of medieval wall paintings, lovely carved medieval woodwork or stained glass, etc. Anyway, "very old" i guess.

[ChatMechant]

Nice sunset at the beach, watched some dolphins with their two young following close behind. Hard to tell where and when they would surface, so not many keepers.

[mattb123]

Things are melting out around here. The valleys are pretty clear of snow and the water is rising but there's still a while lot of snow left up high.
K-3 & DA 40 Ltd


K-3 & DA 15


My son and I climbed up to some of that snow for a ski tour yesterday. Fun outing but we had some scary thundersnow and conditions weren't ideal. We will try again on a clearer day when the sun can soften things up a bit more.
K-3 & DA 18-135

[pentaximus]

We were in the Georgia mountains last week for a quick get away. Here is a little shot on the way there. A telephoto landscape with the long end of the 18-135 WR.




I'll try to post some from Blood Mountain later this week.

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[pentaximus]

Well, there’ll be no eclipse for me tonight. It’s raining here. Any of you guys having better weather for eclipse shots tonight?

[Cory Tarilton]

Climbed and skied Mt. Baker this weekend

First light over the Nooksack Valley


Howling wind on Pumice Ridge

[mattb123]

That looks great! How much vertical do you get out of that?

[mecrox]

Superb colours, @noelcmn! And very dramatic, particularly the last shot. I hope you have a very good holiday.

How great to see dolphins against a sunset, @ChatMechant. It would be a real rarity for me, though we saw some in Madeira in February.

That's a great set, @mattb123 with lovely colours and very atmospheric. A world away from where I am which is on the lowlands and all is turning sunny and green already, as in @pentaximus's capture. Lush grass, blue skies.

Those are amazing shots, @Beardedclam. The first is a knockout and the scale of the last two with those tiny human figures is very powerful. I really like your BW which strips things down to the action. A bit of a Wow set all round.

[Paleo Pete]

Some way cool shots showing up so far this week. Noel, the last 2 sunsets are excellent. Clam, that last mountain scene is one to brag about.

A couple from the past day or two.

Overcast, dingy bad lit morning yesterday preceding a rainy cold snap, and of course a Carolina Wren was still out perched on a branch and singing. Nothing slows these guys down...the only bird I heard all morning...



Iris in my mother's flower bed started blooming 3 or 4 days ago, I had to go grab the nifty 50.. (K50 f 1.4) Should have pulled the wildflower/weed behind it though...



Moon last night just as the earth's shadow covered it completely, just a sliver of light still showing. Only decent shot I was able to get, my eyes were blurry from watching a Red Skelton DVD and I couldn't see to focus well. Makinon 135mm lens at f5.6, ISO200, 1 second exposure.

[Cory Tarilton]

@mattb123 - We skied car to car, and were able to get just over 8,000' of continuous skiing with only a hundred feet of pole skating through some flats.

@mecrox - Thanks a ton. The sensor on the k3 compared to my old k7 is night and day. The dynamic range it is able to pick up, and the difference in not only definition but color rendition is unreal.

[noelcmn]

Thanks Mecrox and Paleo Pete for you kind comments. A few from today-Woke up early (as I usually do) and noticed it was very misty, put on some decent clothes and out onto the street with the Camera-not to be missed opportuniy. Never mind that I'm enhancing the reputation of the mad pastor from Newclare (where I live)




And this one legged Water Thick Knee

[StephenHampshire]

Two from this afternoon in my garden with the Tamron 70-200 f2.8

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