Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition, #312, covers 21 April - 4 May 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.

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.

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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, 310 mecrox, 311 mecrox


View the previous POTW #311 here: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/258250-pictur...il-2014-a.html






OK here we go with another POTW.


Visited Windsor Castle on Easter Monday. Weather was a bit hit and miss, but managed a few shots.





























Looking forward to seeing everyone's pics.

[geomez]

Papa Lazarou, I love that last pic of yours

I took these pics over the weekend at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas.



Actual wall with blood and bulletholes from the Saint Valentines Day Massicre









Note the moire effect in this pic is due to the resizing. Clicking the pic will link you to a larger, moire free version.

[atupdate]

My daughter is in the cast of Les Mis at her high school. I've only processed about half of what I shot during the dress rehearsal.

All images shot with my K-r and Promaster 28-200mm.



A little motion blur, oh well.


My daughter center








Tim

[cif]

[atupdate]

Visited Windsor Castle on Easter Monday. Weather was a bit hit and miss, but managed a few shots.

The last shot is stunning. The B&W conversion is perfect.

I took these pics over the weekend at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas.

Interesting series. That was a fascinating time looking back but I'm not so sure I would think that if I lived it.

@cif: Where were these taken? The cliffs in the second image are impressive.

Tim

[cif]

The picture was taken on the Danube river, on the border between Romania(right side) and Serbia(left side). The monastery name is Mraconia.

[Clou]

Thanks to Papa Lazarou for hosting.

A little play with a sculpture representing an exploding bubble and the DA 10-17

Platzende Blase - Überblick



Durch die platzende Blase



Angeschnittene Kugel

This is a reflection fo the sculpture in a window (compare with the picture shown above):

Doppelreflektion

Michael

[Paleo Pete]

Thanks Papa Lazarou for hosting

A few from the past couple of days with the K30.

Cardinal in the birdbath



First butterfly macro of the year, dime sized Clouded Sulphur K series 50mm f1.4 & 30mm extension tube, natural sunlight.



Damselfly on Low Hop Clover Also the K 50mm and no flash



Dandelion just opening up. Not sure but I think it was just the 50mm.



Small bird from a few days earlier, I think it's a Yellow Warbler but no positive ID yet, I forgot about it...200mm Vivitar M42



Dime size mushroom beginning to dry out, K50mm f1.4 and 30mm extension tube, natural light.

[SpecialK]

Thanks for hosting!

Bugatti things.

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting Papa, and for that brilliant display of Windsor Castle pics! I won't comment on every post because they are all good, what a great start to the week. I went to a photo walk event Saturday at a park about two hours away, but I left home with abiout five hours to get there via the back roads. Country road bridges have come a long way.

[atupdate]

I went to a photo walk event Saturday at a park about two hours away

Tom
Were these taken in Northwest Ohio? That covered bridge could be worth a visit in the fall. Nice series.

Tim

[ramseybuckeye]

Tom
Were these taken in Northwest Ohio? That covered bridge could be worth a visit in the fall. Nice series.

Tim

Tim, they were closer than you think, the first three in Logan County, The covered bridge in Union, the old barn in Madison and the new bridge on the Madison-Franklin line. Let me know if you want specifics. You can find the Covered Bridge here, there are actually two other covered bridges really close, and according to that may others not too far away. I know I'm going pretty close in June for a wedding that I'm going to shoot for my nephew, so I'm going to scout it earlier. I would really like to get back in the fall if we get some good color this year. The dry weather of the last few years has kind of "dulled" the fall. That bridge sits in a pretty scenic spot.

[Paleo Pete]

Had to add a couple.

The bird that got me into bird photography...a bit of background...

Before I really got into photography much, I used a Yashica rangefinder 35mm my brother loaned me a bit. I lived outside Bryan Texas in the boonies, and along our driveway, about 3/4 mile, was this Roadrunner that I would see several times a week but always eluded me. I was clueless that the 50mm lens I was using wouldn't work well unless I was 4 feet away, but never did manage to get a shot of that Roadrunner. Then I got a Pentax KX and a 70-210, and was still unable to get the damn thing to let me close enough, the only shot I ever got he looked like a little gray smudge on a 4x6 print...

So yesterday I'm sitting in a lawn chair draining a bottle of water not paying much attention and saw motion. A neighbor had told me she saw a roadrunner a couple of weeks ago, I had watched a little but no sighting, then there the damn thing was 20 yards in front of me across the front yard. I managed to get a half dozen shots, here's the one that I think was second.



Cropped, otherwise no editing. I considered sharpening it, decided to leave it alone. But that's my first time ever to get a decent shot of a Roadrunner.

Also got a couple of good shots of another favorite, a Scissor Tailed Flycatcher. If you've never seen these guys, they can maneuver in the air like nothing else when they chase flying insects. This one let me get closer than they normally do, about 20 feet away at most.



And a first sighting for me, an Orchard Oriole not yet into adult coloring. I found out looking it up that the males in their first year are not the burnt orange color I expected to see, but yellowish.



I still haven't gotten a decent shot of an adult yet...

[SpecialK]

Tiny sample from the baseball exhibit at the Ronald Reagan museum.

Bob Feller baseball.


Sultan of Swat.


Used to be more.


Lou Gehrig stats.


Sandy Koufax glove.


Jackie Robinson gallery.

[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting, Papa Lazarou. That Bugatti - I mean wow. And good to see a Roadrunner, so that's what they look like. I still support Wil E Coyote. Here are a few of mine from out and about:



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