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POTW # 320 22 June - 06 July 2014
Posted By: pentaximus, 06-29-2014, 05:32 PM

Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition # 320, covering 22 June - 06 July 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.

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, 309 mecrox, 310 mecrox, 311 mecrox, 312 Papa Lazarou, 313 Papa Lazarou, 314 lukulele, 315 lukulele, 316 cif, 317 cif, 318 mecrox, 319 mecrox

View the previous POTW #319 here

Thanks to mecrox for hosting the last two weeks and passing the honor to me.

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things around here, so I'm thinking "What better way to do that than to host POTW?"

I'm cheating by one day on these band shots, but I didn't get them uploaded to Flickr until today. I'm granting myself amnesty in this case. The band is the 77's, one of my all-time favorites. It turns out that all my shots this week are with the K-3 + DA 50/1.8.


Jamming on Woody
by pentaximus, on Flickr


Mike Rowe is Miserable 10
by pentaximus, on Flickr


77s set list
by pentaximus, on Flickr

My niece visited last week, so we went and played in the river. I was glad I went with the 50mm because it forced me to compose differrently than I would have with something like the 18-135 or 55-300. I would have been zoomed in as much as possible on this first one, but I like the scale of the kids versus the riverscape that I got with the 50.


Yellow River Trek
by pentaximus, on Flickr


Yellow River Trek
by pentaximus, on Flickr


Yellow River Trek
by pentaximus, on Flickr

I think she had a good time. Anyway, the ball is rolling. Let's see what else is happening out there!

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Bird watching at my Brother-in-Laws. A swallow heads back out for more food for the young ones in the house.

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Sorry I've not been around lately. Finally been out with the camera - I visited the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the first time on Friday. Terrific event for anyone with an interest in Motorsport.


























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Thanks for hosting this week..
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I'm confined to the house with a pulled hamstring at the moment, so I've been re-processing some old shots....

This was taken with my *istD nearly ten years ago but I've given it a new face-lift.

Cwm Idwal (North Wales)


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I've shot quite a few photos recently. Here's a sampling of some that I liked.
K-3 & Rokinon 8/3.5


K-3 & DA* 60-250 This is my friend Jefe on his way to victory in grueling race, the Tour Divide.


Then I went camping with my family in a beautiful spot not far from here.
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K-3 & SMC DA 15


K-3 & SMC DA 40


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@CRMassart -- Nice catch with the bird coming toward you! What were you shooting with?

QuoteOriginally posted by Papa Lazarou Quote
I visited the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the first time on Friday. Terrific event for anyone with an interest in Motorsport.
I've never shot this sort of event before, but it looks to be a blast. Maybe I can make it to a Road Atlanta event one of these days.

QuoteOriginally posted by dave kitson Quote
I'm confined to the house with a pulled hamstring at the moment, so I've been re-processing some old shots....
Sorry, Dave. Hope you're feeling better soon. Glad you found a way to hang out with us! It's often rewarding to revisit old material. Excellent processing there.

@mattb123 -- A fine series. I'm especially curious how you got that fox to stick around for a photo shoot!
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Got into something other than birds and insects this week.

Fawn



Doe and fawn



They finally decided to leave



This Carolina Wren got into the house, we have no idea how. I finally caught it and carried it outside, it sat there in my hand so I handed it to my mother and she held it for this shot.



She handed it back to me and it finally decided to fly away and is presumably now back to normal...

Dewdrop with K30, Makinon 135mm and 55mm extension tubes, with flash.



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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
@mattb123 -- A fine series. I'm especially curious how you got that fox to stick around for a photo shoot!
Thanks! The fox lives near this campground and cruises through looking for scraps pretty regularly. So it's pretty bold around people. I just watched and followed it for a few minutes and got some good shots from pretty close.
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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
@CRMassart -- Nice catch with the bird coming toward you! What were you shooting with?
A K30 with an old Tele-Takumar/Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 400mm F5.6 lens. It's a beast and with a K adapter all the lens info is upside down. I wish it had a tripod collar. If you nail the focus though it does produce a nice image. Thanks for the comment!
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Please scroll down to see "Bicyclists on The Bridge," which I saw while I was a first-time attendee at the annual River Roar at Bay City, Michigan. That image was processed in iPhoto and Photoshop Elements 10. I used a handheld Pentax K-x with a 100-300mm zoom for the images posted here. I captured many additional images during the boating action and at a downtown car show. It was a great day!






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They finally decided to leave
Billy, I like this one with the midair pose!

Papa, good job of panning on that fourth shot of your second set. It looks like that car was really moving, or you had a longer focal length? Either way, good work.

@smf -- Stuart, that is very nice PP on the bicyclists! Love the concept and your execution of it.
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I'm enjoying the fine shots on display here this week!
Here's Doc on the fence after a recent thunderstorm. Taken with a K10D & Sigma 17-70 v1. A bit of motion blur, but at least his face is in focus . Straight out of camera jpeg, resized only (xposted):
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I'm enjoying the fine shots on display here this week!
Here's Doc on the fence after a recent thunderstorm.
Paul, I glanced at what you wrote as my eye drifted to your photo. I thought you were saying that you are on the fence about a few of the shots on display this week!

Well, hopefully Doc likes what he sees here better than he liked that thunderstorm.
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A few more in the daily Osprey activities. Hope to have images of the two chicks out on their own in the next week. Last shot from end of runway.

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