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POTW #321 29 June – 13 July 2014
Posted By: pentaximus, 07-06-2014, 12:50 PM

Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition # 321, covering 29 June – 13 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, 320 pentaximus

View the previous POTW #320 here

It wasn't too very painful hosting POTW last week–mostly because you folks consistently submit really great stuff–so I'm back to host again.

I'll start with a few more from July 4th that I didn't show last week. My holiday was spent in the local towns of Oxford and Porterdale.



Oxford parade:


Mini car
by pentaximus, on Flickr

After parade at the Old Oxford Church:


Declaration
by pentaximus, on Flickr


The scene
by pentaximus, on Flickr

Inside the Old Church:


Old Church interior
by pentaximus, on Flickr


Concert outside
by pentaximus, on Flickr

Then to Porterdale for the evening:


Old gym
by pentaximus, on Flickr


Fireworks 17
by pentaximus, on Flickr

Okay, there are some starters that took about two hours for me to post because the computer is acting buggy! You guys take it away!
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Potw 321

Here are some shots with my K50 I recently got. I'm more of a noob photographer so...yeah














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Here are some shots with my K50 I recently got. I'm more of a noob photographer so...yeah
I see you're trying to share some flickr photos with us. Go back to flickr and click on the share icon for the photo you want to post. Then grab the BBCode—usually medium (800) or large (1024). Paste that code here and we can all enjoy your photos.



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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
Well this is a scandal-rocked edition of POTW! Just what are you doing in possession of the "wrong camera" anyway???
Well - take pictures. That's the disadvantage of two systems - one of it is Pentax (for more than 20 years now, if you just count the P-K bayonet it is actually 30 years as my first SLR was a Topcon RM300...) - I am using both....
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@smf , always good to see what you've been shooting.

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Kurilian bobtail kitten meets his father at first time
Welcome back to POTW. That's a very interesting encounter! Did the kid ever warm up to dad?

@acbc , welcome to POTW and thanks for the fireworks! I'm a fan of fireworks. I would love to hear about your approach. I have experimented with different methods of shooting them. This year I used a relatively quick shutter (1/25) and wide aperture (f4) while holding the camera. This method gave me somewhat minimalist shots like I posted last week and this week. Here's another example:


Fireworks 10
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Last year I used a focus blur technique which involves turning the focus ring during the exposure. That was interesting. Here's one of those from last year–2 seconds, f8, ISO 100.


Fireworks focus blur
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@formercanuck , I think I need to welcome you to POTW as well. It's great to have so many first-timers here, and I hope you feel quite at home and come see us again. Your shots are great for the memories they will hold. How many people can say they've had an Olympic silver medal around their neck??? That's pretty cool.

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Excellent wildlife as usual, Billy. How high up in the tree was the racoon when you got this one?
Thanks. About 20 feet, I was about the same distance from the tree. Never did get a really clear shot, no matter where I went I had leaves in the raccoon's face...
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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
I see you're trying to share some flickr photos with us. Go back to flickr and click on the share icon for the photo you want to post. Then grab the BBCode—usually medium (800) or large (1024). Paste that code here and we can all enjoy your photos.
Thanks man! Appreciate the help
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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
@acbc , welcome to POTW and thanks for the fireworks! I'm a fan of fireworks. I would love to hear about your approach. I have experimented with different methods of shooting them. This year I used a relatively quick shutter (1/25) and wide aperture (f4) while holding the camera. This method gave me somewhat minimalist shots like I posted last week and this week. Here's another example:
@pentaximus - I was shooting fireworks with a DSLR for the first time so I went through 5 -6 videos in YouTube to learn - out of which this one was the shortest and comprehensive.
I used low aperture F11+ for most of the shots used ISO 100- 200, Camera(K 50), 18-55mm WR lens on tripod in bulb mode with cable release.I was able to get the desired result after 4 - 5 shots.
I tried to compose by releasing the shutter when one is about to explode and closing after a couple of explosions. My intention was to capture the pattern created by the long exposure. I couldn't try out high shutter speeds.
Thanks for sharing that tip on focus blur - the image that you posted looks awesome. Maybe I should also try out some of these techniques next time.

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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
That's a very interesting encounter! Did the kid ever warm up to dad?
Thanks! Today they are the best frends. Father gently cares about the kitten .
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Thanks man! Appreciate the help
Fantastic! Glad to help. And also glad that everyone can see your fine photos.

QuoteOriginally posted by acbc Quote
@pentaximus - I was shooting fireworks with a DSLR for the first time so I went through 5 -6 videos in YouTube to learn - out of which this one was the shortest and comprehensive.
How to Photograph Fireworks - YouTube
I used low aperture F11+ for most of the shots used ISO 100- 200, Camera(K 50), 18-55mm WR lens on tripod in bulb mode with cable release.I was able to get the desired result after 4 - 5 shots.
I tried to compose by releasing the shutter when one is about to explode and closing after a couple of explosions. My intention was to capture the pattern created by the long exposure. I couldn't try out high shutter speeds.
Thanks for sharing that tip on focus blur - the image that you posted looks awesome. Maybe I should also try out some of these techniques next time.
Very good! That's a great technique. Looks like you developed a good feel for working the shutter. I love your shots!

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Thanks! Today they are the best frends. Father gently cares about the kitten .
Hey, a happy ending! Thanks for the update.
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Thanks Kevin for another week in the saddle. A few from a working trip to the future home base painting, flooring, toilet, ceiling fans, and so on. Our parade consisted of a John Deere B and a hay wagon for the kids. The Blue Ridge Escarpment is about thirty yards behind the wagon with quite an abrupt drop to the valley below. The Blue Ridge Parkway (MP 218) is just to the left of the hay field. Motorcycles are coming from all over North America to do the curvy two lane thing all day long this time of year.

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I'm just checking in to let everyone know that this thread is still active! Thanks @lukulele for your shots. Love the big, round hay bales. They're a beautiful scene here locally as well.

I've been busy painting...


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The sponge isn't for any kind of fancy painting I'm doing, but rather for cleaning up my messes.

We've still got a couple of days left in this week's POTW, so keep the photos coming!
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The carnival came to the neighborhood. Kind of fun, but it gets tiresome. Always good for some photos at least.

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Thanks for hosting pentaximus. Yet another kitty pic from me this week -
Taking a peek (xposted)
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Love your kitty pic, Paulh, and the three from lukule - the final one of the hayfields is so like scenes round here at the mo, similar-looking country
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