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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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07-07-2014, 10:05 AM - 1 Like   #2
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Many thanks for hosting again, pentaximus.

Busy times here but fabulous summer weather at the moment. Here are a few from the past week:


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Happy 4th!
I got on top of a nearby mountain to get this shot of our little town's (Gunnison, Co) fireworks display. I saw a big moose while up there but didn't get a great photo of it as I was all set up for fireworks shooting. I didn't expect to see the moose so close to town!

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Cowgirl at a country music concert
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pentaximus - thanks for hosting.

These are from an afternoon/evening on a bridge close to the central train station in Munich.

Wrong camera, sorry.
ICE arriving @Munich

Wrong camera, sorry.

Antenna behind

Wrong camera, sorry.

Light for the Night

Wrong camera, sorry.

Hackerbrücke - S-Bahn abends

Wrong camera, sorry.

Letztes Abendlicht über den Geleisen

Starting off the thread with seven pictures is a nice thing, but having that many in the header post and thus loading with each page is not exactly in the spirit of the rules for posting in this kind of thread. Just saying...


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07-07-2014, 02:33 PM   #5
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Starting off the thread with seven pictures is a nice thing, but having that many in the header post and thus loading with each page is not exactly in the spirit of the rules for posting in this kind of thread. Just saying...
Point taken. As I said last week, I'm trying to get back in the swing of things around here.

@mattb123 – I guess photographers, like fishermen, always have a story about the one that got away.

@mecrox – Lovely scenes as usual, and I do love the coffee-drinking cat poster. So funny!
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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
Point taken. As I said last week, I'm trying to get back in the swing of things around here.
Me too, me too...

I just noticed that I accidentially posted pictures taken with the wrong camera.

I removed these .

Michael

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Been getting a few now and then but not much online time. A few recent ones...

Different for me, saw this guy climbing a tree and started looking for a good spot for a clear picture.



Built a bird nesting box actually intended for the Tufted titmouse. Have one for Chickadees, which they used this spring, and a Tufted Titmouse immediately started trying to peck at the hole to enlarge it so I made them one. Instead a pair of Prothonotary Warblers have moved in and judging by the increase in return feeding visits, I think they may have babies. The female does all the incubatiing while the male feeds her at about 30 to 45 minute intervals. Yesterday it went to every 5 to 10 minutes...Usually they nest on or very near the water, we're about 100 yards from a large lake so I guess that's close enough...

Here's the pair from a couple of days ago, I think that's the female going inside.



The male returning to feed her



And leaving



Yesterday, not sure if he's feeding her or babies...probably the female, I think most birds feed by regurgitating the first few days. I know several do, including woodpeckers and doves.



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Newbie trying

Hi all,
this is my first time joining with entry level DSLR (Pentax K-X)... hopefully can get some comment.

below is some of my newbie photo, hope you all not mind.

























My newborn bady:

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Different for me, saw this guy climbing a tree and started looking for a good spot for a clear picture.
Excellent wildlife as usual, Billy. How high up in the tree was the racoon when you got this one?

QuoteOriginally posted by Clou Quote
I just noticed that I accidentially posted pictures taken with the wrong camera.
Well this is a scandal-rocked edition of POTW! Just what are you doing in possession of the "wrong camera" anyway???

---------- Post added 07-07-14 at 10:28 PM ----------

@scomatic — Thanks so much for joining us! You have a wonderful collection of photos there. Your newborn is adorable! I know you will enjoy shooting with the K-x. It was my main camera for three years until I picked up the K-3.

Just a note – we try to limit the number of photos to 6 per post. Multiple posts are welcome during the week. I for one appreciate your enthusiasm to share with us here at POTW! Please post again and feel free to comment on other people's photos, too.
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QuoteOriginally posted by pentaximus Quote
@scomatic — Thanks so much for joining us! You have a wonderful collection of photos there. Your newborn is adorable! I know you will enjoy shooting with the K-x. It was my main camera for three years until I picked up the K-3.

Just a note – we try to limit the number of photos to 6 per post. Multiple posts are welcome during the week. I for one appreciate your enthusiasm to share with us here at POTW! Please post again and feel free to comment on other people's photos, too.
Oops...Sorry... i just know the limitation.
Anyway... thanks for warm welcome me.
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Oops...Sorry... i just know the limitation.
Anyway... thanks for warm welcome me.
Don't worry about it. We are glad to have you!
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July 4th fireworks

I am posting a few pictures of the fireworks that are taken during the July 4th celebration in US. This was taken from the parking lot at the Oaks mall - Thousand Oaks, California. There are 79 of these pictures loaded to Flickr. Including six of them here. The foreground that I had was very dull so I thought of concentrating on the patterns created by the fireworks using different settings. Please let me know your thoughts.











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Here's my out of focus but very candid set of shots.

Wearing Mike Harris's Canadian silver OIypmic medal from Nagano at the Celebrity Curling charity event in Valencia, California on 5th of July



With actress Kristy Swanson (the original Buffy the Vampire slayer, and now director).


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