First, I want to congratulate Tess on her wonderful winning shot in last weeks challenge. She is unable to host the challenge this week and she asked me as runner up to fill in as the host this week.

My challenge this week is something we photograph often and complain the most about. The dreaded power lines! Very often we see the comment, "Beautiful landscape but too bad about the power lines". They're everywhere. We spend money on software and plug-ins to remove them and hours in PP trying to get the shot "right" after removing them because they rarely appear in plain blue sky only. So my challenge is to see some photos where the power lines are in a photo and actually add to the composition to make it look right.
So lets see some nice shots where those power lines, towers and poles work to make the shot better, not just something to post when testing lens sharpness.

The Challenge will run until midnight next Friday, August 8, Eastern Time (North America)

Every week, a new theme is picked and judged by the winner of the previous week.

Everyone is eligible to send in their best interpretation of the given theme, as long as the photo is taken with a Pentax/Samsung camera. Themes can be subject-oriented or technique-oriented.

Rules
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus an additional day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax (or Samsung DSLR) camera can be used.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/268466-weekly...#ixzz399PXl01c

An example, but only one possibility of the infinite compositions possible.

[Bill2849]

Lots of great entries here. This was taken on the Outer Banks of North Carolina a few years ago with my K-x and kit lens (Pentax DAL 18-55mm f3.5-5.6). Processed in LR4 using Bryan Wheeler's Hallowed Black preset.

[reeftool]

This challenge is closed. Thanks to everyone for their entries. I now have the always difficult task of choosing a winner which I will post later tomorrow.

[celticboy]

Weekly Challenge #293 - Power Lines

[mtux]

Shot this for P52 challenge, but found that it fits the Weekly challenge too.