Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #342, covering 30 Nov - 13 Dec 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 fewer 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, 321 pentaximus, 322 pentaximus 323 pentaximus 324 StephenHampshire, 325 StephenHampshire, 326 Jessesdad, 327 Catscradle, 328 Catscradle, 329 Catscradle, 330 Catscradle, 331 Imatginarium, 332 Imatginarium 333 Imatginarium 334 Imatginarium 335 Imatginarium 336 Imatginarium 337 Imatginarium 338 Imatginarium 339 Imatginarium 340 Imatginarium, 341 phoenixvision,

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/152942-about-...hallenges.html

Thanks to phoenixvision for hosting last week.

A couple more from last week to start things off (I haven't been out since):






dave k

[Wolfeye]

One of my first shots with the DA 50mm.

[phoenixvision]

Greece in the foreground...Turkey n the distance

[noelcmn]

Already some stunners in this weeks POTW. Thanks for hosting Dave, love those waterfall images.
Visited a retirement village on Saturday, and as usual these places have fantastic gardens, flowers galore.




Also visited Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, looking for some silhouettes for the Project 52 challenge, only to discover there was an open air concert with some rock band-gazillions of people, which I don't like- not at a Botanical Garden at any rate. Fortunately the concert was finished, and everyone was going home. Got a few silhouettes



Probably be out and about with the camera this week, so probably be posting a few more.
Have a great week everyone!

[bschriver11]

C&P station on the Western Maryland scenic railroad,Santa is inside waiting on the north pole experience special train.

[dave kitson]

One of my first shots with the DA 50mm.

New lens?? Beautifully exposed shot of what appears to be a very happy dog.

Greece in the foreground...Turkey n the distance

That's a dramatic shot. Was the rainbow in camera or added later?

Visited a retirement village on Saturday, and as usual these places have fantastic gardens, flowers galore.

I don't know how you arranged the lighting on the first image, but it is certainly effective.

Probably be out and about with the camera this week, so probably be posting a few more.

Look forward to seeing more....

C&P station on the Western Maryland scenic railroad,Santa is inside waiting on the north pole experience special train.

That looks a lonely place. I hope Santa dosn't get lost out there.


Keep the images coming.

dave k

[phoenixvision]

That's a dramatic shot. Was the rainbow in camera or added later?

The rainbow was in the sky...and in the reflection....

[ramseybuckeye]

Thank for hosting Dave and starting us with some stunning landscapes, you've already coaxed out some more stunners. I'm here to reverse that trend as I've been lucky to find boring subjects, sometimes that's just how it works!
Jeni's:

Working on the side lighting challenge:

Christmas Shopping:

[dave kitson]

I'm here to reverse that trend as I've been lucky to find boring subjects, sometimes that's just how it works!

Tom, the image of the light is well lit (pun intended). I assume from the last picture that your Xmas shopping is now done, unlike mine...

dave k

[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting, Dave. A few from me, though only had a chance to nip out with a camera on a couple of occasions recently. I've been indoors and out of the weather a bit!



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[K David]

It's been a busy week for me, so not a lot of shooting. Here are a few from the last week or so.


A quick portrait of a colleague for a client presentation.


Moon rise in Clayton, California

[Wingincamera]

My wife makes ornaments for pleasure and to give away. Here is her latest one, which I submit for review.

[Ivo_Spohr]

Today I went with my daughter of 10 to the woods to enjoy together the little things you do not often look at...
Using my today received ( and via this forum bought DA* 50-135)


Food for the squirrels?



Where are The inhabitants?

Friendless?


Hiding in a tree!

[dave kitson]

Thanks for the images....

Many thanks for hosting, Dave. A few from me, though only had a chance to nip out with a camera on a couple of occasions recently. I've been indoors and out of the weather a bit!

Mark, you may not have been out with the camera much, but you have, as always, made good use of what you did. That second image is very well seen...

It's been a busy week for me, so not a lot of shooting. Here are a few from the last week or so.

David, These images weren't taken near Area 51 were they?. The second & third images look reminiscent of an old UFO and after much staring at #4 I reckon I've spotted a couple of the crew in there.

My wife makes ornaments for pleasure and to give away. Here is her latest one, which I submit for review.

Will, I can't see your image. What I see is:

Today I went with my daughter of 10 to the woods to enjoy together the little things you do not often look at...
Using my today received ( and via this forum bought DA* 50-135)

Ivo, some interesting shots of fungi. The DA*50-135 is a fine lens that I'm sure that you will enjoy and I look forward to seeing more from it.

dave k

[Papa Lazarou]

My newly acquired FA*85mm f1.4 arrived this morning. A few preliminary shots messing about with it at wide apertures....


































Some CA present wide open, but easily sorted in PP. Bokeh seems smooth, with good subject isolation. Pleased with it so far.