Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #343, covering 7th Dec- 21 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,

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[Wolfeye]

Around here, holiday baking has begun. Here's a tempting, shallow-DOF treat from the K-3 and Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 lens wide open.

[dave kitson]

Haven't done much this week, here's a nuthatch from last Monday..



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[Maishy]

Walking along the Seine I just had to grab a pic of this artist near Notre Dame

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[Wolfeye]

Walking along the Seine I just had to grab a pic of this artist near Notre Dame

Very nice, an artist capturing an artist capturing a work of art!

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Haven't done much this week, here's a nuthatch from last Monday..



dave k

These little birds are hard to get, nuthatches move around quick.

[Flugelbinder]

I'll have a go...
I just recently got the K-5 II, and a 35/2.4, so for now it's just a test run (especially regarding pp, which I kinda 'forgot' how to, after 9 months with the Fuji), but so far so good.
This was before a +3 micro-adjustment was made...

[noelpolar]

All with K3 & HD DA 15......been using this lens for the monthly challenge

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[mecrox]

Many thanks for hosting, Wolfeye. I like the look of that baking! Here are a few of mine over the past week:



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[mattb123]

Fisheye selfie at Box Canyon falls
K-3 & Rokinon 8mm


9 vertical frame pano of the Dillon Pinnacles and a very calm Blue Mesa Reservoir
K-3 & DA* 16-50


Rad Santa after setting a Guinness record for skiing/boarding Santas at Crested Butte
K-3 & 18-135


Town lights in a snowstorm
K-3 & DA* 16-50 (with snow piling up on tip of it as I shot)

[Paleo Pete]

Haven't been getting online much, decided to take a few minutes to show off a couple of recent ones.

Red Tailed HAwks are the most common around here, so it's a bit strange that I've seen almost none this year, seeing Red Shouldered Hawks instead. A pair is nesting close by but I haven't found the nest since the old one was lost when the limb broke in a stiff wind. This one was in town on a power line yesterday. I managed to get close with the 135mm Makinon



Only got one decent shot when it flew to another spot, and had to sharpen it a tad. This is a pretty big crop though, 3200 wide



Sitting in my mini blind this morning and this Great White Egret decided to do some browsing close by. A couple of minutes later it was behind the brush to the right.



When it came back out, it heard the camera click and was trying to find me...



Woodduck a couple of days ago just in front of the spot the Egret was in, but from a different location.



Eastern Phoebe in our Pear tree.

[Rimfiredude]

A lonely bird on the California Coast.

[K David]

This week I've been spending my free time recording my next round of YouTube camera video manuals. Today I grabbed all the cameras on the list for video recordings this week, my K-3, and my 77 FA Limited. I have a nice spot of tree cover, bushes, and red mulch nearby that mix for a nice non-descript background when blurred well enough. Some of the lighter, tan mulch makes for some nice highlights sometimes. Here are the six photos from the about 300 that I shot today that I've processed and am happy with:

And yeah, if you're one of my YouTube subscribers I guess this is a bit of a spoiler for what's on the horizon.

[Rimfiredude]

This week I've been spending my free time recording my next round of YouTube camera video manuals. Today I grabbed all the cameras on the list for video recordings this week, my K-3, and my 77 FA Limited. I have a nice spot of tree cover, bushes, and red mulch nearby that mix for a nice non-descript background when blurred well enough. Some of the lighter, tan mulch makes for some nice highlights sometimes. Here are the six photos from the about 300 that I shot today that I've processed and am happy with:

And yeah, if you're one of my YouTube subscribers I guess this is a bit of a spoiler for what's on the horizon.

Reminds me of my collection. When my Mother became too ill to take care of herself, I decided to be her caretaker. One of the things I did to keep active, not being able to leave the house, was collect Pentax cameras. At one time I nearly had the whole collection of Cameras only lacking a few. Well Mom passed on, I moved back to California and like a dummy I sold the whole collection, all 27 Pentax cameras and quite a variety of 48 lenses. Wish I had them back.

[K David]

Reminds me of my collection. When my Mother became too ill to take care of herself, I decided to be her caretaker. One of the things I did to keep active, not being able to leave the house, was collect Pentax cameras. At one time I nearly had the whole collection of Cameras only lacking a few. Well Mom passed on, I moved back to California and like a dummy I sold the whole collection, all 27 Pentax cameras and quite a variety of 48 lenses. Wish I had them back.

I'm sorry for both your losses, especially your mom. It's hard to be a parent's caretaker.

It's been hard getting them and I've had to go pretty far afield to find some. And, of course, having them all CLA'd by Eric has been the most time-consuming bit. Right now I'm only missing the Asahiflex I and IIA, S, and LX.

[Rimfiredude]

I'm sorry for both your losses, especially your mom. It's hard to be a parent's caretaker.

It's been hard getting them and I've had to go pretty far afield to find some. And, of course, having them all CLA'd by Eric has been the most time-consuming bit. Right now I'm only missing the Asahiflex I and IIA, S, and LX.

Nice collection. I was only missing the S out of them. Of course it was quite a bit easier 8 years ago to find things. They were all over eBay in 2006. I would imagine they are still out there but people are not selling them simply because they don't sell for the money they used to. Although I do see an LX every now and then on eBay. Good luck.