Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week. This is edition #344, covering 22nd Dec- 4th Jan 2015.

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, 342 dave kitson, 343 Wolfeye

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Thanks to Wolfeye for hosting last week.

A couple from me to start things off all with the DA 15 (I've been using my HD DA15 for the monthly challenge):

A couple of Reindeer catch up through the fence after a busy Xmas

by Noelpolar, on Flickr

Nikon Shooter Caught by Pentax Shooter

by Noelpolar, on Flickr

Dog in Flight (DIF)

by Noelpolar, on Flickr

[K David]

From a recent trip to Mono Lake to photograph the Geminids (I didn't get many meteors). The coloration is due to the atmosphere, nothing that I did.
Pentax K-3, 17mm f4 Fisheye Takumar, warped in post to remove the fisheye effect from the shoreline.


Same trip, Pentax K-7 with the 31mm FA Limited pointed back at Lee Vining


Dark room flash and light painting self portrait experiment, K-3, 77mm FA Limited


A more standard self-portrait


Straight-up light painting


And again

[VladM]

Last Sunday at the Point Cook beach:

[mattb123]

Thanks for hosting!

I skied Silverton Mountain on Saturday with a friend. Amazing conditions and always a fun adventure!
K-3 & DA 18-135

[Wolfeye]

Wow! What a great group of colorful images to ring in the new year. Great shots, especially like VladM's waves, K David's first star trail, and noelpolar's dog in flight.

And now for something completely different.

Did a pair of rolls of Fuji Acros in my Pentax ME Super SE recently. Here are some favorites:

Decorah, Iowa, cow sculpture:

Old lanterns.

Old abandoned church (or schoolhouse?) near Postville Iowa.

Door to strange tin-ceiling-clad building, St. Olaf, Iowa.

Kids being kids.

From a Christmas Day walk...


I did just drop off a roll of color from the same camera so you MAY be subjected to more from the Pentax ME Super SE. Muahahaha!

[noelcmn]

Your images are not showing Wolfeye! Perhaps try again?

[phoenixvision]

Ringing in the new.....

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[Wolfeye]

Your images are not showing Wolfeye! Perhaps try again?

Thanks for letting me know! They should be visible now. Smugmug has weird privacy setting which make no sense. I have a "shared" gallery which is public but if I "collect" images from private galleries and put them in the shared folder, they aren't visible. You have to make brand new copies of the image. Isn't that the point of "collect" to prevent all the repetition of images. Not my company, but it seems dumb.

[noelcmn]

Sure can- well worth to look at! Great stuff!

[ramseybuckeye]

Thanks for hosting noelpolar, and sharing some great pics to start us out.

From a recent trip to Mono Lake to photograph the Geminids (I didn't get many meteors). The coloration is due to the atmosphere, nothing that I did.
Pentax K-3, 17mm f4 Fisheye Takumar, warped in post to remove the fisheye effect from the shoreline.

Looks like you've had a fun week, you seriously have the light painting down, well done!

Last Sunday at the Point Cook beach:

Definitely not your typical beach shots. Nice details of shore life that is often overlooked. Good stuff!

I skied Silverton Mountain on Saturday with a friend. Amazing conditions and always a fun adventure!
K-3 & DA 18-135

Matt, You always churn out fabulous skiing pics and these don't disappoint, the chopper with the mountain backdrop is a nice one too, it's good to be ready.

And now for something completely different.

Very good group of photos with lots of variety, the the old church really stands out, just a great composition!

Ringing in the new.....

Fantastic photo! Are they different breeds?

Over the last week I have been a little lucky, on holiday and we've had morning fog. I haven't really got to go anywhere, so it's making the same old seem different and fog can help that.



Fog and sunlight:




with frost:

[Wingincamera]

Here is a couple of photos of Mr Rainier taken from near my house.
First one taken with the Pentax SMC-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited. Second one taken with the Pentax SMC DA 35mm F2.8 limited macro. The last one was taken with the Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm 3.5-5.6 of my grandson playing with one of his new lego creations.







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I might add that the last one taken with the DA 18-135mm was taken using the on-board flash.

[Clou]

Munich Underground

Mangfallplatz - horizontal




Zum Bahnsteig - gerahmt




St. Quirin-Platz - längs




St. Quirin-Platz - Aufzug




St. Quirin-Platz - Lichtflugzeug

Michael

[reeftool]

In recent years, taking a swim in Lake George on New Years Day has become a local tradition. About 1000 people hit the water today with a lot more spending the afternoon watching and enjoying the fun. Air temp was around 25F and the water was a balmy 45, the result of last weeks rain and warm up. No ice on the lake or snow on the beach this year but the steady wind blowing down the lake made it seem colder. It's always a great event to photograph.

There's always a collection of interesting characters around.


The countdown ended and the first group hit the water at 1:00 PM.

[noelpolar]

In recent years, taking a swim in Lake George on New Years Day has become a local tradition. About 1000 people hit the water today with a lot more spending the afternoon watching and enjoying the fun. Air temp was around 25F and the water was a balmy 45, the result of last weeks rain and warm up. No ice on the lake or snow on the beach this year but the steady wind blowing down the lake made it seem colder. It's always a great event to photograph.

There's always a collection of interesting characters around.


The countdown ended and the first group hit the water at 1:00 PM.

Some great shots happening over the festive break....keep them coming!

Currently 43C here ( approaching 110F)....... so the Lake Geoge shots are very appealing!

---------- Post added 01-02-15 at 04:02 PM ----------

Here is a couple of photos of Mr Rainier taken from near my house.
First one taken with the Pentax SMC-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited. Second one taken with the Pentax SMC DA 35mm F2.8 limited macro. The last one was taken with the Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm 3.5-5.6 of my grandson playing with one of his new lego creations.







---------- Post added 12-31-14 at 09:13 PM ----------

I might add that the last one taken with the DA 18-135mm was taken using the on-board flash.

Love the landscapes!

[Papa Lazarou]

A few nature shots taken on NYE. Was getting dark, so (high ISO and exposure lifted in LR) - not the best quality.