My turn . same rules , folks .



Feel free to post any topic you enjoy that was photographed between June 22nd and July 6th.

Rules as before:
1) No theme just your favorite stuff.
2) Let's keep it to about 4-6 images per post just so the thread doesn't get too big each week .
3) Any Pentax camera is fine, film, P&S, DSLR (or Samsung DSLR)
4) Runs for 7 days <Sunday Date> to <Sunday Date>
5) Enter anything you shot last week or this current week until the thread closes.

Previous hosts: 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

[maxwell1295]

Not too much to look at here, but it's one of the early shots from my newly acquired K200D, so I felt compelled to post something...

[dantuyhoa]

Alan ( maxwell1295) - Very nice first shot .

I have a dare for you , Sir Alan :

Take "artsy" images of your wife's shoes with the new K200D .

I acquired a ME Super a while back . It came with a bunch of stuffs . Funny thing I notice about Pentax users . I bought just a camera /lens from them . We met and talked photography . Show some photos and then before I knew it they gave me a whole bunch off stuffs ! I even offered to pay extra but they are happy to give it away . Heck , the guy I bought the 1958 K from even tested me on photography before agree to sell ! And then he gave me a whole bunch of old film canisters !

Anyway , this one is with the DOT +4 ( came with the Super ) filter on FA50/1.4





Tran

[slowpez]

We picked and ate wild blackberries



Went to a butterfly garden



Watched beautiful sunsets

[dantuyhoa]

Very nice outing there Susan ( slowpez) . Wild berries are the best .
I like the last shot . Those are the net to keep people out to far ?

Tran

[timbo13]

OK, I'll join in on this. I always see good images posted in POTW, I hope mine aren't too out of place

Those orange day lilies grow like weeds around here, here's one with flash:



and with natural light:



thanks for looking, let me know what you think

[daacon]

Some great shots all a really nice variety .....

Tran - nice start I like the first shot of the bookeeper a nice pose . Nice to see some more from Jack London's ruins - looks like you got a few shots nicely done.

Georg - nice ferris wheel shot - we will have the summer fair here in a couple of weeks.

k100d - the first one looks like a puzzel very good. I just ate but looking again I am hungry

Stratman - nice flowers. Really like the second one - yellow pops and nice DOF.

woof - Wow that shot really does it for me. The mist / fog - beautiful serene scene.

Peter - have to agree the Butterfly is the best of the lot - although I also like the tiger - always reminds me of Monty Python - A tiger .... in Africa ?

Alan - I like what I am seeing from the K200D - nice shot.

Slowpez - nice series - good capture on the ripe and unripe berries

Tim - another nice flower series. I like #2 the best - please post more.

Here a few landscapes from me for a weekend get-away

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[maxwell1295]

Very nice, Dave.....love the scenery.

The K200D looks to be a nice upgrade from the K100D which I still have as a backup/2nd body. The very first thing I noticed is how quiet the shutter is in comparison to the K100D.

[dantuyhoa]

Tim - I like the second one . Look more real to me .

Dave - nice weekend get away . The middle lake photo is so nice . They have some lakes here that I plan to visit but with all the forest fires , can't go !

Lazy Birding




Don't do this at home !



I stacked all the DOT filters I found ( +7 ) and played with it . Not too good I say but still look like a fun picture .

The FA50/1.4 was still doing AF with +7 DOT !

Tran

[AML]

Sorry don't have time at the moment to individually reply, but so far all shots look great.

Here's two flower shots i took today inside my Chiropractor's waiting room. Taken with my M 50/1.7






I could have cropped the 2nd one better but it's been done in a hurry.

[Bramela]

I thought this shot was something really quaint. A Yellow Crested Cockatoo, with about 10 others, landed high in this Coral tree, attracted by the flowers. Using my Sigma 135-400 on k10d I managed to take a few shots of the flock. However this shot I thought was something a bit special. The attitude of the Cockie holding his nibble in one foot really made me smile. They have extremely strong beaks and just break off anything they want.

[garth1948]

Mid-winter here in Perth but we still carry on beach activities.

[daacon]

Tran - thanks for the comments yeah it's lake country there really hot weather and great scenery - nice pics +7 and AF wow DOF is a pin head

Aml - wow that second shot is so life like very well done .

Maxwell1295 (alan)- thanks for the comments ..

Here are a few of a beach we spent a few days at - thank god for the trees. In Canada (at least here) the sand is not quite white enough so when it gets to be +40 celsius that sand is cooking hot.

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It was a ball tournament we were at and when we had time between games it was off to the beach - fisheye view of worse ways to spend a few hours and yep those are my feet

[rparmar]

I'll choose some unlike those posted above. As usual these link to the corresponding Flickr pages. Shots are not yet public -- you saw them first here, folks!

These are from a series of our old boiler, now disconnected and ready for removal, if we can ever figure out how to move it. Taken with the Vivitar Series 1 105mm macro.







The next are taken with my lightweight fave, the Cosina/Vivitar 100mm f/3.5 macro. Both patterns formed by the same building.






"You're so cute when you're sedated, dear." -- Interpol

[daacon]

Bruce - that is a neat capture - almost looks he/she wants to present it to a mate

Garth1948 - mid witer and fishing eh - we do that here as well. Abiet we wear a few more clothes - and the water is in a solid state.

rparmar - nice series - looks like that boiler has seen better days. I really like the sky- grid shot.

[dantuyhoa]

One quick post . Gotta run !!!