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Picture of The Week (POTW) 400 - April 24-30, 2016
Posted By: smf, 04-24-2016, 04:02 AM

Picture of the Week POTW 400 April 24-April 30, 2016

Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week (POTW). This is a milestone edition — #400!

Many Pentaxians have hosted this thread after it was launched by Peter Zack.

POTW is a great spot to show off any shots you take or are editing within the thread's date range. In other words, you can post your shots from this week AND last week.

Please consider including in your post any special circumstances or tips on technique or equipment which might be interesting to others.
Please identify your camera and lens if that information is easily available to you.

Also, please consider inviting other Pentaxians to join us.


Some rules:
1) No theme, just post your favorite pix
2) Six or fewer images per person per thread to prevent thread bloat
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 on Sunday. If the thread doesn't start, please contact bluestringer, Moderator, via PM.

Here are the records of previous POTW thread 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, 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, 344 Noelpolar, 345 Noelpolar, 346 K David, 347 K David, 348 Hattifnatt, 349 Hattifnatt, 350 TimPGH, 351 TimPGH, 352 Glenn5995, 353-Simon_199, 354-Noelcmn, 355 noelcmn, 356 noelcmn, 357 noelcmn, 358 noelcmn, 359 noelcmn, 360 ramseybuckeye, 361 ramsbuckeye, 362 Flugelbinder, 363 K David, 364 K David, 365 K David, 366 K David, 367 K David, 368 Hattifnatt, 369 Hattifnatt, 370 Hattifnatt, 371 Hattifnatt, 372 SointulArt, 373 mecrox, 374 mecrox, 375 mecrox, 376 mecrox, 377 reeftool, 378 reeftool, 379 reeftool, 380 K David, 381 K David, 382 K David, 383 K David, 384 K David, 385 K David, 386 K David, 387 K David, 388 K David, 389 K David
390 smf 391 smf 392 smf 393 smf 394 smf 395smf 396smf 397 smf 398 smf 399 smf 400 smf

Best wishes to all.

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/319009-weekly...#ixzz46jv9eEPw


Although most of the tulips at Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan, will bloom later, below are a few images from a bed outside the Visitors Center.
Also below are two sunset images, which I captured thanks to the sunset forecast at the website SunsetWx That website also includes sunrises and covers the continental United States, southern Canada and northern Mexico.

smc PENTAX-DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL


smc PENTAX-DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL


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smc PENTAX-DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 A


smc PENTAX-DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL

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University of Michigan Law Library, K-5 with a Sigma 8-16 lens
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My camera has been idle for quite a while as this years mild winter put a real damper on the normal outside winter sports shots I normally do a lot of. I'm a week back home form a spring vacation in Nevada and California and finally getting my hundreds of photos processed in Lightroom and in my online albums. These are from the Valley of Fire State Park about an hour north of Las Vegas.

The Beehives. Shot with a K5 and Sigma 17-70C.




A lot of good hiking and rock scrambling




A fellow hiker was kind enough to take this shot of me at the top.


April brought some rain to the desert and also some flowers.


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I'm new to Pentax Forums (and consequently, new to POTW), but here's a few from a brief hop over to Branched Oak Lake in Nebraska, all shot on my Pentax K-3 with my Tammy 70-200/2.8:






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Random forest walk...

...with Pentax K-5 II + HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED WR
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Woo! Hoo! 400 Weeks! It has been a long time since I participated, but I can't let this opportunity pass...

Bright Shaft Through Lupine


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Taken at daybreak at Rowena Crest on the east end of the Columbia River Gorge.


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Ooh great stuff here! Nice work.

I took advantage of National Park week and went to my nearest park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison for free for the full moon rise.
I found it challenging to frame a shot that included the dark hole in the ground and the bright ball in the sky.
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Mountain biking between squalls after work with the KS-2 & DA 18-135


Fun music festival at the local university with KS-2 & DA* 16-50


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I took this pic on the way back home after work. I stand on the sidewalk and watting for the moment to cacth the sunflare. My gear is Pentax K01 ( Doraemon - Blue color version) with SMC Da 15/4 ltd
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Thanks very much to Adam for highlighting the 400th installment of POW atop Pentaxforums.com today!

Thanks also to everyone who has posted at this week's thread, welcome to newcomers, and welcome back to those who have returned.

Please invite other Pentaxians to visit the thread and to post images this week and thereafter.

Best wishes to all,
Stu (starter of this week's thread and some previous threads)
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The 400th POTW and my first post to any of them. I've been shooting nearly every day for the last week, mostly with a Sigma 105mm Macro but also a few shots of local turtles with the DA* 300 on my first DSLR, the K-500. I hope to upgrade to a nicer body this year.


Guadalupe Spiny Softshell turtle.



Fork-tailed Bush Katydid on Dill.

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QuoteOriginally posted by cl1352 Quote

University of Michigan Law Library, K-5 with a Sigma 8-16 lens
Such a cool building! I've been there but not for a long time. I grew up in Ann Arbor. Great shot!

QuoteOriginally posted by stevebrot Quote
Woo! Hoo! 400 Weeks! It has been a long time since I participated, but I can't let this opportunity pass...

Bright Shaft Through Lupine


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Awesome!

QuoteOriginally posted by boplu Quote
I took this pic on the way back home after work. I stand on the sidewalk and watting for the moment to cacth the sunflare. My gear is Pentax K01 ( Doraemon - Blue color version) with SMC Da 15/4 ltd
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Nice catch!
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Another one from Rowena Crest at the east end of the Columbia River Gorge.

Daybreak Daisies


K-3, KMZ MC Zenitar 16/2.8 Fisheye

(Not really daisies...the plants are called balsamroot...)


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Here's a few taken with my new (used) Tokina 80-200mm SZ-X on my K10D. My daughter's dog somehow got one of her hairs stuck on his nose.
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I'd like to contribute to this edition, this is probably the only picture with a hint of effort put into it i am gonna take this week, so it's the perfect candidate to add a bit of color to the gallery
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Scottish Sunset.

We have been getting some great weather lately so i had to take advantage of the it. I suffer from chronic pain due to a spine condition but this was worth the extra pain!

Taken with Pentax K3ii, Sigma 17-50 2.8.
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