Thanks to Smf (Stu) for hosting and judging the last challenge and to everyone who posted such excellent work in that challenge! Enjoyed that one.

South Africa is a complex country, with politics and racism dominating the news, and of late we have had a lot of public displays and words reflecting racism that has surfaced. One of them is known as the "K" word, Kaffir, of Arabic origin, and simply means unbeliever. In South Africa, with is intense political struggles, the word is loaded with a lot more. It is officially illegal to use the word with reference to anyone. And that got me thinking. How about something that begins the letter K (just when you thought this was gonna be a politically loaded challenge - We get enough of Trump here too- thank you very much ) Let's see- there' Kayak, kites and kites, knights and kings (for chess lovers and other medieval lovers) Kingfishers, Kewpee, knots, kindness, kin, kiln, Koi, kangaroos, keels, kettles, keys and their holes, kissing (for the romantics), knitting, Kudu, kitty's and Kodak moments and lest I get persecuted, kilts. That just about exhausts my vocabulary of K words. The challenge this week is to an image that starts with the letter K. Oh, I thought that doing it this way sounds so much better than Ï spy something beginning with K).

The challenge will close on Sunday 29th May @ midnight in your time Zone. D.V. I will post the winners Monday morning.











Everyone is eligible as long as the photo is captured with a Pentax/Ricoh/Samsung camera.

Rules
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus an additional day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax (or Ricoh DSLR or Samsung equivalent) camera can be used.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, they will PM the #2 winner for that person to be the judge.

Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/129-weekly-photo-challenges/320896-weekly...#ixzz498ISLhc4

[tessfully]

I think I will jump in here and scoop the obvious k-word. (Great topic! Can't wait to see what people submit!)

Kids! (Norman's grand kids)

[SD_Bob]

I'll take the next obvious K "word". It's dusty and hasn't been used in about 20 years - but it still looks nice.

[Bruce Clark]

K is for Kookaburra, one of Australia's iconic birds.

[SpecialK]

Almost lifelike Kim Kardashian.

[smf]

K is for katydid.

[Tamia]

I bet no one thinks of "klippe." This is the...

Taconic Klippe On the border of Vermont and New York, at dawn one humid summer morning. A klippe is a geological feature, an erosional remnant of a nappe, which is a thrust sheet... well, I'm digging myself deeper here with definitions. Suffice to say that the klippe is that mountain range overlooking the valley in the foreground.

[atupdate]

Koala



Tim

[Hattifnatt]

I'll go with the double K, Kid and Kitten I was planning to ask her parents if I can take a photo, but there was no need as she instantly took posing stance as soon as I reached for the camera.

[jacamar]

Eastern Kingbird



I was hitchhiking with a friend in what was then Rhodesia before it became Zimbabwe. One guy who picked us up vigorously defended Prime Minister Ian Smith, who had declared independence from Britain, saying "I don't know what the British are complaining about - we have the happiest kaffirs in the world!" We were looking for a sense of a country in transition, and we certainly got it!

[Apet-Sure]

K words.

[ramseybuckeye]

Killdeer

[slowpez]

Here is a shot of a Key Deer found only in the Florida Keys. They are a very tiny deer and a protected species.

[normhead]

It's not my fault they don't know how to spell Krown.

[jcdoss]

The place where I live happens to begin with K!


Kansas City, MO taken with Pentax K-1 and Pentax-M 50/1.4 by Jason Doss, on Flickr