Welcome to another round of Picture of the Week (POTW).

POTW is a great spot to show off six or fewer 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.

• identify your camera and lens if that information is easily available to you.

And please invite 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, Ricoh 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. 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 395 smf 396 smf 397 smf 398 smf 399 smf 400 smf 401 smf 402 smf 403 smf 404 smf 405 smf 406 smf,407 ramseybuckeye, 408 ramseybuckeye, 409 stubyles, 410 stubyles, 411 stubyles, 412-423 SD_Bob, 424-427 dave kitson 428-451 smf

Both images below were captured with handheld K-S2 and smc Pentax M Macro 1:4/100.
The butterflies were in Dow Gardens' indoors Butterflies in Bloom exhibit at Midland, Michigan.

[Nightwatch]

my 4 faves of the week. Taken with a K-30 with the 18-130mm. Post processing in Light Room and Silver Efex Pro (for the B&W ones)

Clicky for bigger.

[Arjay Bee]

Took this a few weeks ago but found it in my files unexamined so finished it off just this long weekend. K3, DA40L and Silver FX conversion

[eva]

[RodneyChops]

Took a trip to Nashville with my wife who really wanted to see the country music hall of fame. We got back first week of April, going through pictures now.

This is K1 with the 28-105 @ 34mm, F4.5, iso800, 1/50. I think I compressed it a bit much with lightroom.

[normhead]

The 10th through 22 is a very long week.

[StephenHampshire]

[nosliwmit]

Spring break in Shikoku, Japan. All of these were taken with my K-5 and my spanking-new DA 16-85mm lens with which I am extremely pleased. Photos 1, 4 and 5 were taken at different Buddhist temples--some of the "Shikoku 88". The others were taken while hiking between temples. Some Buddhist pilgrims will hike to all 88 temples on the circuit, which can take two months. We visited about 15 of them but, despite hiking about 70 miles over the course of a week, we still had to rely on some buses, trains and taxis. The Torii gate made of speakers was up a side-road and I just happened to see it from a distance and wondered what it was. Whacky...

[aslyfox]

these two European Starlings were found in the Scovill Zoo in Decatur Illinois while I was taking photos of the cheetahs experimenting with my K 3 and a vintage lens: Vivitar Series 1 2.8-4.0 70 - 210 mm macro zoom [1:25] mf (ver. 3, Kosine). All photographs taken starting at 3:08 and ending 3:09 PM (15:08 - 15:09) local time on April 15, 2017

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[ recently my image of European Starlings was changed by an excellent photo by Inteligente in the " PentaxForums.com → Pentax Lenses and Accessories → Lens Clubs → The 300mm plus lens Club discuss your long lenses " #25247 - my earlier thoughts were that they were loud birds found in mobs and dull black with a twinge of purple around the head. ]

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the first guy flew across my line of sight quickly landing on the tree disappearing into a hole and I thought ??? that wasn't a woodpecker or flicker what was it? then it stuck its head out.

the other flew into view and alit on a near by branch and would move its head as I photographed it reacting it would seem to the shutter release which reminded me of a high class model changing poses slightly in a photo shoot.

I love the delicate coloring flashes of green, brown, purple against the black feathers, the purple on the end of the beak (???) and talons (???)

1 & 2 - Resolution 1386 x 900 pixels, Focal Length 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm), Exposure Time 1/125s (0.0080), Aperture F/3.5, ISO Equivalent 200

3 - Resolution 1056 x 900 pixels, Focal Length 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm), Exposure Time 1/160s (0.0063), Aperture F/4.5, ISO Equivalent 200

4 & 5 - Resolution 1223 x 900 pixels, Focal Length 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm), Exposure Time 1/160s (0.0063), Aperture F/4.5, ISO Equivalent 200

6 - Resolution 879 x 900 pixels, Focal Length 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm), Exposure Time 1/125s (0.0080), Aperture F/3.5, ISO Equivalent 100

[Y_V_E_S]

This past weekend my brother, cousins, my son and I went to go do some shooting out at the BLM area in Tumey Hills/Ponoche Rd off of the I-5 in California. All photos taken with K3II / Sigma 17-50mm f2.8



This first photo is along Hwy 152 heading towards the I-5. Very green along this stretch of hwy.
1/200 f2.8 ISO 100 <50mm



This was the hardware we brought along. .308 bolt action rifle, 20g single shot shotgun, FAL, AR, 2 pistols (can't remember what kind both were .45)
1/250 f2.8 ISO 100 <17mm



My brother shooting his .308 Savage bolt action rifle.
1/500 f2.8 ISO100 <36mm



Group shot of us holding the hardware. NOTE: None of the weapons were loaded for this photo.
1/125 f5.6 ISO100 <22mm



My son after I guided him shooting the .45 pistol. Only one shot and he didn't want to shoot anymore. So he just played on the trunk bed of my brothers truck.
1/250 f2.8 ISO100 <23mm

[Hattifnatt]

Couple pics from Castlebar, Ireland.

[Kevwaly]

Caught the little bugger suspended, with off camera flash. (Lucky) K3 with F* 300 4.5

[deb.ky]

I just found this forum. I have had a k-50 for over a year, but have just recently begun to try and take better pictures. These are from a weekend trip to KY Lake.

[mattb123]

Pink moon rising. 2 shot pano cropped. Listened to Nick Drake.
There are more interesting mountains behind that cloud bank but I was happy the moon emerged.
645D & 67 300/4


I got back on the local trails on my bike which felt great. This is looking back at town from the trail.
K-3 & 18-135


Chemistry show for kids at the local university. I was the oldest kid but I love this stuff.
K-1 & Tamron 28-75


The water is rising fast here now. I shot this with my son, showing him how to get this shot on my film 645. Super fun/proud dad moment there.

[Hattifnatt]

The water is rising fast here now. I shot this with my son, showing him how to get this shot on my film 645. Super fun/proud dad moment there.

Maybe he can enter the monthly challenge with this one